Members of the faculty at Westminster Conservatory, the community music school of Westminster Choir College of Rider University, will perform works by Laurie Altman on Thursday, May 18 at 8 p.m. in Bristol Chapel on the Westminster campus in Princeton.

The program will include Antarctic Convergence, which was inspired by Altman’s visit to Antarctica earlier this year, Homage à Stravinsky, and other works.  Most of the artists performing are members of the Westminster Conservatory faculty: Laurie Altman, piano; Ena Bronstein Barton and Phyllis Lehrer, duo-pianists; Joy Bechtler, soprano; Tom Buckelew, bass clarinet and alto saxophone; James Day, guitar;  Ken Ellison, clarinet; Flora Newbury, trumpet; Tomasz Rzeczycki, cello; Carol Vizzini, cello; The Kende String Quartet; and Ruth Ochs, conductor.  They will be joined by guest artists Randall Bauer, piano; Scott Lee, bass; and Andrew Rathbun, tenor and soprano saxophone.

Composer, pianist and teacher Laurie Altman is a consummate musician with the ability to convey simplicity in the most complex of musical structures. Well-known for his work in the field of jazz, Altman draws upon all musical styles and genres to create music that is both innovative and yet develops naturally from all that preceded it.

He has composed chamber, vocal, piano, opera and choral works as well as film scores, commercials and incidental music. In addition, Altman has composed over one hundred jazz pieces performed in concerts, club appearances and on recordings. He has performed in London, Mexico City, Holland, Scandinavia, and throughout the United States, and has recorded for American Gramophone, GS, and Progressive recording labels, and has been published by Warner Brothers Publications, Theodore Presser and Company, as well as Carl Fischer, Inc.

Tickets are $15 for adults and $10 for students and seniors.  Proceeds from the concert will support Westminster Conservatory’s Annual Fund campaign.  For tickets or more information call Westminster Conservatory at 609-921-7104