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Freshmen who moved in this month found themselves at one of the top universities in the North region, according to U.S. News.

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Rider Jumps Eight Places in U.S. News & World Report Rankings for 2014

Rider claimed a spot in the top 20 northern regional universities in U.S. News & World Report’s annual rankings of American colleges and universities.

Crunching the Numbers … and the Competition

Accounting major Frank Kellogg ’14 earned a top-10 finish in June at the Future Business Leaders of America's national Financial Concepts competition in Anaheim, Calif.

Noted Historian Kenneth E. Marshall ’91 will Deliver the 21st Annual Levine History Lecture on October 3

Dr. Kenneth E. Marshall '91 will deliver the 21st annual Emanuel Levine History Lecture, presented by the Department of History, on October 3. Marshall's presentation is entitled "Losing It: Hearing the Silences of Black (Male) Rage Under Slavery in Eighteenth-Century New Jersey."

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Oct
6

Westminster Faculty Recital: Sean McCarther and Rachelle Jonck

3:00 PM Professors Sean McCarther and Rachelle Jonck perform in recital.

Oct
6

Westminster Community Orchestra: Music and Magic!

3:00 PM A concert of musical delights for the entire family.

Oct
6

Westminster Faculty Recital: Sanctuary

7:30 PM Performing works based on the theme of sanctuary.

Oct
8 - 10

Visiting Artist: Richard Bjella

Professor and Director of Choral Studies at Texas Tech University Richard Bjella...

Oct
9

Rider Musical Theatre: The Full Monty (Preview Performance)

7:30 PM Six unemployed Buffalo steelworkers, low on both cash and prospects, decide to p...

Oct
10

Rider Musical Theatre: The Full Monty

7:30 PM Six unemployed Buffalo steelworkers, low on both cash and prospects, decide to p...

Oct
11

Rider Musical Theatre: The Full Monty

7:30 PM Six unemployed Buffalo steelworkers, low on both cash and prospects, decide to p...

Oct
12

2013 Kemp Church Music Symposium

9:00 AM FIRST STEPS IN MUSIC: Becoming Tuneful, Beautiful and Artful

Oct
12

Rider Musical Theatre: The Full Monty

2:00 PM Six unemployed Buffalo steelworkers, low on both cash and prospects, decide to p...

Oct
12

Rider Musical Theatre: The Full Monty

7:30 PM Six unemployed Buffalo steelworkers, low on both cash and prospects, decide to p...

Oct
13

Rider Musical Theatre: The Full Monty

2:00 PM Six unemployed Buffalo steelworkers, low on both cash and prospects, decide to p...

Oct
16

Unity Day Event: Negro Leagues Baseball Museum Traveling Exhibit "Discover Greatness"

5:30 PM Opening Reception, Panel and Press Conference

Oct
16

Marvin W. Goldstein Lecture Series

7:00 PM Immigration, Diversity, and the American Dream; Speaker: Kay Deaux, Ph.D. Disti...

Oct
17

Conservatory at Nassau: Kevin Willois and Kyu-Jung Rhee

12:15 PM Westminster Conservatory at Nassau recitals feature half-hour lunchtime performa...

Oct
19

Visiting Artist: Steven Spooner Master Class

1:00 PM Pianist Steven Spooner's international career has established him as one of the ...

Oct
19

Visiting Artist: Steven Spooner in Recital

7:30 PM Hailed for his distinctive and compelling performances, pianist Steven Spooner's...

Oct
20

Conservatory Faculty Recital: Ave Maria

3:00 PM Featuring music inspired by Mary, the mother of Jesus.

Oct
20

Conservatory Faculty Recital: Familiars with a Twist: Favorite Jazz Repertoire

7:30 PM Featuring music by Ellington, Davis, Parker and others.

Oct
22

An Evening with Hon. Barbara Buono: Reception and Remarks

6:00 PM

Oct - Dec
24 - 1

Art Gallery: Daniela Bittman: Mural-Size Canvases

11:00 AM Exhibit on display: Thursday, October 24 through Sunday, December 1

Oct
24

Rider Art Gallery Opening Reception: Daniela Bittman: Mural-Size Canvases

5:00 PM Exhibit on display: Thursday, October 24 through Sunday, December 1

Oct
27

Fall Open House

11:00 AM Our open house will teach you everything you need to know about Rider.

Oct
27

Princeton Brass Band: Halloween Concert

4:00 PM Concert filled with spooky and not-so-spooky music to create a distinctive atmos...

Oct
30

Rider Theatre: Metamorphoses (Preview Performance)

7:30 PM Myths and fables are interwoven in this magical adaptation of Ovid's Metamorphos...

Oct
31

Gallery Talk: Daniela Bittman: Mural-Size Canvases

7:00 PM Exhibit on display: Thursday, October 24 through Sunday, December 1

Oct
31

Rider Theatre: Metamorphoses

7:30 PM Myths and fables are interwoven in this magical adaptation of Ovid's Metamorphos...

Nov
1

Rider Theatre: Metamorphoses

7:30 PM Myths and fables are interwoven in this magical adaptation of Ovid's Metamorphos...

Nov
2 - 3

Family Weekend

Enjoy festive activities with your family during Family Weekend 2013.

Nov
2

Rider Theatre: Metamorphoses

2:00 PM Myths and fables are interwoven in this magical adaptation of Ovid's Metamorphos...

Nov
2

Westminster Chapel Choir: Family Weekend Concert: Lux Aeterna

7:30 PM Performing works about mortality, transfiguration, and perpetual light.

Nov
2

Rider Theatre: Metamorphoses

7:30 PM Myths and fables are interwoven in this magical adaptation of Ovid's Metamorphos...

Nov
3

Rider Theatre: Metamorphoses

2:00 PM Myths and fables are interwoven in this magical adaptation of Ovid's Metamorphos...

Nov
8

Art Gallery Concert: Jazz Duo

12:15 PM Jazz Duo performs in Rider University Art Gallery.

Nov
9

Westminster Choir: Doylestown, PA

7:30 PM Westminster Choir performs its Legends concert in Doylestown.

Nov
10

Kaleidoscope Chamber Series: Britten/Britain

2:30 PM A concert in celebration of the Benjamin Britten Centennial.

Nov
10

Westminster Choir: Legends

3:00 PM Exploring the role of legends as we consider the journey of our lives, the Westm...

Nov
16

Westminster Schola Cantorum: Ye Shall Have a Song

8:00 PM Performing works by Tavener, Rhineberger, Vaughan Williams, Britten and Mealor.

Nov
17

Westminster Kantorei: From Maiden to Monarch: Women of the Renaissance

3:00 PM Featuring music by Josquin, Isaac, Gibbons, Weelkes and Hildegard von Bingen, as...

Nov
20

Rider Musical Theatre: A Chorus Line (Preview Performance)

7:30 PM Centered on 17 Broadway dancers auditioning for a spot in the chorus line.

Nov
21

Conservatory at Nassau: Melissa Bohl, Ileana Ciumac, Marjorie Selden and Ruth Ochs

12:15 PM Westminster Conservatory at Nassau recitals feature half-hour lunchtime performa...

Nov
21

Rider Musical Theatre: A Chorus Line

7:30 PM Centered on 17 Broadway dancers auditioning for a spot in the chorus line.

Nov
22

Rider Musical Theatre: A Chorus Line

7:30 PM Centered on 17 Broadway dancers auditioning for a spot in the chorus line.

Nov
23

Rider Musical Theatre: A Chorus Line

2:00 PM Centered on 17 Broadway dancers auditioning for a spot in the chorus line.

Nov
23

Rider Musical Theatre: A Chorus Line

7:30 PM Centered on 17 Broadway dancers auditioning for a spot in the chorus line.

Nov
23

Westminster Williamson Voices: Illumina: Music of Light and Transcendence

8:00 PM Featuring works by Lauridsen, MacMillian, Mealor, Jennefelt, Pärt, Walenby, Han...

Nov
24

Rider Musical Theatre: A Chorus Line

2:00 PM Centered on 17 Broadway dancers auditioning for a spot in the chorus line.

Nov
24

Westminster Community Orchestra: Musical Masters at Work

3:00 PM Presents Beethoven's Piano Concerto No. 4 in G Major and Dvorák's Symphony No. ...

Nov
24

Westminster Jubilee Singers: Remembering

4:00 PM Featuring works by Roland Carter, Wendell Whalum, Robert Morris and Brandon Wadd...

Dec
6

Rider University Choir: Holiday Concert

7:30 PM Performing holiday favorites and more!

Dec
6

Rider Musical Theatre: The Human Heart: A Cabaret for Love, Unity and Tolerance

7:30 PM Rider Musical Theatre students present an intimate evening of cabaret music.

Dec
6

Westminster Opera Theatre: Der Schauspieldirektor and Gianni Schicchi

8:00 PM Presents Mozart's Der Schauspieldirektor and Puccini's Gianni Schicchi

Dec
7

Westminster Concert Bell Choir: Tidings of Comfort and Joy

4:00 PM Ring in the season with a program featuring transcriptions of holiday favorites!

Dec
7

Rider Musical Theatre: The Human Heart: A Cabaret for Love, Unity and Tolerance

7:30 PM Rider Musical Theatre students present an intimate evening of cabaret music.

Dec
7

Westminster Opera Theatre: Der Schauspieldirektor and Gianni Schicchi

8:00 PM Presents Mozart's Der Schauspieldirektor and Puccini's Gianni Schicchi

Dec
7 - 8

Rider Musical Theatre: The Human Heart: A Cabaret for Love, Unity and Tolerance

10:00 PM Rider Musical Theatre students present an intimate evening of cabaret music.

Dec
8

Westminster Concert Bell Choir: Tidings of Comfort and Joy

4:00 PM Ring in the season with a program featuring transcriptions of holiday favorites!

Dec
13

An Evening of Readings and Carols

8:00 PM A grand performance of holiday music for choir, organ and brass.

Dec
15

An Evening of Readings and Carols

4:00 PM A grand performance of holiday music for choir, organ and brass.

Dec
17

HANDEL: Messiah

7:30 PM Westminster Symphonic Choir joins the New York Philharmonic.

Dec
18

HANDEL: Messiah

7:30 PM Westminster Symphonic Choir joins the New York Philharmonic.

Dec
19

HANDEL: Messiah

7:30 PM Westminster Symphonic Choir joins the New York Philharmonic.

Dec
20

HANDEL: Messiah

11:00 AM Westminster Symphonic Choir joins the New York Philharmonic.

Dec
20

Westminster Community Chorus: A Christmas "Pops"

8:00 PM Performing contemporary Christmas classics and others arranged in a popular/jazz...

Dec
21

HANDEL: Messiah

7:30 PM Westminster Symphonic Choir joins the New York Philharmonic.

Dec
21

Westminster Community Chorus: A Christmas "Pops"

8:00 PM Performing contemporary Christmas classics and others arranged in a popular/jazz...

Dec
22

Princeton Brass Band: Holiday Concert

2:00 PM A holiday tradition, this concert features traditional British music, as well as...

Jan
10

Westminster Choir Tour: Tulsa

7:30 PM The Westminster Choir presents a program titled “Legends,” performing music ...

Jan
11

Westminster Choir Tour: Oklahoma City

8:00 PM The Westminster Choir presents a program titled “Legends,” performing music ...

Jan
16

Conservatory at Nassau: Majorie Selden and Marianne Lauffer

12:15 PM Westminster Conservatory at Nassau recitals feature half-hour lunchtime performa...

Jan
17

CoOPERAtive: La Fille du Régiment

7:30 PM Salut de France: A celebration of Opera and Song, featuring Donizetti's La Fille...

Jan
18

Rider Dance: Emerging Choreographers Showcase Auditions

10:00 AM Professional choreographers from the region will present new dance works. Edward...

Jan
18

CoOPERAtive: French Mélodie Recital

7:30 PM Salut de France: A Celebration of Opera and Song, featuring an intimate evening ...

Jan
19

CoOPERAtive: La Fille du Régiment

2:00 PM Salut de France: A celebration of Opera and Song, featuring Donizetti's La Fille...

Jan
19

Kaleidoscope Chamber Series: Songs to Live By

2:30 PM Featuring music by Karmon, Copland, and others.

Jan
25

Ode to Joy

7:30 PM To commemorate the 100th birthday of Princeton philanthropist William H. Scheide...

Feb
2

Conservatory Faculty Recital: Old and New, Near and Far

3:00 PM Sky Lark String Quartet performs music by Mozart, Kilmer, Mendelssohn, and Ping....

Feb
2

Conservatory Faculty Recital: Enchantment and Fantasy

7:30 PM Clipper Erickson performs music for solo piano by Brodhead, Dett, Robert Schuman...

Feb - Mar
6 - 2

Art Gallery: Basil Alkazzi: An Odyssey of Dreams - A Decade of Paintings 2003-2012

11:00 AM Exhibit on display: Thursday, February 6 through Sunday, March 2

Feb
6

Opening Reception: Basil Alkazzi: An Odyssey of Dreams - A Decade of Paintings 2003-2012

5:00 PM Exhibit on display: Thursday, February 6 through Sunday, March 2

Feb
9

Conservatory Faculty Recital: Dances from Around the World

3:00 PM Featuring dance music for piano duet and two pianos.

Feb
9

Conservatory Faculty Recital: An Evening at the Movies with Nino Rota

7:30 PM Featuring film scores, Piccola Offerta, Trios and Nonet.

Feb
13

Gallery Talk: Basil Alkazzi: An Odyssey of Dreams - A Decade of Paintings 2003-2012

7:00 PM Exhibit on display: Thursday, February 6 through Sunday, March 2

Feb
13

RACHMANINOFF: The Bells

8:00 PM Westminster Symphonic Choir performs with The Philadelphia Orchestra and Vladimi...

Feb
14

RACHMANINOFF: The Bells

8:00 PM Westminster Symphonic Choir performs with The Philadelphia Orchestra and Vladimi...

Feb
15

RACHMANINOFF: The Bells

8:00 PM Westminster Symphonic Choir performs with The Philadelphia Orchestra and Vladimi...

Feb
20

Conservatory at Nassau: Larissa Korkina and Esma Pasic-Filipovic

12:15 PM Westminster Conservatory at Nassau recitals feature half-hour lunchtime performa...

Feb
21

Art Song Festival: American Song

8:00 PM A recital focusing on American song.

Feb
22

Art Song Festival: American Song

8:00 PM A recital focusing on American song.

Feb
23

Westminster Faculty Recital: Winterreise

3:00 PM Considered by many to be Schubert’s greatest song cycle.

Feb
23

Westminster Faculty Recital: Elizabeth Sutton

7:30 PM Soprano Elizabeth Sutton presents a solo voice recital.

Feb
26

Rider Theatre: Our Town (Preview Performance)

7:30 PM One of America's most popular dramas, it has bridge many cultures, ages and sens...

Feb
27

Rider Theatre: Our Town

7:30 PM One of America's most popular dramas, it has bridge many cultures, ages and sens...

Feb
28

Rider Theatre: Our Town

7:30 PM One of America's most popular dramas, it has bridge many cultures, ages and sens...

Mar
1

Rider Theatre: Our Town

2:00 PM One of America's most popular dramas, it has bridge many cultures, ages and sens...

Mar
1

Rider Theatre: Our Town

7:30 PM One of America's most popular dramas, it has bridge many cultures, ages and sens...

Mar
2

Rider Theatre: Our Town

2:00 PM One of America's most popular dramas, it has bridge many cultures, ages and sens...

Mar
2

Kaleidoscope Chamber Series: Bach-Rach and Chalk Talk

2:30 PM Performance features music by J.S. Bach, Rachmaninoff, Whitacre and others.

Mar
2

Westminster Symphonic Choir Presents

3:00 PM Graduate students will conduct the Westminster Symphonic Choir.

Mar
7

Visiting Artist: Alan Feinberg in Recital

8:00 PM Pianist Alan Feinberg has forged a remarkable career based on musical exploratio...

Mar
8

Visiting Artist: Alan Feinberg Master Class

2:00 PM Forging a remarkable career based on musical exploration, pianist Alan Feinberg ...

Mar
8

Rider Dance: Everywhere

7:30 PM A performance in celebration of the 10th Anniversary of this program.

Mar
9

Rider Dance: Everywhere

2:00 PM A performance in celebration of the 10th Anniversary of this program.

Mar
10

Westminster Choir: Homecoming Concert: A Spoleto Festival USA Preview

7:30 PM Presents a preview of their 2014 Spoleto USA Festival program.

Mar - Apr
13 - 20

Art Gallery: John Heliker: The Music of Painting

11:00 AM Exhibit on display: Thursday, March 14 through Sunday, April 20

Mar
13

Opening Reception: John Heliker: The Music of Painting

5:00 PM Exhibit on display: Thursday, March 13 through Sunday, April 20

Mar
13

Gallery Talk: John Heliker: The Music of Painting

7:00 PM Exhibit on display: Thursday, March 13 through Sunday, April 20

Mar
16

Conservatory Faculty Recital: Hofreiter/Hofreiter

3:00 PM Featuring the compositions of Paul C. Hofreiter and Paul W. Hofreiter.

Mar
16

Westminster Community Orchestra: Conservatory Showcase

3:00 PM A wonderful display of youth and the power of music.

Mar
20

Conservatory at Nassau: Kenneth Ellison and Joseph D'Auguste

12:15 PM Westminster Conservatory at Nassau recitals feature half-hour lunchtime performa...

Mar
23

Princeton Brass Band: Championship Concert

2:00 PM Showcasing its Championship program set followed by light and brilliant music.

Mar
28

Art Gallery Concert: High Winds

12:15 PM High Winds perform in Rider University Art Gallery.

Mar
29

Westminster Schola Cantorum: Spring Concert

8:00 PM Performing classic and contemporary choral masterworks.

Mar
30

Westminster Faculty Recital: The Sonnet in Song

3:00 PM Sonnets set by Schubert, Lizst, and Britten.

Mar
30

Westminster Faculty Recital: Robin Leigh Massie and Friends

7:30 PM Featuring the music of Berlioz, Mozart, R. Strauss, Barber, and Gilbert and Sull...

Mar - Apr
31 - 2

Visiting Artist: Simon Halsey

University of Birmingham Professor and Director of Choral Activities Simon Halse...

Apr
3

Westminster Opera Theatre: Opera to be Announced

8:00 PM Presents a fully staged production with piano accompaniment.

Apr
4

Westminster Opera Theatre: Opera to be Announced

8:00 PM Presents a fully staged production with piano accompaniment.

Apr
5

Westminster Opera Theatre: Opera to be Announced

8:00 PM Presents a fully staged production with piano accompaniment.

Apr
6

Kaleidoscope Chamber Series: Ensemble for New Music

2:30 PM Featuring recent compositions by Westminster Conservatory composers and others.

Apr
6

Westminster Opera Theatre: Opera to be Announced

3:00 PM Presents a fully staged production with piano accompaniment.

Apr
9

Rider Theatre: Reasons to be Pretty (Preview Performance)

7:30 PM Nominated for the Tony Award’s Best Play, it focuses on modern day obsession w...

Apr
10

Conservatory at Nassau: Mary Greenberg

12:15 PM Westminster Conservatory at Nassau recitals feature half-hour lunchtime performa...

Apr
10

Rider Theatre: Reasons to be Pretty

7:30 PM Nominated for the Tony Award’s best play, it focuses on modern day obsession w...

Apr
11

Rider Theatre: Reasons to be Pretty

7:30 PM Nominated for the Tony Award’s best play, it focuses on modern day obsession w...

Apr
12

Rider Theatre: Reasons to be Pretty

7:30 PM Nominated for the Tony Award’s best play, it focuses on modern day obsession w...

Apr
13

Rider Theatre: Reasons to be Pretty

2:00 PM Nominated for the Tony Award’s best play, it focuses on modern day obsession w...

Apr
13

Westminster Jubilee Singers: Embrace

7:30 PM Performing works by young African-American composers and arrangers of sacred mus...

Apr
23

Rider Musical Theatre: Merrily We Roll Along (Preview Performance)

7:30 PM Franklin Shepard, abandoned his songwriting career to become a producer of Holly...

Apr
24

Rider Musical Theatre: Merrily We Roll Along

7:30 PM Franklin Shepard, abandoned his songwriting career to become a producer of Holly...

Apr
25

Rider Musical Theatre: Merrily We Roll Along

7:30 PM Franklin Shepard, abandoned his songwriting career to become a producer of Holly...

Apr
26

Rider Musical Theatre: Merrily We Roll Along

2:00 PM Franklin Shepard, abandoned his songwriting career to become a producer of Holly...

Apr
26

Rider Musical Theatre: Merrily We Roll Along

7:30 PM Franklin Shepard, abandoned his songwriting career to become a producer of Holly...

Apr
26

Westminster Williamson Voices: Spring Concert

8:00 PM Performing classic and contemporary choral masterworks.

Apr
27

Rider Musical Theatre: Merrily We Roll Along

2:00 PM Franklin Shepard, abandoned his songwriting career to become a producer of Holly...

Apr
27

Westminster Chapel Choir: Reflections

3:00 PM Performing choral works both with organ and a capella.

Apr
29

Rider University Band: Spring Concert

7:30 PM Performing traditional band favorites.

May
2

Rider University Choir: Spring Concert

7:30 PM Performing classical and contemporary choral favorites.

May
3

Westminster Concert Bell Choir: Spring Concert

4:00 PM Featuring original compositions and arrangements for English handbells and Choir...

May
3

Rider Dance: Emerging Choreographers Showcase

7:30 PM Featuring new works by the winners of Rider’s new Emerging Choreographers Comp...

May
3

Westminster Kantorei: Renaissance and Baroque Masterworks

8:00 PM Performing major choral works from the Renaissance and Baroque periods.

May
5

ROUSE: Requiem (New York Premiere)

8:00 PM Westminster Symphonic Choir joins the New York Philharmonic.

May
9

Kaleidoscope Chamber Series: All in the Family

8:00 PM Performing chamber music featuring lesser-known members of the woodwind family.

May
15

Conservatory at Nassau: Trio Brillante

12:15 PM Westminster Conservatory at Nassau recitals feature half-hour lunchtime performa...

Jun
7

Westminster Community Orchestra: BRAHMS: Requiem

8:00 PM Featuring Brahms' choral masterwork Ein deutsches Requiem.

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