The Westminster Choirs
Westminster is renowned for its outstanding choral program that includes multiple ensembles performing a broad range of repertoire. All students have unparalleled opportunities to perform on a professional level in major concert halls and throughout the country. For further information contact Samuel Stephenson at stephensamu@rider.edu.
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Westminster Choir
Donald Nally, conductor
Setting the standard for choral excellence since 1920, the Westminster Choir is composed of sophomores, juniors, seniors and graduate students selected by audition. The ensemble’s 2024-2025 season includes a series of concerts across the tri-state area.
Westminster Symphonic Choir
Donald Nally, conductor
Westminster Symphonic Choir has performed and recorded with many of the world’s leading orchestras. It is required for all Westminster Choir College sophomores, juniors, seniors and graduate students. The ensemble is also open to other Rider University students by audition at fall choral hearings. Singers must have prior choral experience and are held to a high level of musicianship and artistry. Participation in the ensemble may require concurrent private voice study or enrollment in VC 103: Voice Secondary as determined on an individual basis. The 2024-2025 season includes performances with the Princeton Symphony Orchestra and the Capital Singers of Trenton.
Westminster Jubilee Singers
Vinroy D. Brown, Jr., conductor
Composed of students selected by audition, the Westminster Jubilee Singers is modeled after the historically acclaimed Fisk Jubilee Singers. Part of Westminster Choir College’s Sacred Music Department, the ensemble performs literature that includes African-American spirituals and folk songs and classical music by African-American composers. Also explored and performed are works by non-African-American composers who have composed and/or arranged music of the African-American experience.
Westminster Chapel Choir
Tyrone Clinton, conductor
The Westminster Chapel Choir is composed of first year undergraduate students at Westminster Choir College and other Rider University students by audition. Chapel Choir takes its name from Westminster’s rich history of leadership in the field of sacred music. The ensemble has evolved over the years, and today its repertoire includes both sacred and secular works.
Westminster Concert Bell Choir
Gillian Erlenborn, conductor
This auditioned ensemble is designed for those with prior ringing experience. The ensemble’s 2024-2025 season will include Holiday concerts on campus in Gill Chapel, An Evening of Readings and Carols at Princeton University Chapel, and a Spring concert series.