Sei gegrüßet, Jesu gütig, BWV 768 J. S. Bach (1685-1750)
Carlo Ciliberti
Hymn: Drop, drop slow tears
Orlando Gibbons (1583-1625)
Jameson Van Horn
O Mensch Bewein Dein Sunde Gross, BWV 622 J. S. Bach (1685-1750)
Ricky Salazar
Verset Fantaisie pour Felix Alexandre Guilmant l’Orgue, op. 19 (1837-1911)
Oliver Hu
II. Andante, Sonata in D minor, BWV 527
J. S. Bach (1685-1750)
Le Jardin Suspendu, JA 71 Jehan Alain (1911-1940)
Evan Courtney
“Cantabile”, from Trois Cesar Franck (1822-1890)
Pieces pour grand Orgue
Le Banquet Céleste
Sarah Vawdrey
Lucas Heredia
Fantasy and Fugue in G minor, BWV 542
Malik Jardine
Olivier Messiaen (1908-1992)
J. S. Bach (1685-1750)
Light reception to follow at the back of the chapel.
About Rider University & Westminster Choir College
Located in Lawrenceville, New Jersey, Rider University is a private co-educational, student-centered university that emphasizes purposeful connections between academic study and real-world learning experience. Rider prepares graduates to thrive professionally, to be lifelong independent learners, and to be responsible citizens who embrace diversity, support the common good, and contribute meaningfully to the changing world in which they live and work.
The College of Arts and Sciences is dedicated to educating students for engaged citizenship, career success, and personal growth in a diverse and complex world. The college cultivates intellectual reflection, artistic creativity, and academic maturity by promoting both broad academic inquiry and in-depth disciplinary study, while nurturing effective and ethical applications of transferable critical skills. The College consists of four schools: the School of Humanities and Social Sciences, the School of Communication, Media, and Performing Arts, the School of Science, Technology, and Mathematics, and Westminster Choir College.
Culturally vibrant and historically rich, Westminster Choir College has a legacy of preparing students for thriving careers as well-rounded performers and musical leaders on concert stages, in schools, universities, and churches, and in professional and community organizations worldwide. Renowned for its tradition of choral excellence, the college is home to internationally recognized ensembles, including the Westminster Symphonic Choir, which has performed and recorded with virtually all of the major orchestras and conductors of our time. In addition to its choral legacy, Westminster is known as a center for excellence in musical pedagogy and performance.
Rider University gratefully acknowledges the generous support of: Michael T. '89 & Susana Santaguida '89 Gummel and Kasey & Billy Ziff for their support of our Rider Friend of the Arts patron program.
Upcoming Performances
GRADUATE CONDUCTING RECITAL SERIES
Westminster Symphonic Choir Graduate Conductors: Juliana Lynch and James Moyer
Tuesday, April 21, 7 p.m.
Gill Chapel
WESTMINSTER CHAPEL CHOIR: SEEK YE FIRST
Friday, April 24, 7:30 p.m.
Gill Chapel
WESTMINSTER CONCERT BELL CHOIRS: LEGACY
CELEBRATING 100 YEARS OF WESTMINSTER CHOIR COLLEGE
Saturday, April 25, 4 p.m.
Gill Chapel
WESTMINSTER FACULTY RECITAL SERIES: SONNET
Sunday, April 26, 2 p.m.
Gill Chapel
WESTMINSTER JUBILEE SINGERS: A JUBILEE 30TH ANNIVERSARY HOMECOMING
Sunday, April 26, 7:30 p.m.
Gill Chapel
ARTBEAST
Friday, May 1, 3 p.m.
Rider University
GRADUATE CONDUCTING RECITAL SERIES
Westminster Choir Graduate Conductors: Claire Fritz and Lucas Heredia Friday, May 1, 7:30 p.m.
Gill Chapel
FOR MORE INFORMATION ON UPCOMING PERFORMANCES, SUBSCRIPTION AND PATRON PROGRAM OPTIONS, VISIT RIDER.EDU/ARTS.
