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For immediate release
Contact: Anne Sears (sears@rider.edu)
Dottie Spengel (dspengel@rider.edu)
609-921-7100 ext. 8307

WESTMINSTER CONSERVATORY COMMUNITY CHORUS AND CHAMBER CHOIR HOLDING AUDITIONS

(Princeton, N.J. August 29, 2005) The Westminster Community Chorus at Westminster Conservatory, conducted by Devin Mariman, is seeking new members from beginner to advanced singers. Rehearsals are held on Tuesday evenings from 7:30 to 9:30 in Bristol Chapel on the campus of Westminster Choir College of Rider University, Hamilton Avenue and Walnut Lane in Princeton. Interested singers are invited to participate in open rehearsals on Tuesday, September 13 and Tuesday, September 20. An individual hearing will be scheduled at a later time.

The Westminster Community Chorus is composed of singers from all walks of life who share a love of choral music. Since its inception in 1996 as part of Westminster Conservatory's choral program, the group has developed a reputation for excellence in the Westminster tradition. It has performed such major works as the Poulenc Gloria, Beethoven's Mass in C, Mozart's Great Mass in C minor, K.427, Te Deum of Anton Bruckner, the Monteverdi Vespers of 1610, Carl Orff's Carmina Burana, and Honegger's King David, as well as numerous concerts featuring a wide variety of accompanied and unaccompanied choral music.

This season it will perform a "Holiday Celebration" concert in December with the Westminster Community Orchestra featuring excerpts from Handel's Judas Maccabeus, Vaughan Williams' Fantasia on Christmas Carols; and Mendelssohn's There Shall A Star." Their program in May will be a "10th Anniversary Celebration" featuring works from some of the most memorable performances from the choir's first 10 years, as well as a newly commissioned work and Benjamin Britten's Rejoice in the Lamb.

The Westminster Community Chamber Choir, a select 20-voice choir, is also accepting new members. Prior experience and good sight-reading skills are required. Rehearsals are held on alternate Monday evenings from 7:10-9:40, also on the Westminster Choir College campus. Interested singers should have a prepared song to sing for the audition.

The Chamber Choir will be joined by a Baroque instrumental ensemble for its December performance, entitled "The Glory of the Baroque." They will also perform Vivaldi's Gloria in D, RV 859.

For information and to schedule an audition for the Chamber Choir, please call the Westminster Conservatory at 609-921-7104 ext. 8355.