Sunday, Nov 20, 2016
Tickets are on sale now for the annual festival of holiday music.
Holidays at Westminster, Westminster Choir College of 小优视频鈥檚 annual festival of holiday music, continues this season with a series of performances on the Westminster campus in Princeton and in the Princeton University Chapel.
The Westminster Concert Bell Choir, conducted by Kathleen Ebling Shaw, will open the series with performances on Saturday, December 3 and Sunday, December 4 at 4 p.m. in Bristol Chapel on the Westminster campus in Princeton. The program, titled A Child is Born, will feature familiar carols and favorite children鈥檚 songs, including Jolly Old St. Nicholas, The First Noel, A Charlie Brown Christmas and Leroy Anderson鈥檚 popular Sleigh Ride. Composed of Westminster Choir College students, the Westminster Concert Bell Choir has been praised for its musicality and technical virtuosity. It performs on the world鈥檚 largest range of handbells and Choirchimes, and it has appeared on several holiday season broadcasts, including the NBC Today Show and the annual Christmas Tree lighting at Rockefeller Center. Tickets are $25 for adults and $20 for students and seniors.
Westminster鈥檚 annual Evening of Readings and Carols will be presented in the Princeton University Chapel three times this year: Friday, December 9 at 8 p.m. and Saturday, December 10 at 3 p.m. and 8 p.m. One of the area鈥檚 most popular holiday concerts, it includes music for choir, organ and brass interspersed with seasonal readings. The audience also has the opportunity to join in singing Christmas carols. This year鈥檚 program includes a procession to the Kyrie from James Whitbourn鈥檚 Missa Carolae, which has become a Readings and Carols tradition, Dan Forrest鈥檚 Festival First Noel and Andrew Carter鈥檚 arrangement of I Saw Three Ships. Tickets for the Friday and Saturday evening performances are $70, $55 and $40. General admission tickets for the Saturday afternoon performance are $45. Patrons contributing an additional $25 to the Westminster scholarship program will receive preferred seating.
To order tickets or to learn more about Westminster鈥檚 Holidays at Westminster performances go to or call the box office at 609-921-2663.