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Westminster Choir College ( WCC) is an historic conservatory of music, currently operating on the campus of Rider University, in Lawrenceville, New Jersey. Rider's College of Arts and Sciences (the college under which the historic institution has been reorganized) consists of Westminster Choir College and an additional three schools.
May 15, 2024 · The Princeton dormitory currently houses the Westminster Conservatory of Music, Westminster’s community music school. The Talbott Library was built in 1969, designed by architects Perkins and Will and named after the College’s first benefactor, Katharine H. Talbott.
- David M. Reynolds
- 2018
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1926. The Westminster Choir School was founded. 1928. Westminster Choir and the Cincinnati Symphony made the nation’s first coast-to-coast radio broadcast, aired over Station WLW. 1929. Westminster Choir College was established and moved to Ithaca College. 1932. Westminster Choir College moved to Princeton, N.J. 1934.
In 1929 the college moved to Ithaca, N.Y., and became associated with what is now Ithaca College, where a four-year program leading to the Bachelor of Music degree was instituted. Relocated in Princeton, N.J., in 1932, it added a master’s program in 1934 and became known as Westminster Choir College in 1939.
Keith Evans became the fifth president of The Westminster Schools in July, 2014. He came to Westminster from The Collegiate School in Richmond, Virginia, where he served as head of school from 1999 to 2014. Keith has also held leadership roles at St. Mary’s Episcopal School (Memphis, Tennessee), Webb School of Knoxville (Tennessee), and The ...
About. Music plays an integral part in life at Westminster, and the academic courses offer a rigorous and stimulating perspective on the excellent and wide-ranging musical activities across the School. Many internationally renowned musicians have been educated at Westminster including Henry Purcell, Adrian Boult, Roger Norrington, Ian Bostridge ...
Mr David Campbell. Head of Woodwind. Mr Tim Garrard. Director of Music. Mr Matthew Hargreaves. Head of Singing. Mr Michael Heighway. Assistant Director of Music; Head of Academic Music. Mrs Katie Hill.
