(PRINCETON, NJ) -- The 2019 Westminster Choir College Faculty Series continues with a performance by soprano Rochelle Ellis accompanied by pianist Akiko Hosaki on Sunday, October 27 at 3:00pm in Bristol Chapel on the campus of Westminster Choir College of Rider University in Princeton. Admission is free.
The program, titled “Endless Song,” is a celebration of Dr. Ellis’ 25 years at Westminster Choir College. All of the works presented on the program represent significant moments in Dr. Ellis’ career. They include songs by Ravel and Strauss and John Carter’s Cantata. Describing the program, Dr. Ellis said, “I’m singing music that has meant something to me throughout my life.”
Soprano Dr. Rochelle Ellis is a performer, teacher and conductor. She holds positions as adjunct associate professor of voice at Westminster Choir College of Rider University and lecturer of voice at Princeton University. She has sung extensively throughout the United States and internationally in both concert and opera. Dr. Ellis made her New York City Opera debut in Gershwin’s Porgy and Bess, and her Carnegie Hall debut in Bach’s Cantata 140 under the baton of Joseph Flummerfelt. In December, she will appear with the Cambridge Community Chorus in Duke Ellington’s Sacred Service.
Collaborative pianist Dr. Akiko Hosaki frequently appears with singers, instrumentalists and conductors in the New York metropolitan area. She has served as accompanist for choirs and orchestras, such as the American Boychoir, Fuma Sacra, Princeton Pro Musica, Riverside Symphonia and the Garden State Philharmonic. Dr. Hosaki has also worked with regional opera companies as well such as The Princeton Festival, New Jersey State Opera, Opera North and Opera New Jersey. She currently serves as the pianist coordinator and head of the staff accompanists at Westminster Choir College and senior choir director and organist for the Hillsborough Reformed Church at Millstone.
Westminster Choir College of Rider University is located at 101 Walnut Lane in Princeton, New Jersey. To learn more about this recital and other Westminster performances, please go to rider.edu/arts.
