(PRINCETON, NJ) -- Westminster Kantorei will present a concert titled “An Evening of Choral Evensong” on Friday, November 1 at 7:30pm in Bristol Chapel on the campus of Westminster Choir College of Rider University in Princeton. The program models a traditional Anglican service of choral evensong, aligned with the Feast of All Saint’s Day.
The program is led by Kantorei’s new director, Dr. Jay Carter. The program will include works traditionally performed for All Saints’ Day, such as William Byrd’s Gaudeamus Omnes in Domino and Justorum Animae, Thomas Tallis’ Te Lucis Ante Terminum and Adrian Batten’s Magnificat and Nunc Dimitis from his fourth service.
Tickets are $20 for adults and $15 for students and seniors and are available by phone at 609-921-2663 or online at rider.edu/arts.
omposed of students at Westminster Choir College, Westminster Kantorei is an award-winning chamber choir specializing in early and contemporary music. The ensemble has performed with Juilliard415 and several of America’s leading specialists in early music. It was recently recognized as a winner of The American Prize, whose judges stated that the choir is “truly outstanding,” and described it as having a “finely-measured and delicate balance of voices, and a mastery of stylistic performance practice.”
Jay Carter has gained a reputation as one of the nation’s finest countertenors. A frequent collaborator with both period and modern ensembles, he is recognized as a leading interpreter of late Baroque repertoire and has been lauded for his luminous tone, stylish interpretations, and clarion delivery. As a scholar and clinician, Carter frequently presents masterclasses and lecture recitals for colleges, universities, and presenting organizations throughout the United States. He has a decade of experience in higher education, focusing intently on student-centered and career-centered studio work that is applicable to solo and ensemble application. He holds graduate degrees from the University of Missouri-Kansas City Conservatory of Music and the Yale School of Music and Institute of Sacred Music where he was a pupil of Simon Carrington, Judith Malafronte, and James Taylor. He received his undergraduate degree from William Jewell College where he studied voice with Arnold Epley.
Westminster Choir College of Rider University is located at 101 Walnut Lane in Princeton, New Jersey. To learn more about this concert and other Westminster performances, please go to rider.edu/arts.
