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(PRINCETON, NJ) -- The Princeton Symphony Orchestra (PSO) presents members of the orchestra in a special Holiday Brass concert, the second installment of its Chamber Series at Trinity, on Thursday, December 4, 2025 at 7:00pm. The performance includes traditional holiday selections arranged for brass quintet with popular tunes by Albert Hague, Vince Guaraldi, Sammy Kahn, Johnny Marks, and Leroy Anderson.

The setting of Trinity Church provides the perfect backdrop for this seasonal concert featuring Jerry Bryant and Tom Cook, trumpets, Jonathan Clark, horn, Lars Wendt, trombone, Jonathan Fowler, tuba, and Eric Borghi, percussion.

Looking ahead to the new year, the PSO introduces two ensembles new to Princeton, the Erinys Quartet and Trio Candesco. Both performances also take place at Trinity Church.

Erinys Quartet - Thursday, March 19, 2026 @ 7:00pm. Named for the Erinyes (a.k.a. the Furies) from the Greek tragedy Oresteia by Aeschylus, this accomplished ensemble was founded in 2018 at the Sibelius Academy in Helsinki. The quartet just concluded their time as String Quartet-in-Residence at the Curtis Institute of Music. On the program are Anton Webern's Fünf Sätze für Streichquartett, Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart's String Quartet No. 15 in D Minor, K. 421, and Claude Debussy's String Quartet in G Minor, Op. 10. Members include Elizabeth Stewart, violin, Joosep Reimaa, violin, Marija Räisänen, viola, and Stergios Theodoridis, cello.

Trio Candesco - April 23, 2026 @ 7:00pm. Trio Candesco, comprised of Sarah Shin, flute, Jessica Thompson, viola, and Jacqueline Kerrod, harp, perform a program highlighting the virtuosic possibilities of their combination of instruments: Claude Debussy's Sonate for flute, viola and harp, Hilary Tann's From the Song of Amergin, Maurice Ravel's Sonatine arranged by Carlos Salzedo, and Toru Takemitsu's And Then I Knew 'Twas Wind.

Trinity Church is located at 33 Mercer Street, Princeton, NJ. General admission tickets for these performances are $45 per person (50% discount for children 5-17). For tickets and information, visit the Princeton Symphony Orchestra website at princetonsymphony.org or call 609-497-0020.

Programs, artists, dates, and times are subject to change.

Accessibility: The Princeton Symphony Orchestra is committed to ensuring all programming is accessible for everyone, working with venues such as Trinity Church to provide needed services. Contact Mika Godbole for questions about available services at [email protected] or (609) 905-0931. Note: some services require at least two weeks' notice to arrange.

The Princeton Symphony Orchestra (PSO) is a cultural centerpiece of the Princeton community and one of New Jersey's finest music organizations, a position established through performances of beloved masterworks, innovative music by living composers, and an extensive network of educational programs offered to area students free of charge. Led by Edward T. Cone Music Director Rossen Milanov, the PSO presents orchestral, pops, and chamber music programs of the highest artistic quality, supported by lectures and related events that supplement the concert experience. The only independent, professional orchestra to make its home in Princeton, the PSO performs at historic Richardson Auditorium on the campus of Princeton University.

Its flagship summer program the Princeton Festival brings an array of performing arts and artists to Princeton during multiple weeks in June. Through PSO BRAVO!, the orchestra produces wide-reaching and impactful education programs in partnership with local schools and arts organizations that culminate in students attending a live orchestral performance.

The PSO receives considerable support from the Princeton community and the New Jersey State Council on the Arts, regularly garnering NJSCA's highest honor. Recognition of engaging residencies and concerts has come from the National Endowment for the Arts, and the PSO's commitment to new music has been acknowledged with an ASCAP Award for Adventurous Programming and a Copland Fund Award.