About Westminster Symphonic Choir

".... full-bodied singing from the impressive Westminster Symphonic Choir."
    --The New York Times

Recognized as one of the world’s leading choral ensembles, the Westminster Symphonic Choir has recorded and performed with major orchestras under virtually every internationally acclaimed conductor of the past 87 years. The ensemble is composed of juniors, seniors and graduate students at Westminster Choir College and other Rider University students selected by audition.

Listen to the Westminster Symphonic Choir perform Handel's Messiah with The Philadelphia Orchestra conducted by Yannick Nézet-Séguin

The ensemble’s 2023-2024 season includes performances of the Mozart Requiem with the Princeton Symphony Orchestra and Orff’s Carmina Burana with the Orchestra of St. Luke’s at Carnegie Hall.

Recent seasons have included performances of Verdi's Requiem with The Philadelphia Orchestra and Yannick Nézet-Séguin; Berg's Wozzeck with the London Philharmonia and Esa-Pekka Salonen; Villa-Lobos' Choros No. 10 and Estévez’ Cantata Criolla with the Simón Bolívar Symphony Orchestra of Venezuela and Gustavo Dudamel; Beethoven's Symphony No. 9 with the West-Eastern Divan Orchestra and Daniel Barenboim and Rouse’s Requiem with the New York Philharmonic and Alan Gilbert.

  • Performing Bernstein's Mass with The Philadelphia Orchestra
  • Final bow with Sir Simon Rattle and the Berliner Philharmoni
  • Performing Mahler's Symphony No. 2 with the Philadelphia Orc
  • Final Bow with the New York Philharmonic
  • PBS Broadcast of Verdi's Requiem on September 11
  • Westminster Symphonic Choir at Lincoln Center
  • Performing Bach's St. Matthew Passion with The Philadelphia
  • Performing Berg's Wozzeck with the New York Philharmonic
  • Performing Brahms' Requiem with The Philadelphia Orchestra
  • Symphonic Choir