Elizabeth Perry To Perform With the New York Philharmonic

2014 Apr 28

Elizabeth Perry of Hockessin, Del., will perform the New York City premiere of Christopher Rouse's Requiem with the Westminster Symphonic Choir and the New York Philharmonic conducted by Alan Gilbert on Monday, May 5 at Carnegie Hall in New York. The concert will also be broadcast live on WQXR-FM and online at www.wqxr.org. Elizabeth is a student at Westminster Choir College of Rider University in Princeton, N.J., where she is a member of the Westminster Symphonic Choir.

Composed of students at Westminster, the Westminster Symphonic Choir has recorded and performed with major orchestras under virtually every internationally acclaimed conductor of the past 79 years. Recognized as one of the world's leading choral ensembles, the choir has sung more than 350 performances with the New York Philharmonic alone.

In addition to this performance, the ensemble's 2013-2014 season has included performances of works by Beethoven with The Philadelphia Orchestra; Beethoven's Symphony No. 9 with the Vienna Chamber Orchestra; Rachmaninoff's The Bells with The Philadelphia Orchestra; and Handel's Messiah with the New York Philharmonic.

Westminster Choir College is a division of Rider University's Westminster College of the Arts. A professional college of music with a unique choral emphasis, Westminster prepares students at the undergraduate and graduate levels for careers in teaching, sacred music and performance. To learn more about Westminster, go to www.rider.edu/wcc.