Westminster Choir College Sacred Music

Westminster Choir College Sacred Music Offering education of the highest quality and experiences of the broadest scope to Sacred Music majors that aspire to be leaders of the future.

Westminster Choir College's Sacred Music Department offers education of the highest quality and broadest scope to Sacred Music majors that aspire to be leaders of the future. The department is interdenominational and seeks to explore the excellence of various traditions of sacred music. The faculty has wide experience and expertise in such traditions as Anglican, Lutheran, Methodist, Presbyterian,

Reformed, Roman Catholic, the Synagogue and Temple traditions, and others. The curricula at both the undergraduate and graduate levels aim, on the one hand, to explore how familiar tradition can be blended with unfamiliar contemporary creativity in choral, congregational, and instrumental music for worship and, on the other hand, to provide a balanced study of theoretical matters and practical concerns. Technique, repertoire, and performance practice are therefore considered with theology, Biblical and post-Biblical religious history, and the development and practice of liturgy and worship. Underlying all the offerings of the department is the understanding that sacred music is neither an optional extra nor merely a spiritual entertainment within the service of the church. It is rather an essential part of the liturgy and worship and therefore must have integrity and quality appropriate for its twin functions of carrying the Word of God to us, and our words of praise to God. Undergirding the sacred music program are the offerings of the other Westminster academic and performance departments, the specialized collections containing sacred music materials in Talbott Library, and the vast network of affiliate churches in the greater New York-Philadelphia metropolitan area in which Westminster students are enabled to gain personal experience of a wide range of sacred music practice.

Dear Friends,We are so excited to offer the Kemp Church Music Symposium on Saturday, May 10, 2025, from 9:00 a.m. - 4:00...
04/11/2025

Dear Friends,

We are so excited to offer the Kemp Church Music Symposium on Saturday, May 10, 2025, from 9:00 a.m. - 4:00 p.m. in Gill Chapel, Rider University.

The Symposium will feature Westminster Choir College Faculty Members:
Dr. Donald Nally
Dr. Steven Pilkington
Professor Tom Shelton
Professor Vinroy Brown
Professor Gillian Erlenborn

You can register at:
rider.edu/kempsymposium

Cost: $35.00 - which includes morning coffee/pastries and Lunch.

Please email me if you have any questions!
[email protected]

The 2025 Kemp Church Music Symposium
Saturday, May 10, 2025
Gill Chapel, Rider University
9:00 a.m. – 4:00 p.m.

8:45 a.m. - 9:15 Gathering, Coffee and Pastries
9:15 – 9:30 Welcome and Introductions Professor Tom Shelton
9:30 - 10:20 Session One: "Spiritual Breadth: Sacred Music that Seems Secular" - Dr. Donald Nally
10:30 – 11:20 Session Two: "Music Videos in the House of the Lord: 21st Century Worship" - Dr. Steven Pilkington
11:30 – 12:15 Music Reading Session featuring music for Adult Choirs, Youth Choirs and Children’s Choirs - Professor Tom Shelton
12:15 - 1:15 Lunch and Learn - Best Practices Table Discussions
1:15 – 2:05 Session Three: “Just Getting Started – Handbell Session” - Professor Gillian Erlenborn
2:15 – 3:05 Session Four: “Exploring Black Psalmody: Settings of the Psalter by Black Composers” - Professor Vinroy Brown
3:15 – 4:00 Closing Hymn Festival

We have Graduate Degree Programs “in person” and “on line”. ON LINE options:Master of Sacred Music Master of Choral Ped...
10/04/2024

We have Graduate Degree Programs “in person” and “on line”.

ON LINE options:

Master of Sacred Music

Master of Choral Pedagogy

Master of Vocal Pedagogy
(Classical and Musical Theater Tracks)

FULL-TIME ON CAMPUS:

Master of Music in Choral Conducting

Master of Music in Sacred Music
***If you are an Organist we have Full Scholarship Possibilities.

Master of Music Education

Master of Music in Voice Pedagogy and Performance

For more information, please send me a message!

This coming Saturday! Please come join us for this free screening if you are in the Lawrenceville, NJ area!
10/02/2024

This coming Saturday! Please come join us for this free screening if you are in the Lawrenceville, NJ area!

This coming Saturday!!!! Please come join us for this FREE Event!!! It's open to the public! Anyone interested in Cho...
09/30/2024

This coming Saturday!!!! Please come join us for this FREE Event!!! It's open to the public! Anyone interested in Choral Music is invited to join us!

If you're in the area - come join us on October 5!
09/09/2024

If you're in the area - come join us on October 5!

Rider University Chorale begins Tuesday, September 10! If you in the area, please come join us! Message me for more in...
08/27/2024

Rider University Chorale begins Tuesday, September 10! If you in the area, please come join us! Message me for more information!

Rider University Chorale Concert tomorrow night!Friday, April 19, 7:00 p.m. in Gill Chapel. Come join us!
04/18/2024

Rider University Chorale Concert tomorrow night!

Friday, April 19, 7:00 p.m. in Gill Chapel. Come join us!

So excited to welcome Andrea Ramsey to the Sacred Music Series on Monday night, April 22, at 6:30 p.m. EST.This webinar ...
04/18/2024

So excited to welcome Andrea Ramsey to the Sacred Music Series on Monday night, April 22, at 6:30 p.m. EST.

This webinar is FREE! Please come join us!

To register: RIDER.EDU/SACREDMUSICSERIES

After the session, we will send anyone that registers a link to the recording and you have 30 days to watch the session.

Sacred Music Series Webinar - Session Two - Tomorrow Night - Monday, April 15, at 6:30 p.m. Come join us! You can stil...
04/14/2024

Sacred Music Series Webinar - Session Two - Tomorrow Night - Monday, April 15, at 6:30 p.m. Come join us! You can still register:

RIDER.EDU/SACREDMUSICSERIES

The presentation is recorded. If you can't be there at 6:30 p.m., you will receive a link to the recording the following day and you have 30 days to watch it!

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Lawrenceville, NJ
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