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The Princeton University Orchestra (PUO) is the flagship symphony orchestra of Princeton University. The ensemble tours internationally and includes over 100 musicians, almost all of whom are undergraduates at the university. Every academic year, the Princeton University Orchestra holds eight or nine concerts in Richardson Auditorium in ...
Alexander Hall at Princeton University, home to performances of the Princeton Symphony Orchestra. The Princeton Symphony Orchestra (locally known as the PSO) is a professional U.S. orchestra based in Princeton, New Jersey. Rossen Milanov has been music director since 2009, leading the orchestra in critically acclaimed performances. [1]
McCarter hosted the Princeton University Concerts for fifty years before they moved to Richardson Auditorium. The Philadelphia Orchestra began these concerts at McCarter in 1932, and the Cleveland Orchestra, the New York Philharmonic, Rudolf Serkin, Jascha Heifetz, Myra Hess, Zino Francescatti, and Gregor Piatigorsky followed, among others. [1]
The Princeton University Chapel Choir, composed of approximately 60 Princeton undergraduate students, graduate students, and faculty members, sings at Sunday morning services and official university functions in the Princeton University Chapel, as well as performing their own concerts every semester.
The name of the hall honors three generations of the Alexander family, who all served as University trustees. Funding for the building was sourced from Mrs. Harriet Crocker Alexander, who donated $350,000 ($12.2 million in 2024 dollars) [3] so its name would honor her in-laws: her husband Charles B. Alexander (Class of 1870), his father Henry M. Alexander (Class of 1840), a University trustee ...
Baccalaureate: Princeton University's graduating senior class attends an interfaith baccalaureate service in the chapel on the Sunday prior to Commencement. [ 88 ] The Princeton University Chapel Choir rehearses, provides music for the weekly service, and performs occasional concerts in the chapel.
The Princeton University Glee Club is the oldest singing group in existence at Princeton. It was founded in 1874 by Andrew Fleming West '74, who later became the first Dean of the Graduate College. The Glee Club is currently celebrating its 150th season of concerts. In 1907 Charles E. Burnham was the first professional musician to lead the Glee ...
1907–1908 When Congress Went to Princeton; 1908–1909 The Duchess of Bluffshire; 1909–1910 His Honor the Sultan; 1910–1911 Simply Cynthia; 1911–1912 Main Street; 1912–1913 Once in a Hundred Years; 1913–1914 The Pursuit of Priscilla [1] 1914–1915 Fie! Fie! Fi-Fi! [2] 1915–1916 The Evil Eye; 1916–1917 Safety First