Community Calendar

Live Jazz Concert, Award Program and International Food Crawl

Conductor: Nicole Aldrich

The Princeton Society of Musical Amateurs welcomes singers of all levels to participate. Vocal scores provided.

Members of the community gather together for the common and joyful enterprise of making music for their own pleasure, singing through the great works in choral literature with chorus, orchestra, and soloists as the works require. There are no separate rehearsals and no auditions. Walk-in singers and listen-only guests are welcome at all sessions. Conductors may do some light preparation with the chorus before the sing-through. Orchestra members participate by invitation, based on the instrumental needs of the work. Light refreshments are available during the break and participants are encouraged to mingle and socialize..

After lighting up Carnegie Hall, the Berlin Philharmonie, the Vienna Konzerthaus, and the Paris Philharmonie, the internationally acclaimed Castalian String Quartet lands in Princeton for a performance that hits close to home. Violist Natalie Loughran, a Princeton High School alumna, returns to her hometown stage alongside her powerhouse ensemble: Finnish first violinist Sini Simonen, and Welshmen Daniel Roberts (second violin) and Steffan Morris (cello). Praised by The Observer for performances “full of poetry, joy, and sorrow, realized to such perfection,” the Castalians were crowned Young Artist of the Year at the 2019 Royal Philharmonic Society Awards and currently hold a prestigious residency at Oxford University. Their name nods to Castalia, the mythic nymph whose sacred spring at Delphi was said to ignite artistic brilliance—and now, they bring that creative fire to Princeton with Janáček’s impassioned Intimate Letters and Mendelssohn’s luminous String Quartet Op. 44, No. 3. Take a seat on stage alongside the musicians and let the music wash over you—direct from the source, as if Castalia’s spring of inspiration were flowing at your feet.

Princeton Symphony Orchestra (PSO) is joined by world renowned harpsichordist Mahan Esfahani for the world premiere of Julian Grant’s "Vaudeville in Teal". Also on the program are Viet Cuong’s "Extra(ordinarily) Fancy" and Igor Stravinsky’s "Pulcinella". Rossen Milanov conducts. Richardson Auditorium, Alexander Hall, Princeton University Campus, Princeton, NJ. Tickets start at $40 (children 5-17 who are accompanied by an adult receive a 50% discount); Accommodations or services can be arranged with two weeks’ notice, contact Mika Godbole at mgodbole@princetonsymphony.org or (609) 905-0931; For tickets: princetonsymphony.org or 609-497-0020.

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