Community Calendar

Join Dr. Ruth Ochs and The Westminster Community Orchestra (WCO) for the Westminster Conservatory Concerto Competition Winners Concert on Sunday, May 17, 2026 at 7:00 p.m. in Hillman Hall, in the Cullen Center, on the Westminster campus, Walnut Lane, in Princeton. There are no tickets required; a suggested admission of $10/person cash will be collected at the door.

The concert will feature the winners of this year’s Westminster Conservatory concerto competition: Alan Li, performing Mozart’s Andante in C for Flute and Orchestra, Wei-En Erin Liao performing the first movement of Crusell’s Clarinet Concerto No. 1, and Cherie Xu performing the first movement of Mozart’s Clarinet Concerto in A Major. In addition, the WCO will perform Copland’s Outdoor Overture, the second movement from Beethoven’s Symphony No. 5, and Nelhybel’s Pavane for Brass and Percussion.

For more information on the May 17th performance, please contact the Westminster Conservatory office by phone, 609-921-7104, email, conservatory@rider.edu, or visit https://www.rider.edu/about/events/westminster-community-orchestra-concerto-competition-winners-concert

Join us for this five-week online memoir workshop. Write to inspiring prompts, get insightful feedback and connect with a supportive community of writers.

Many memoir drafts languish in the space of interiority, failing to hook readers or advance the narrative. How can we make ourselves understood without getting caught up in endless introspection and over-explanation? In this supportive, lighthearted workshop, we’ll read memoirs and personal essays that illuminate the self by focusing our attention beyond it. Led by Sienna Zeilinger.

The internationally award-winning, 35-piece Atlantic Brass Band, under the baton of Salvatore Scarpa, returns to Cape May with an exciting new program of rousing band music, the perfect high note for Memorial Day Weekend and a celebration of the 250th anniversary of the signing of the Declaration of Independence. Co-sponsored by Cape May MAC and the City of Cape May.

Step into a realm of legend and wonder with One Thousand and One Nights. Guitarist Karol Samuelčík, presented in collaboration with the Slovak American Cultural Center, illuminates Rodrigo’s Fantasía para un gentilhombre, leading into Rimsky-Korsakov’s Scheherazade—a richly woven tapestry of sound inspired by the timeless Arabian tales.

May 30 | 7:00 PM | The Presbyterian Church, Westfield
May 31 | 2:30 PM | Sieminski Theater, Basking Ridge

Step into a realm of legend and wonder with One Thousand and One Nights. Guitarist Karol Samuelčík, presented in collaboration with the Slovak American Cultural Center, illuminates Rodrigo’s Fantasía para un gentilhombre, leading into Rimsky-Korsakov’s Scheherazade—a richly woven tapestry of sound inspired by the timeless Arabian tales.

May 30 | 7:00 PM | The Presbyterian Church, Westfield
May 31 | 2:30 PM | Sieminski Theater, Basking Ridge

Opening Weekend begins Friday, June 5 with a cabaret evening with Broadway star Sierra Boggess best known for starring roles in The Little Mermaid, The Phantom of the Opera, and more. Festival Performance Pavilion at Morven Museum & Garden, 55 Stockton Street, Princeton, NJ. Tickets: start at $40 (children 5-17 accompanied by an adult receive a 50% discount); Digital programs, wheelchair accessible. Additional accommodations or services can be arranged with two weeks’ notice—contact mgodbole@princetonsymphony.org; For tickets: princetonsymphony.org/festival or 609-497-0020.

Dates, times, artists, and programs subject to change.