Composed of students at Westminster Choir College, Westminster Kantorei, conducted by Amanda Quist, is an auditioned chamber choir specializing in early and contemporary music. The ensemble performs regularly with some of America’s leading specialists in early music. It was a national finalist for The American Prize, whose judges stated that Kantorei is “truly outstanding,” and described the choir as having a “finely-measured and delicate balance of voices, and a mastery of stylistic performance practice.” Westminster Kantorei’s engagements include concerts in Princeton and performances at the 2017 Boston Early Music Festival, the American Handel Festival and the American Choral Directors Association Eastern Division Conference. Recent seasons have included performing as the featured guest ensemble for the Reformation 500 Anniversary Concert in the Princeton University Chapel and performances of Bach’s St. Matthew Passion, with the Westminster Choir and the New York Philharmonic, conducted by Kurt Masur. Additionally, it has toured England and France. Westminster Kantorei has also premiered works by contemporary composers, including Caleb Burhans, Daniel Elder, Doug Helvering, Blake Hensen, Philip Rice and the internationally acclaimed Swedish composer Sven-David Sandström. Learn more at www.rider.edu/kantorei.