The Westminster Choir, conducted by Joe Miller, will present a concert titled “A Thousand Years to Live” on Sunday, November 6 at 3 p.m. in Bristol Chapel on the campus of Westminster Choir College of Rider University in Princeton. Tickets are $20 for adults and $15 for students and seniors. To order call (609) 921-2663 or go to www.rider.edu/arts.

The program will explore the gifts and challenges each day’s 24 hours present to the world. It will reflect on the words of American Shaker Ann Lee, “Do all your work as though you had a thousand years to live, and as you would if you knew you must die tomorrow,” which conclude Paul Crabtree’s composition The Valley of Delight: Death and Resurrection. The program will also include Ugis Praulins’ Laudibus in sanctis; Kile Smith’s “Yes, It’s beautiful” from The Consolation of Apollo; Brahms’ Abendstandchen and Warren Martin’s Great Day, as well as other works.

Setting the standard for choral excellence for 96 years, the Westminster Choir is composed of students at Westminster Choir College, a division of Rider University’s Westminster College of the Arts. It has been the chorus-in-residence for the prestigious Spoleto Festival USA since 1977, performing both in concert and as the opera chorus.

Joe Miller is conductor of the Westminster Choir and the Westminster Symphonic Choir. He is also director of choral activities at Westminster Choir College of Rider University. In addition to his responsibilities at Westminster Choir College, Dr. Miller is artistic director for choral activities for the renowned Spoleto Festival USA.