AN AFTERNOON OF MUSIC: Princeton University Sinfonia, conducted by Ruth Ochs, appears at Richardson Auditorium on Sunday, December 8.

The Princeton University Sinfonia will present a concert on Sunday, December 8, at 3 p.m. at Richardson Auditorium. Ruth Ochs will lead the program.

The concert will open with an early work by Jean Sibelius, his Karelia Overture, a musical tribute to the region in Finland’s southeast.

The world premiere of Kindly as dust I scatter towards light by Princeton undergraduate composer, Romit Kundagrami ’26, is also featured. A student in Princeton’s School of Public and International Affairs, where he researches migration, Kundagrami devotes significant time to Princeton’s musical ensembles, and he credits those experiences as inspiration.

“In this work, I go back to exploring the atmospheric world (though not in a minimalist context), and in its form, I try to express the role of music as a healer,” he said. Kundagrami, who is from Houston, is a member of Princeton’s Glee Club and Sinfonia.

Borodin’s Symphony No. 2 is also on the program.

“It is always fun to program Borodin’s music,” said Ochs. “Students come to me excited and share that they recently learned of his significant contributions as a chemist.”

As a composer, Borodin created symphonies, chamber music, and an opera, though many of those remained unfinished at his death. Sinfonia’s program also includes a nod to the holiday season: Mel Tormé’s “The Christmas Song.”

The Princeton University Sinfonia is made up of over 80 undergraduate and graduate students, and regularly presents concerts in Richardson Auditorium. Tickets to this concert ($15 general admission/$5 students) are available at tickets.princeton.edu. For more information visit music.princeton.edu and sinfonia.princeton.edu.