Danielle Sinclair

The Westminster Community Orchestra, conducted by Ruth Ochs, will present their annual family holiday concert “Holiday Favorites and Sing-along” on Wednesday, December 11, at 7:30 p.m. in Hillman Hall, at the Cullen Center, on the Westminster Choir College campus, Walnut Lane.

While the performance is free, the orchestra will continue its long-standing tradition of accepting freewill cash donations at the door to benefit and be distributed to area food pantries and service organizations. Audience members requiring seating assistance should arrive at 7:15 p.m.

The performance will feature Rimsky-Korsakov’s “Dance of the Tumblers” from The Snow Maiden, Frederick Delius’s “Sleigh Ride,” Samuel Coleridge Taylor’s Christmas Overture, “Festive Sounds of Hanukkah” (arranged by Bill Holcombe), and How the Grinch Stole Christmas. Westminster Conservatory faculty member Danielle Sinclair will join the orchestra for two traditional carols, “Or vous Tremoussez Pasteurs de Judee” (Make Merry, Shepherds of Judea) and “El Noi de la Mare” (The Child of the Mother), with former Westminster Honors Program student Julianna Wong, mezzo-soprano. The concert will also include other Christmas favorites, and the audience is invited to lend their voices in John Finnegan’s popular Christmas Sing-along.

Sinclair has performed with orchestras throughout the country and in numerous operatic roles. She was the Grand Prize Winner of the Opera at Florham Guild Competition, performing on the Apollo Muses Concert Series to critical acclaim. Locally, Sinclair performs frequently in the Westminster Conservatory Faculty Recital Series and with the Princeton Society of Musical Amateurs. She has appeared with both New York City Opera and the Opera Company of Philadelphia.

Now in its 37th season, the Westminster Community Orchestra presents popular programs noted for their diverse repertoire and widespread appeal. Members are professional and gifted amateur musicians from New Jersey and Pennsylvania. They come from all walks of life but share a common goal: the desire to make music for themselves and their community.

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