Call for Singers
Singers of all ages have a chance to join choirs directed by Tom Shelton, the nationally known composer and director who is an associate professor and department chair at Westminster Choir College of Rider University in Lawrence Township.
The Rider University Chorale welcomes singers in the greater Princeton area. It meets Tuesdays, 7 to 9 p.m., September 24 to November 14 in Gill Chapel. A concert will be presented on Saturday, November 18, at 7:30 p.m. For students, faculty, and staff, chorale participation is free. For alumni and community members, the cost is $180 per semester. For details, contact Professor Tom Shelton at tshelton@rider.edu.
All children and youth — of any faith — are invited to join the choirs directed by Shelton at Princeton United Methodist Church, located at the corner of Nassau Street and Vandeventer Avenue in Princeton. While children and youth are learning techniques and music theory, they sing in worship monthly, present a musical in the spring, and sing at special services throughout the year. School age children rehearse on Wednesday afternoons, and the youth choir meets on Sunday afternoons.
With a bachelor of music degree and a master’s degree in choral conducting from the University of North Carolina at Greensboro, Shelton teaches classes in conducting, sacred music, and music education. A past national president of the American Choral Directors Association, he has conducted festival and honor choirs in 20 states and abroad, most recently for a Treble Choir Festival.
Call for Vendors
The Ewing Township Historic Preservation Society seeks vendors for its flea market and mum sale to be held Saturday, September 9, from 8 a.m. to 1 p.m. at the Benjamin Temple House, 27 Federal city Road, Ewing. Vendors receive a 10-foot parking space. Email info@ethps.org or call 609-883-2455 for more information.
Applications are due by Monday, September 11, for vendors seeking to participate in the holiday boutique at the Trenton City Museum at Ellarslie. The application fee is $10; the participation fee is $75.
You must email product photos to be considered: 4 jpgs of product samples, and 1 jpg of booth to mollys@ellarslie.org. Clearly title each jpg with: Your Full Name (and image number), Your Full Name Booth Setup.
The boutique takes place Saturday and Sunday, November 18 and 19. View the full application at ellarslie.org/wp-content/uploads/2023/08/2023-Ellarslie-Holiday-Boutique-Application-Info.pdf.
Call for Art
The Trenton City Museum at Ellarslie invites submissions of work in many mediums from artists age 18 and over from anywhere in the world for its “NEXT: Reimagining the Future Through Art” exhibit.
Submit your vision through whatever visual creative process you see fit, including, but not limited to, 2D, 3D, digital, and performance. Exhibition dates are December 8, 2023, to February 11, 2024. An opening reception is scheduled for Sunday, December 10, 1 to 4 p.m., and gallery talks and performances are tentatively set for Sundays, January 7, 14, 21, 28, and February 4. Work will be shown in the museum and online.
Submissions are due by Sunday, October 1, via entrythingy.com/d=ellarslie.org. Entrants invited to the final, in-person jurying will be notified by email on October 27. Artwork must have been created within the past three years. Artwork that has been previously exhibited at the Trenton City Museum is not eligible.
Entry categories include video (under 5 minutes); performance art; spoken word/poetry; digital art; paintings; works on paper; sculpture; and photography. Entry fees are $30 for the first piece and $20 for each additional piece, to a maximum of four.
For more information visit www.ellarslie.org, call 609-989-1191, or email exhibits@ellarslie.org.
Call for Auditions
Roxey Ballet will hold open auditions for dancers ages 4 and up for the annual “American Holiday Classic Nutcracker.”
Performances begin Thanksgiving weekend and run into December.
Auditions will be held on Saturday, September 16, at the Mill Ballet School, 46 North Sugan Road, in New Hope, Pennsylvania.
Audition times are 3 to 3:30 p.m. for ages 4 to 6; 3:45 to 4:15 p.m. for ages 7 to 10; 4:30 to 5 p.m. for ages 11 to 13; and 5:15 to 6 p.m. for ages 14 and up.
All dancers must pre-register online by noon on Saturday, September 15. Visit www.roxeyballet.org/auditions to register and pay the $39 audition fee.
Call for Musicians
Handbell ringers at both beginner and expert levels have an opportunity to play in choirs directed by Hyosang Park, artistic director of Philadelphia Bronze and music director at Princeton United Methodist Church (PrincetonUMC). Auditions for the Philadelphia Bronze are Monday, August 28, at 6:30 p.m. at Lutheran Church of God’s Love, 791 Newtown Yardley Road, Newtown, PA 18940. This advanced handbell ensemble performs in and around the Philadelphia area on up to 7 octaves of Malmark bells and Malmark chimes.
The PrincetonUMC handbell choir welcomes newcomers to ringing. It plays on third Sundays and rehearses on Sundays at 11:30 a.m. Park also invites singers to join the chancel choir. The choir sings every Sunday and meets on Wednesdays, 7:30 to 9 p.m., September through June. The church is located at the corner of Nassau Street and Vandeventer Avenue in Princeton (Princetonumc.org).
Park has a double master’s degree in sacred music and piano performance from Westminster Choir College of Rider University and is also a member of a nationally known handbell quartet, Quadrants. For more information, mail hyosang@princetonumc.org.
