Recognized as one of the world’s leading symphonic choral ensembles, the WESTMINSTER SYMPHONIC CHOIR, conducted by Donald Nally, has recorded and performed with major orchestras under virtually every internationally acclaimed conductor of the past 90 years.

The choir first performed in Princeton in 1934 when it joined The Philadelphia Orchestra and Leopold Stokowski to perform Bach’s Mass in B Minor in the Princeton University Chapel to celebrate the move of Westminster Choir College to New Jersey. Recent seasons have included a performance of Holst’s The Planets with The Philadelphia Orchestra conducted by Cristian Măcelaru; the premiere of Machover’s Philadelphia Voices with The Philadelphia Orchestra, conducted by Yannick Nézet-Séguin; Mozart’s Mass in C Minor with the Orchestra of St. Luke’s conducted by Pablo Heras-Casado; Handel’s Messiah with the New York Philharmonic conducted by Andrew Manze; and Beethoven’s Symphony No. 9 and Mozart’s Requiem with the Princeton Symphony Orchestra, conducted by Rossen Milanov. The choir can be heard on recordings with Leonard Bernstein and the New York Philharmonic, and most notably, Bernstein’s MASS with The Philadelphia Orchestra and Yannick Nézet-Séguin, released on the Deutsche Grammophon label, and the Benjamin Britten War Requiem with the New York Philharmonic, conducted by Kurt Masur. 

Recently, the choir performed Handel’s Messiah with the Orchestra of St. Luke’s using a new libretto in Spanish, under the baton of Reuben Valenzuela of the Bach Collegium San Diego. The choir also performed Orff’s Carmina Burana under conductor Jenny Wong of the LA Master Chorale. The Westminster Symphonic Choir was featured on the 30th Anniversary broadcast of Christmas with Westminster: An Evening of Readings and Carols available across 350 public television stations nationwide and on PBS Passport during the holiday season, in addition to the release of a 2-CD set of the complete performance. In spring 2024, the choir performed Orff’s Carmina Burana in Carnegie Hall with the Orchestra of St. Luke’s and the Young People’s Chorus of New York under the direction of Tito Muñoz.