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Our performances are a rare chance to hear 100 voices—joined by
full orchestra and top-notch vocal soloists—bringing to life choral music from across the centuries.
In advance of our May 18th performance of Codebreaker, we are pleased to have lined up a series of events to help immerse you in the story of Alan Turing, not only as on of the most brilliant mathematical minds of his time, but as a human being. Click through to see what's in store!
On Sunday, May 18, we will close our 2024-2025 season with Codebreaker: The Alan Turing Story by British composer James McCarthy. You won't want to miss this stirring and captivating work, which remembers the life and work of one of the most brilliant minds of the last century.
In the December 11, 2024 edition of Town Topics, columnist Jean Stratton speaks with marketing manager Kenny Litvack about the past, present, and future of Princeton Pro Musica.
We are thrilled to announce a new season of outstanding choral works ranging from Haydn's ebullient The Creation to a new and compelling work by James McCarthy called Codebreaker: the Alan Turing Story. Click through for info and tickets!
Are you looking for a place to sing? Do you enjoy making choral music at a high level of quality? We'd love to hear you!
PPM typically holds auditions for both volunteer and professional choristers of all voice parts in the spring and summer months, but we will sometimes hear new singers during the season if openings become available. Fill out our application form and we'll be in touch with more information!
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In the lead-up to our May 18th performance of CODEBREAKER: THE ALAN TURING STORY, Princeton Pro Musica is excited to announce a handful of events to help you learn more about Turing, his life, his work, and his connection to Princeton. We hope you'll join us for these events—especially the performance itself!![]()
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CW: CODEBREAKER includes references to a death by suicide and the illness and death of a young person. If you or a loved one is in need of crisis support, help is available. In the U.S. dial 988 nationwide to be connected to the Suicide and Crisis Lifeline.
Artistic Director Ryan James Brandau invites you to our May 18th performance of James McCarthy's CODEBREAKER: THE ALAN TURING STORY.![]()
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More than just one of the most brilliant minds of his time, Alan Turing was a human being who lived and loved.![]()
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He came of age in a time of intolerance, and even his world-saving work as a codebreaker couldn't protect him from prosecution from the British government for being an openly gay man. CODEBREAKER is, according to the composer, "a portrait of a living, breathing human being and not the musical equivalent of a marble monument to a Great Hero."![]()
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CW: CODEBREAKER includes references to a death by suicide and the illness and death of a young person. If you or a loved one is in need of crisis support, help is available. In the U.S. dial 988 nationwide to be connected to the Suicide and Crisis Lifeline.
On May 18, 2025, at 4 p.m. in Richardson Auditorium on the campus of Princeton University, Princeton Pro Musica will perform CODEBREAKER: the Alan Turing Story.![]()
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Alan Turing was a brilliant mathematician whose work in breaking German ciphers during World War II helped turn the tide of the war to the Allies' advantage. Turing was later convicted of "gross indecency" by the British government when it was discovered he was gay. In 1954, Turing died by suicide, and it wasn't until 2009 that Prime Minister Gordon Brown issued a posthumous apology to Turing. In 2014, Queen Elizabeth II issued an official pardon, overturning his 1952 conviction-- only the fourth royal pardon issued since the end of World War II.![]()
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Princeton Pro Musica is proud to bring Turing's story and memory to life on the very campus where he earned his PhD in mathematics in 1938, and we hope you'll join us to hear it.![]()
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For tickets ➡️ tinyurl.com/ppmtix
WOW!! Yesterday's CARMINA BURANA was a hit! Thank you to the incredRoxey Ballet Companympany for being stalwart collaborators and stunning dancers! ThankHannah Penznernzner (soprano), Alex Guerrero (tenor), and Dominic Inferrera (baritone) for their tremendous vocal solos! Thanks to our wonderful orchestra for being our melodic, harmonic, and rhythmic underpinning. The way you all joined forces with the PPM chorus made for an event we won't soon forget.![]()
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And thank you to YOU, our audience! If you enjoyed yourselves even half as much as we did, then we know you had a blast! Please provide your feedback through a brief audience survey--find it in the comments below!
Princeton Pro Musica Presents “Carmina Burana”![]()
On Sunday, March 30 at 4 p.m., Princeton Pro Musica and Roxey Ballet will join creative forces to perform Carl Orff’s Carmina Burana in the Kendall Main Stage Theater at the College of New Jersey in Ewing, under the direction of Princeton Pro Musica Artistic Director Ryan J. Brandau.![]()
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Carmina Burana is a set of poems and songs written by Bavarian monks in the 13th century, uncovered in the early 19th century, and set for large mixed chorus, treble chorus, and orchestra by Carl Orff in 1936. While written nearly 800 years ago, the poems are relevant.![]()
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Themes of time, fortune, springtime, passion, debauchery, and satirical critiques of those in power are in the text, eschewing religious piety, and embracing instead basic and primal human experiences.![]()
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After Beethoven’s Ninth Symphony, few choral-orchestral works have made their way into popular culture more pervasively than Carmina Burana. A 2007 Gatorade commercial, the films Excalibur and Cheaper by the Dozen, Domino’s Pizza, and the show The X Factor are among the entities that have made use of the score.![]()
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Princeton Pro Musica exists to perform choral masterworks and other works of the choral literature. With a chorus of 100-plus voices, including primarily non-professionals and also selected professional singers, the chorus gives four performances a year. It also features orchestras with experienced professional musicians, drawn from New York City, Philadelphia, and New Jersey. The Met Opera Orchestra, Philadelphia Orchestra, and New Jersey Symphony are among those that have collaborated.![]()
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Based in Frenchtown, NJ., Roxey Ballet was incorporated in 1995 as a New Jersey nonprofit organization. Headed by Mark Roxey, the company has a mission to deliver artistic and cultural excellence through professional dance performances, residencies, educational programs, workshops, and master classes. Roxey Ballet takes pride in being a multicultural, all-inclusive organization that fosters a creative environment of growth for all.![]()
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Tickets range from $12 to $80.50. Visit princetonpromusica.org.
“This collaboration promises a ‘Carmina Burana’ that is both visually stunning and emotionally powerful…”![]()
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You said it, New Jersey Stage!![]()
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Roxey Ballet Company and Princeton Pro Musica present "Carmina Burana"
www.newjerseystage.com
(EWING, NJ) -- Roxey Ballet Company is thrilled to announce the return of Carl Orff's Carmina Burana this spring, marking its first staging since 2019. This electrifying one-act ballet—overflowing w...
⭐THIS THURSDAY!⭐![]()
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Eric Plutz's stunning concert from February 21, LIFT EVERY VOICE, will be broadcastWWFM - The Classical Networktwork this Thursday, February 27, at 4 p.m. Eastern.![]()
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With music from eight Black composers--five of whom are women--this was a warmly-recieved, and beautifully-played concert that you won't want to miss!![]()
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In the Princeton area, tune to 89.1 FM, or livestream from anywhere at wwfm.org. As is always the case with Eric's insightful and evocative playing, we know you'll enjoy!
There is sopraNO ONE better than a fan of Princeton Pro Musica. Sending lots of love to all our @followers! 💘
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