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Sinfonia Spring Concert
Presented by Princeton University Music Department
date & time
Fri, May 2, 2025
7:30 pm - 9:30 pm
ticketing
$15 General | $5 Student
* Faculty and Staff only: In addition to two (2) free tickets, all university Faculty and Staff can also purchase additional tickets at a price point of $5 per ticket. To reserve tickets, please visit the Princeton University ticketing site and log in using your Princeton ID.
Join Sinfonia for an evening of compelling and vibrant music at their annual Spring Concert, led by conductor Ruth Ochs. The program showcases a dynamic blend of classical masterworks and new voices, featuring the world premiere of That Which I Cannot See by Toussaint Santicola Jones ’25, with Wesley Sanders ’26 on tuba.
Additional highlights include:
Concerto No. 1 for Horn by Richard Strauss, featuring Spencer Bauman ’25, horn Fantasia da Concerto on Themes from Verdi’s “Rigoletto” by Luigi Bassi, performed by Mason Thieu ’25, clarinet Symphony No. 1 by Florence Price, featuring the Sinfonia Flute and Clarinet Ensembles
Program
Toussaint Santicola Jones ’25 That Which I Cannot See (world premiere)
Wesley Sanders ’26, tuba
Richard Strauss Concerto No. 1 for Horn
Spencer Bauman ’25, horn
Luigi Bassi Fantasia da Concerto on themes from Verdi’s “Rigoletto”
Mason Thieu ’25, clarinet
Florence Price Symphony No. 1
Princeton University Sinfonia
The PRINCETON UNIVERSITY SINFONIA is a full symphony orchestra that unites eager, music-loving Princeton University undergraduate and graduate students, as well as community friends, to explore diverse symphonic repertory from four centuries. Its members are passionate musicians with diverse interests and backgrounds who come together for the rich rewards of making music together and for others. Find out more about Sinfonia and ways that you might support our ongoing musical mission at: sinfonia.princeton.edu
DR. RUTH OCHS is a passionate and sought-after conductor and educator based in central New Jersey. Since 2002 she has been conducting at Princeton University in various capacities. Soon after beginning graduate studies in the Department of Music at Princeton, she took over directorship of the Princeton University Sinfonia and quickly steered its growth from a chamber orchestra into a full-size symphonic orchestra performing repertory from the baroque to the most recent, including accompanying a fully-staged version Mozart’s Die Gärtnerin aus Liebe in 2019.
Under Dr. Ochs’ leadership, the orchestra regularly premieres new compositions by Princeton University undergraduate composers. Ruth Ochs holds degrees in music, orchestral conducting, and music history, from Harvard University (magna cum laude with highest honors in music), the University of Texas at Austin, and Princeton University, respectively.
Princeton University Sinfonia
The PRINCETON UNIVERSITY SINFONIA is a full symphony orchestra that unites eager, music-loving Princeton University undergraduate and graduate students, as well as community friends, to explore diverse symphonic repertory from four centuries. Its members are passionate musicians with diverse interests and backgrounds who come together for the rich rewards of making music together and for others. Find out more about Sinfonia and ways that you might support our ongoing musical mission at: sinfonia.princeton.edu
DR. RUTH OCHS is a passionate and sought-after conductor and educator based in central New Jersey. Since 2002 she has been conducting at Princeton University in various capacities. Soon after beginning graduate studies in the Department of Music at Princeton, she took over directorship of the Princeton University Sinfonia and quickly steered its growth from a chamber orchestra into a full-size symphonic orchestra performing repertory from the baroque to the most recent, including accompanying a fully-staged version Mozart’s Die Gärtnerin aus Liebe in 2019.
Under Dr. Ochs’ leadership, the orchestra regularly premieres new compositions by Princeton University undergraduate composers. Ruth Ochs holds degrees in music, orchestral conducting, and music history, from Harvard University (magna cum laude with highest honors in music), the University of Texas at Austin, and Princeton University, respectively.