149 Fine Arts Building, 2083 Lawrenceville Road, Lawrenceville, New Jersey 08648, USA

Undergraduate programs

Bachelor of Arts in Music. Four years. Studies in performance, music history, theory, arts and entertainment industries management. Bachelor of Music. Four years. Concentrations in performance, theory/composition, music production, music education (with choral and instrumental conducting). Studies include music history, theory. Bachelor of Fine Arts in Music Theatre. Four years. A program of Alexander Technique is offered.

Graduate programs

Master of Arts in Teaching. In music teaching. Master of Music. In performance, choral conducting, piano accompanying and coaching, sacred music (concentration in conducting), voice pedagogy, piano pedagogy, choral pedagogy, Master of Music Education. Bachelor of Music/Master of Music Education. A five-year dual degree.

A second campus in Princeton which incorporated the Westminster Choir College, the school of music of Rider University, is to be sold, and in anticipation of this the Choir was moved in 2020 to the University’s Lawrenceville campus to the dismay of its students.

This private co-educational university can trace its history back to 1865. It gained its current name and status in 1994. The School of Fine and Performing Arts is a division of the Westminster College of the Arts. It offers programs in dance, music, theatre, music theatre and arts administration. A second campus in Princeton which incorporated the Westminster Choir College (the school of music of Rider University), is to be sold, and in anticipation of this the Choir was moved in 2020 to the University’s Lawrenceville campus, to the dismay of its students. Westminster Conservatory of Music, established in 1970, is the community music school of Westminster College of the Arts of Rider University.

November 2022