The Princeton University Sinfonia presents The Devil Takes the Stage

The Princeton University Sinfonia will present its annual Halloween concert on Thursday, October 30, 2025 at 7:30 p.m. at Richardson Auditorium on the campus of Princeton University. Dr. Ruth Ochs will lead the 75-minute program full of haunts, skeletons, and spectral sounds, including Saint-Saëns’ Danse macabre, Emilie Mayer’s Faust Overture, an excerpt from Luigi Boccherini’s “The Devil’s House” Symphony, a medley from the musical Wicked, selections from Khachaturian’s Masquerade Suite, and the world premiere of Princeton student Eric Rucker’s On Harmony as a Timbral Quality.

Comprised of over eighty Princeton University undergraduate and graduate students, the Sinfonia presents four concerts every year. Dr. Ruth Ochs, a senior lecturer in the Department of Music, is in her twenty-fourth season conducting the ensemble. Tickets to this concert ($16 general admission/$6 students, inclusive of all fees) are available at tickets.princeton.edu, by phone during afternoon business hours (609-258-9220), or in the lobby of Richardson Auditorium starting 45 minutes prior to the performance. For more information visit music.princeton.edu and sinfonia.princeton.edu.