Composer Georgia Stitt Develops Oratorio in "The Circling Universe" Atelier Course

Visiting lecturer Georgia Stitt plays piano as Solon Snider conducts the final class presentation of "The Circling Universe" Atelier course. Photo by Jonathan Sweeney

Soloist Carrington Johnson '24 performs “Prelude: I Am One” with the Princeton Playhouse Choir. Photo by Jonathan Sweeney

Visiting lecturer Georgia Stitt plays piano as Solon Snider conducts the final class presentation of "The Circling Universe" Atelier course. Photo by Jonathan Sweeney

Visiting lecturer Georgia Stitt addresses the audience with Blair Russell. Photo by Jonathan Sweeney

Grace Zhao ’22 and the Princeton Playhouse Choir.

Grace Matthews '22 accompanied by Naomi N. Frim-Abrams '23 on violin and visiting lecturer Georgia Stitt on piano performs "Let This Darkness Be a Belltower" during the final class presentation of "The Circling Universe." Photo by Jonathan Sweeney

Naomi N. Frim-Abrams '23 is joined by visiting lecturer Georgia Stitt on piano during the final class presentation of "The Circling Universe." Photo by Jonathan Sweeney

Students of "The Circling Universe" Atelier course perform their final class presentation with the Princeton Playhouse Choir.

Leila Abou-Jaoude '22, Halle Mitchell '23, Delaney McMahon '22 perform “The World is Brimming with Beauty." Photo by Jonathan Sweeney

This fall, the students in the Princeton Atelier course, “The Circling Universe,” have been studying the oratorio – a large-scale musical work for orchestra and voices, working in tandem with award-winning composer Georgia Stitt, who is writing an oratorio. The class culminated with a final presentation on Dec. 1 in the Wallace Theater where students joined the Princeton Playhouse Choir to perform works featuring music from visiting lecturer Georgia Stitt and original student work.