Sinfonia moves to Richardson
With a performance at Richardson Auditorium under its belt, Sinfonia has grown from a backup to the Princeton University Orchestra to a full-fledged orchestra of its own.After performing for years in Taplin Auditorium in Fine Hall, the group played works by Schumann, Vaughan Williams and Mozart to a large audience at Richardson last night, its first performance in the venue since the group's inception.Sinfonia members saw this as recognition of the orchestra's growing status on campus."Playing in Richardson is something we'd always talked about and dreamed about," piano soloist Jennifer Chu '06 said.Sinfonia, which was created as an orchestra for students who were not accepted into the Princeton University Orchestra (PUO) or desired less of a time commitment, has traditionally performed in Taplin, "basically a lecture hall [that] doesn't have a stage that practically fits an orchestra," conductor Ruth Ochs GS said.Due to fire safety regulations, only 35 people are allowed to be on the Taplin stage at any given time, Ochs said.