I wish I could apologise for my sentiments, but I can’t because in the long run it doesn’t matter what any of us think or feel. As I look at the numerous postings of concerts and performances by the various WCC choirs, and seeing how lovely and heart rendering they are; all I can think of is: lets’s face it folks, Westminster Choir College as we know it (or at all) is dead meat — road kill. All the lovely postings, heartfelt protests, and — at this point — litigation isn’t going to change the inevitable. In maybe five years (or sooner) saying you graduated from Westminster Choir College will be not much more than saying you graduated from Trenton State College or Trump University; i. e., it will have little or no meaning.

I realise this is not something students or alumni want to hear; but, unfortunately that doesn’t preclude the ineluctable, occluding some last minute angel coming in and buying the school simply to save it. I hate to say this, but it ain’t gonna happen. Rider will sell the property and WCC will simply cease to exist. I want desperately to be proven wrong, unless there is a buyer, the WCC Foundation, or anybody with a serious interest in the future of sacred music or music education can find, or comes forward with the money to buy WCC, within a few years you can kiss the substance of your degree good bye.

Simply, the money is out there, but it has to be found; because it’s a minute before midnight. Happy New Year.