Duke Chapel Choir

09/06/2026

The music for this morning's service on the Fifteenth Sunday after Pentecost includes organ works by Charles Wood and Franz Tunder; anthems by Thomas Attwood and Kinley Lang; and a new hymn tune (KATHOLIKOS) by Chapel Organist Chapel Fothergill, setting a text by Susan Palo Cherwien:

• Praeludium in G Minor – Franz Tunder
• O God, Our Help in Ages Past / ST. ANNE
• Teach Me, O Lord – Thomas Attwood
• All-Embracing God / KATHOLIKOS
• Esto les Digo – Kinley Lang
• Blest Be the Tie that Binds / DENNIS
• In This Feast of Love – Jarkko Maukonen
• Love Divine, All Loves Excelling / BEECHER
• Old 132nd Psalm (à la J. S. Bach) – Charles Wood

Service details and a link to the livestream:

https://chapel.duke.edu/event/university-worship-09-06-2026/

08/30/2026

Tomorrow's Opening Sunday service is led by the Chapel Choir, Chapel organists, and the Amalgam Brass, and features music centered on the cross and Matthew 16:21-28:

• Jesus, Keep Me Near the Cross – F***y Crosby & William Doane
• Open Wide the Doors of Mercy / RUSTINGTON (arr. Ferguson)
• Take Up Thy Cross / GERMANY
• Vexilla regis & O crux from Via crucis – Franz Liszt
• Sizohamba naye – arr. David Dargie
• Lift High the Cross / CRUCIFER (arr. Giardiniere)

See service details and a link to the livestream:
https://chapel.duke.edu/event/university-worship-opening-sunday-08-30-2026/

08/27/2026

08/22/2026

Tomorrow, the Chapel Choir begins its 2026-27 season, leading Orientation Sunday worship with the Amalgam Brass and Chapel organists. Hymns and anthems include:

• Kwake Yesu nasimama - Kenyan hymn, arr. Greg Scheer
• Christ Is Made the Sure Foundation / WESTMINSTER ABBEY (arr. Ferguson)
• My Hope Is Built / MELITA (arr. Kerstetter)
• Psalm 150 - John Harper
• With Prayer and Supplication - Amy Beach
• The Church's One Foundation / AURELIA (arr. Bankson)

See service details and a link to the livestream:

https://chapel.duke.edu/event/university-worship-orientation-sunday-08-23-2026/?utm_source=facebook&utm_medium=social&utm_campaign=Sunday+Service&fbclid=IwY2xjawT26nFwZG9mAWV4dG4DYWVtAjEwAGJyaWQRMXRwRmVzaldrVVVUVTBGalVzcnRjBmFwcF9pZBAyMjIwMzkxNzg4MjAwODkyAAEei4JX9InFKRK_9-qn5A0xNhR4-i_tWoHySCQDwqGmxSM2CemqggFVaJ3FQeQ_aem_UDz7W9yoh67DUSnDessmmg

08/21/2026

Chapel Choir members (and Duke grad students!) Anna Cambron and Andrea Wilson shared information about the Chapel Choir's auditions and open rehearsals at Tuesday's Graduate Student Fair.

08/17/2026

🎶 Make friends, learn music, and be inspired by singing in the Duke Chapel Choir. Auditions for the choir are offered from Thursday, August 20, through Wednesday, September 9, and are approximately twenty minutes long.

Learn more and sign up for an audition: https://chapel.duke.edu/sacred-music-arts/music-education-service/sing-us?utm_source=facebook&utm_medium=social&utm_campaign=Choir+Auditions

🗣️ Find out what it's like to sing in the Chapel Choir by coming to one or both of the upcoming open rehearsals at the Chapel:
🔹 Wednesday, August 19, 6:30–8:00 p.m.
🔹 Sunday, August 23, 9:15–10:30 a.m.

07/04/2026

06/06/2026

All are invited to join in the first of two "summer choir Sundays" tomorrow! Rehearsal begins at 9:30 in the chancel. Music will be provided. More information at the link in the comments.

04/19/2026

Today is the last Sunday in the spring term, and the final Sunday the Chapel Choir leads worship for the 25-26 academic year. This morning's hymns and anthems include:

• The Strife Is O’er, the Battle Done / VICTORY
• Day of Arising / RAABE
• Stay with Us - Egil Hovland
• O Thou Who This Mysterious Bread / LAND OF REST
• Haleluya! pelo tsa rona - South African traditional
• The Spirit of the Lord - Zebulon Highben
• We Know That Christ Is Raised / ENGELBERG

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04/12/2026

On this second Sunday of Easter, alumni singers join the Chapel Choir as part of Duke's Reunion Weekend. Hymns and anthems include:

• Easter Carol - Michael Sullivan
• Come, You Faithful, Raise the Strain / GAUDEAMUS PARITER
• Easter Fanfare - Paul Fetler
• O Sons and Daughters, Let us Sing / O FILII ET FILIAE
• We Walk by Faith - Michael Lasky
• O Sons and Daughters, Let us Sing / O FILII ET FILIAE
• God Be in My Head - John Rutter
• Christ Is Alive / TRURO

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