Duke Chapel Choir

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

Join us in person or online at 11:00 am Eastern.

University Worship - Duke University Chapel

04/05/2026

Christ is risen! Alleluia! This morning's 9:00 and 11:00 worship services are filled with glorious Easter music led by the Chapel Choir, Chapel organists, and the Amalgam Brass:

• Choral (Symphony II in E), Op. 20 - Louis Vierne
• Easter Introit - John Ferguson
• Christ the Lord Is Risen Today / EASTER HYMN - arr. Johnson
• Easter Dawn - Zebulon Highben
• Now All the Vault of Heaven Resounds / LASST UNS ERFREUEN - arr. Fothergill
• Thine Be The Glory / JUDAS MACCABEUS - arr. Hobby
• Christ Our Passover - Richard Dirksen
• Crown Him with Many Crowns / DIADEMATA - arr. Bankson
• Toccata from Symphony No. 5 in F Minor - Charles-Marie Widor

Here is the worship guide for this service:https://chapel.duke.edu/sites/default/files/04.05.26-11am.pdf .Join us in worship that offers stirring preaching,...

04/03/2026

Tonight's Tenebrae service includes spirituals, shape note hymns, and German chorales commenting on and responding to the Passion of Christ.

This service includes a progressive dimming of the lights within the Chapel until the congregation sits in darkness to remember Jesus’s death. Chapel Dean Lu...

04/03/2026

04/03/2026

"Love one another as I have loved you..."

The Duke Chapel Choir rehearses this favorite anthem by Anne Krentz Organ for Duke University Chapel's Maundy Thursday service.

03/29/2026

As Holy Week begins on this Palm Sunday, the Chapel Choir and Chapel organists are joined in worship by the Durham Children's Choir and the Bell Durham handbell ensemble.

Music for the day includes anthems by Victor C. Johnson, Carolyn Jennings, and John Baptiste Calkin; organ music by Couperin and Nicolaus Bruhns; and hymns "All Glory, Laud, and Honor" / ST THEODULPH, "Hosanna, Loud Hosanna" / ELLACOMBE, and "Ride On, Ride On, in Majesty" / THE KING'S MAJESTY.

Join us in worship that offers stirring preaching, inspiring sacred music, and faithful prayer. Held year-round amid the beautiful, soaring architecture of D...

03/27/2026

Last Saturday, more than 260 singers from the Triangle and beyond participated in Duke University Chapel's 3rd annual Sacred Choral Clinic with Dr. Hilary Apfelstadt, assisted by collaborative accompanist Bob Brewer and Chapel Organ Scholar David Lim. These photos and videos provide a small glimpse into a morning that was filled with inspiring teaching and singing!

03/27/2026

There's still time to join us for "Light from Light," a musical prelude to Holy Week! 7:30 pm on Saturday, March 28. Tickets available at tickets.duke.edu.

01/13/2026

Attention singers and conductors: There is still time to register for our 3rd annual Sacred Choral Clinic, led this year by Dr. Hilary Apfelstadt! Registration is open through Thursday, January 15.

Visit https://chapel.duke.edu/sacred-music-arts/music-education-service/sacred-music-workshops-clinics/ for more information and the registration link.

Engaging leaders in sacred music, Duke Chapel offers students and community members the opportunity to grow as musicians and singers through workshops and clinics.

12/26/2025

Since 1933, the holiday season at Duke University Chapel has been marked by the music of Handel's Messiah.

Wishing you a merry Christmas and inviting you to watch this cherished tradition wherever you are: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mRDfX0ylfjE