2020: Virtual Christmas Offerings
New recordings featuring The Chapel Singers; Zachary Schurman ’22, assistant Chapel organist; Ellen Dickinson, college carillonneur; and Christopher Houlihan, college organist and director of Chapel music.
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Lessons and Carols
The annual Christmas Festival of Lessons and Carols marks the beginning of the holiday season for the Greater Hartford community.
In this unique year, we are pleased to offer a collection of new virtual recordings celebrating the season. We also have released a recording of the 2019 Festival of Lessons and Carols, available below. We hope you’ll enjoy revisiting this program or hearing it for the first time. We wish you and your loved ones health and happiness this holiday season.
2019: the 61st Annual Christmas Festival of Lessons and Carols
A complete recording of the 2019 festival, with program and photos. In celebration of 'Women at the Summit: 50 Years of Coeducation at Trinity College,' the music program featured carols by women composers and poets, and the lessons were read by Trinity women— faculty, staff, administrators, students, and alumnae.
2018: Carols from the 60th Annual Christmas Festival of Lessons and Carols
The Chapel Singers recorded music from the 2018 Festival of Lessons and Carols, including the premier of Robert Edward Smith's setting of 'Adam Lay Ybounden.'
2017: the 59th Annual Christmas Festival of Lessons and Carols
Music and photos from the 2017 Festival. The music this year was directed for the first time by Christopher Houlihan ’09, newly appointed college organist and director of Chapel music.
2016: The 58th Annual Christmas Festival of Lessons and Carols
Music and photos from the 2016 Festival. This year's Lessons and Carols featured a choir of nearly 60 Chapel Singers alumni and the premier of Logos by Patrick Greene '07. John Rose, director and organist