Events
Our upcoming performances
The Chapel Choir and orchestra present a concert for the season of Advent, exploring Mary’s revolutionary Magnificat through the music of Felix Mendelssohn, Gerald Finzi, Cecilia McDowall, Moses Hogan, and more. With Nicole Aldrich, Director of Chapel Music, and Eric Plutz, University Organist.
A service of readings and music for Advent and Christmas, featuring the Chapel Choir, Department of Music ensembles, and Princeton University a cappella groups.
The Chapel Choir joins students from the Department of French and Italian for a night of readings and music in celebration of the vitality of the Divina Commedia (Divine Comedy).
University Organist Eric Plutz is joined by Timberdale Brass in a concert featuring music for brass quintet, organ solo, brass and organ, and carols for all to sing.
University Organist Eric Plutz will offer an all-Bach concert, focusing on works written during the great composer's time as court organist and musician to the Duke of Weimar.
Part concert, part installation, this multimedia work conceived by violinist Patricia Kopatchinskaja merges a fierce musical enactment of the day of judgment with a sharp critique of war and the climate crisis as drivers of our self-destruction, weaving together the compositions of Giacinto Scelsi, Heinrich Ignaz Franz Biber, George Crumb, Jimi Hendrix, Antonio Lotti, John Dowland, and Galina Ustvolskaya to evoke a haunting final "day of wrath." Cosponsored by Princeton University Concerts.
The Chapel Choir and orchestra present Ralph Vaughan Williams's Dona Nobis Pacem, both a searing indictment of war and a profound foretelling of peace. With Nicole Aldrich, Director of Chapel Music, and Eric Plutz, University Organist.
University Organist Eric Plutz plans an entertaining program full of variety for the returning Princeton University Alumni and general public.
University Chapel Choir alumni will gather for an exciting musical reunion across generations. With Nicole Aldrich, Director of Chapel Music, and Eric Plutz, University Organist.
University Chapel Choir alumni will gather for an exciting musical reunion across generations. With Nicole Aldrich, Director of Chapel Music, and Eric Plutz, University Organist. Free admission.
The Chapel Choir and orchestra present W. A. Mozart’s beloved Requiem, With Nicole Aldrich, Director of Chapel Music. Free admission.
Performances:
Jan. 20, 9:30 pm: Sevilla, Convento de Santo Angel
Jan. 23, 9:00 pm: Granada, Parroquia de los Santos Mártires Justo y Pastor
Jan. 25, 6:30 pm: Málaga, Iglesia San Agustin
Community sing-along with organ, strings, and trumpet, featuring soloists from the Chapel Choir.
Bring a score or borrow one at the door. Free admission.
A service of readings and music for Advent and Christmas, featuring the Chapel Choir and PU cappella groups. Free admission.
The Chapel Choir presents a concert for the season of Advent, featuring J. S. Bach’s cantata “Nun komm, der Heiden Heiland” and the world premiere of The Princeton Motets (And I Saw), a collaboration between poet Euan Tait and composer Shawn Kirchner, written especially for the Chapel Choir. With Nicole Aldrich, Director of Chapel Music. Free admission.
Part of the conference Every Voice: Honoring and Celebrating Princeton’s LGBTQ+ Alumni
University Chapel Choir alumni gather for a musical reunion, performing favorite choral works from across the generations.
This concert features two works with visions of Paradise: the world premiere of The Princeton Motets: And I Saw, with music by Shawn Kirchner and poetry by Euan Tait, based on Revelation 21, and Maurice Duruflé's beloved Requiem.
The Chapel Choir and orchestra celebrate the patron saint of music and musicians, Cecilia, whose feast day is November 22. Featured composers include Henry Purcell and Gerald Finzi.
Join current members of the Chapel Choir for a reception and group sing. You'll discover why people love singing in this amazing ensemble (and, incidentally, what a crumpet is). Enter the rear doors from the McCosh Courtyard and follow signs to the chapel basement. (It's fine to arrive late or leave early if you need to.)
Please see princetonchapelchoir.com/audition for details.
Featuring the Princeton Girlchoir, Lynnel Joy Jenkins, director
The Princeton Girlchoir joins the Chapel Choir for a performance of Andrea Clearfield’s astonishing cantata on Tibetan texts, Tse Go La: At the Threshold of This Life. J. S. Bach’s cantata O Jesu Christ, meins Lebens Licht rounds out this program of birth, death, and what lies between.
The Chapel Choir will collaborate with the Orange County Women’s Chorus, Laguna Hills, CA, in a performance of works for combined treble and mixed choirs.
The Chapel Choir will take a whirlwind musical and historical pilgrimage through Germany, beginning with J. S. Bach’s early life and ending with the fall of the Berlin Wall. While there, we will learn from and perform with a choir from the University of Potsdam.
Join us for a community sing-along of this magnificent classic with student and alumni soloists, University Organist Eric Plutz, and instrumental ensemble. Bring your own score or borrow one at the door. $5 general admission/free for students.
A service of readings and music of the season with Princeton’s Chapel Choir, Glee Club, and a cappella groups. Enjoy the stirring sounds of Princeton’s finest vocal ensembles amid the candlelit beauty of the historic Chapel. With Eric Plutz, University Organist.
The Chapel Choir presents works based on and inspired by the Great “O” Antiphons, used at Vespers in the last seven days before Christmas. The ancient text, which calls upon Christ using images from scripture, is the basis of the beloved Advent hymn “O Come, O Come, Emmanuel.” The program will feature music of Felix Mendelssohn, Ēriks Ešenvalds, Melissa Dunphy, and more.
The film stars Lon Chaney, and will be accompanied by live organ music performed by Michael Britt. Link will be posted closer to the event.
Hear voices from across many generations of the Choir sing together in this event during Reunions, conducted by Penna Rose and accompanied by organist Eric Plutz.
Admission is free.
A concert performed by University Organist Eric Plutz.
Admission is free.
Ruth Cunningham is a founding member of the world renowned vocal ensemble Anonymous 4 and a sound healing practitioner. She specializes in early music and improvisational sacred music from varied spiritual traditions both in concert and liturgical settings. She works with individuals and teaches workshops on using the voice and music as a tools for healing.
Admission is free.
A service of poetry, music, and meditation with saxophonist Audrey Welber, pianist Logan Roth, and members of the Choir.
Admission free.
Organist Ken Cowan will be performing Marcel Dupré’s The Stations of the Cross, with Rev. Allison Boden narrating the poetry of Paul Claudel.
Admission is free.
The Vemeer Quartet will be performing Haydn’s The Seven Last Words of Christ.
Dean Boden and Dean Thames will be joined by guest preachers.
Admission is free.
For the annual Milbank Concert, the Choir will be performing Mozart’s Mass in C Minor, accompanied by orchestra.
Admission is free.
A service of poetry, music, and meditation with saxophonist Audrey Welber, pianist Logan Roth, and members of the Choir.
Admission free.
Ruth Cunningham is a founding member of the world renowned vocal ensemble Anonymous 4 and a sound healing practitioner. She specializes in early music and improvisational sacred music from varied spiritual traditions both in concert and liturgical settings. She works with individuals and teaches workshops on using the voice and music as a tools for healing.
Admission is free.
University Organist Eric Plutz will be performing selected Preludes and Fugues, in keys from “A” to “G”.
Admission free.
Music meditation with Dean Matt Weiner, PhD candidate in Music Christopher Douthitt, and members of PLOrk (Princeton Laptop Orchestra).
Admission is free.
