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THE UNIVERSITY CHOIR
A choir is first mentioned singing at a University service during the ceremony
for the laying of the cornerstone on October 10th, 1860, when Psalm 100 was
sung. Since that time the University Choir has continued to play an important
role in the musical life of the University and All Saints' Chapel. The Choir
is formed from undergraduate students in the College and sings every week
during term for the Sunday Eucharist in All Saints' Chapel as well as singing
a monthly Choral Evensong and numerous other services, concerts and tours
during the school year.
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Membership
in the choir is open to any undergraduate student and the members of the choir
are not auditioned in the formal sense. They represent a broad spectrum of the
student body at the University. English majors sing alongside chemistry majors,
medieval studies majors with math majors, all united by a common love of music
and an interest in singing, studying, and performing the finest liturgical music.
The choir usually numbers from 60-70 students each year. The choir has toured
extensively throughout the southeastern United States as well as Colorado, New
York and Canada. Since 1979 the Choir has made six tours of England, singing
the service of Choral Evensong in 23 cathedrals and abbey churches including
Winchester, Salisbury, Wells, Gloucester, Worcester, Hereford, Bristol, St.
George's Chapel-Windsor Castle, as well as Bath, Tewkesbury and Westminster
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In May of the 2003, the choir will be in residence for a week at York Minster
in York, England. One of the highlights of the school year at Sewanee is the
annual Advent services of Lessons and Carols, which regularly attract nearly
3000 people to campus for one of its three services. A video recording of the
service was released in 1997 and the choir's first CD recording I look from
afar, which contains music from Lessons and Carols as well as choral evensong,
was released in the fall of 2000. A second recording, I was glad: Hymns, Psalms,
and Anthems from All Saints' Chapel was released in the fall of 2001. |
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