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12 Days of Carols: Day 9

Harvard University Choir's 12 Days of Carols: See, Amid the Winter’s Snow. The 106th Annual Christmas Carol Service filmed in December of 2015 at the Harvard Memorial Church.
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12 Days of Carols: Day 8

Harvard University Choir's 12 Days of Carols: O beatum et sacrosanctum diem. The 106th Annual Christmas Carol Service filmed in December of 2015 at the Harvard Memorial Church.
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12 Days of Carols: Day 7

Harvard University Choir's 12 Days of Carols: “Interregnum” (No. 2) from The Midwife’s Tale. The 106th Annual Christmas Carol Service filmed in December of 2015 at the Harvard Memorial Church.

Get into the holiday spirit! Starting on Dec. 1 through Dec. 12, the Memorial Church will release a new video every day from last year's 106th Annual Christmas Carol Service.... Read more about 12 Days of Carols: Day 7

12 Days of Carols: Day 6

Harvard University Choir's 12 Days of Carols: En etsi valtaa, loistoa. The 106th Annual Christmas Carol Service filmed in December of 2015 at the Harvard Memorial Church.
Get into the holiday spirit! Starting on Dec. 1 through Dec. 12, the Memorial Church will release a new video every day from last year's 106th Annual Christmas Carol Service.... Read more about 12 Days of Carols: Day 6

12 Days of Carols: Day 5

Harvard University Choir's 12 Days of Carols: Hark! the Herald Angels Sing. The 106th Annual Christmas Carol Service filmed in December of 2015 at the Harvard Memorial Church.

Get into the holiday spirit! Starting on Dec. 1 through Dec. 12, the Memorial Church will release a new video every day from last year's 106th Annual Christmas Carol Service.... Read more about 12 Days of Carols: Day 5

12 Days of Carols: Day 4

 

Harvard University Choir's 12 Days of Carols: Convidando está la noche. The 106th Annual Christmas Carol Service filmed in December of 2015 at the Harvard Memorial Church.

Get into the holiday spirit! Starting on Dec. 1 through Dec. 12, the Memorial Church will release a new video every day from last year's 106th Annual Christmas Carol Service.... Read more about 12 Days of Carols: Day 4

12 Days of Carols: Day 3

Harvard University Choir's 12 Days of Carols: All Bells in Paradise. The 106th Annual Christmas Carol Service filmed in December of 2015 at the Harvard Memorial Church.

Get into the holiday spirit! Starting on Dec. 1 through Dec. 12, the Memorial Church will release a new video every day from last year's 106th Annual Christmas Carol Service.... Read more about 12 Days of Carols: Day 3

12 Days of Carols: Day 2

Harvard University Choir's 12 Days of Carols: Christus natus est. The 106th Annual Christmas Carol Service filmed in December of 2015 at the Harvard Memorial Church.

Get into the holiday spirit! Starting on Dec. 1 through Dec. 12, the Memorial Church will release a new video every day from last year's 106th Annual Christmas Carol Service.... Read more about 12 Days of Carols: Day 2

MemChurch Documentary: “The Chorus Line,” an inside look at Harvard University Choir auditions

MemChurch Documentary: “The Chorus Line,” an inside look at Harvard University Choir auditions

December 1, 2016

Harvard University is an institution cultivated, in part, on the foundation of long-standing traditions that inhabit nearly every corner of the institution. The Harvard University Choir is one of those traditions. For the past 189 years, the student choir has provided the musical backdrop to services at Harvard Memorial Church.  

This film, shot during the span of the 2016-2017 Fall Term, follows Choirmaster Edward Elwyn Jones and his staff as they pick though the procession of talented students auditioning for 16 open parts in the 50-member choir. ...

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12 Days of Carols: Day 1

Harvard University Choir's 12 Days of Carols: Adeste, fideles. The 106th Annual Christmas Carol Service filmed in December of 2015 at the Harvard Memorial Church.

Get into the holiday spirit! Starting on Dec. 1 through Dec. 12, the Memorial Church will release a new video every day from last year's 106th Annual Christmas Carol Service.... Read more about 12 Days of Carols: Day 1

Harvard University Choir opens 2016-1017 season with new members and venues

Harvard University Choir opens 2016-1017 season with new members and venues

September 21, 2016

By Jeffrey Blackwell/Harvard Memorial Church Communications

May Wang ’20 held out her hand and from Harvard University Choirmaster Edward Elwyn Jones accepted a small envelope and a blue tie embroidered with the crest of the Harvard Memorial Church.

With a quick bit of ceremony and a handshake, Wang recently became a member of a piece of Harvard tradition spanning 180 years — the Harvard University Choir, one of the oldest and most prestigious choruses on campus.

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From the Choirmaster: Successful Terms in Song with Rose, Bach and Evensong

By Edward E. Jones

The Harvard University Choir ended the Fall Term with a pair of carol services featuring local composer James Woodman’s exquisite The Midwife’s Tale, alongside world premieres by David Ashley White and Carson Cooman. At the end of January the group packed its bags and left chilly Cambridge for sunny Savannah, the first stop on its brief tour of the south. Concerts followed in Columbia and Charleston.... Read more about From the Choirmaster: Successful Terms in Song with Rose, Bach and Evensong

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