Recordings

On BandCamp

Spring Bursts Today: A Celebration of Eastertide
This recording presents a selection of Eastertide anthems as they might be heard in the daily and Sunday services of the Memorial Church, Harvard University, during that glorious season. The Resurrection narrative—theatrical to the core—has long-inspired dramatic musical representation, and this recording offers a wide variety of Eastertide joy, from sixteenth-century England, through to a series of contemporary works commissioned by the Harvard University Choir. The recording also highlights C. B. Fisk Op. 139, The Charles B. Fisk and Peter J. Gomes Memorial Organ, which was dedicated on Easter Day, 2012. Download for free

On iTunes

Glorious the Song
Released April 2012, "Glorious the Song" is a double disc set of music performed by the Harvard University Choir, featuring the Jane Slaughter Hardenbergh Memorial Organ (Skinner, Op. 793) in Appleton Chapel of The Memorial Church at Harvard University. The first disc contains 15 choral anthems and the second disc contains 24 hymns from The Harvard University Hymn Book, Fourth Edition.

Carols from the Yard (85th Annual Carol Service)
Released 2010. Nancy Granert, Murray Forbes Somerville, Harvard University Choir, Peter J. Gomes, Rachel Dobrow, Preston B. Hannibal, Bach Society Orchestra, Awet Andemicael, Daniel Gallisa, Christopher Thorpe, Coventry Edwards-Pitt, Carrie Benes & Sharon Kunde.

Music of Antonio Lotti
Released 1998. Harvard Baroque Chamber Orchestra, Harvard University Choir, Murray Forbes Somerville, Nancy Granert, Harvard University Morning Choir, Anna Ackerberg, Salley Koo & Daniel Kim.

Ned Rorem: Choral and Organ Music
Released 2006.

Music Department

Edward E. Jones

edward_jones@harvard.edu

Gund University Organist and Choirmaster

Curator of the University Organs

Edward Elwyn Jones is the Gund University Organist and Choirmaster in the Memorial Church. A native of Wales, Mr. Jones studied music at Cambridge University, where he was Organ Scholar of Emmanuel College. He moved to the United States in 1998, serving...

David von Behren

Assistant University Organist and Choirmaster

David von Behren earned his Master of Music degree at Yale University’s School of Music/Institute of Sacred Music, studying organ with Martin Jean and improvisation with Jeffrey Brillhart. He is also a graduate of the Cleveland Institute of Music where he...

Carson P. Cooman

carson_cooman@harvard.edu

Research Associate in Music and Composer in Residence

Carson Cooman is Research Associate in Music and Composer in Residence at the Memorial Church. As a composer, Cooman has produced a catalog of hundreds of works in many forms—from solo instrumental pieces to operas, and from orchestral works to hymn tunes...

Frank Kelley

Voice Instructor

Frank Kelley sings a wide variety of music throughout North America and Europe. He has performed many roles with the Odyssey Opera, Boston Lyric Opera, Opera Boston, Florentine Opera, Opera Theater of St. Louis, and the San Francisco Opera Company, and...