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B Y T H E N U M B E R S The Chapel Choir• Choral and organ music are an important part of the University Chapel program. They have both come a long way since the days when Yale's President Ezra Stiles, after a visit in 1770, declared the organ in Nassau Hall "an innovation of ill consequence," and when John Adams, later president of the United States, reported after his visit to Princeton in 1774, "The Schollars sing as badly as the Presbyterians at New York." • Over the years, the Chapel Choir has evolved from a male chorus that sang sacred music of the Renaissance and Baroque eras to a mixed choir of 75 voices whose repertoire extends from Gregorian chant to the music of Dave Brubeck. Penna Rose currently serves as director of chapel music. • In addition to Opening Exercises, Baccalaureate and the Service of Remembrance, the choir sings for the Sunday morning services throughout the year and gives the annual Milbank Concert in the spring. The choir also sponsors a variety of events in the chapel, including the Christmas Vespers, which was scheduled for 2:30 p.m. Sunday, Dec. 8; the Messiah Sing, which will take place at 7:30 p.m. Monday, Dec. 9; and a Candlelight Service, which will begin at 7:30 p.m. Wednesday, Dec. 11. • The present organ was made by the Skinner Organ Co. and installed when the chapel was completed in 1928. The organ was renovated in 1991 by N.P. Mander Ltd. of England, creating a magnificent instrument in the English cathedral style that is especially well-suited to the grandeur of the chapel, featuring 109 stops and 8,000 pipes. David Messineo, an organist of international renown, is the principal University organist. Source: "A Princeton Companion" by Alexander Leitch and the Chapel Web site http://web.princeton.edu/sites/chapel. |
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