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The 65th annual Trinity College Christmas Festival of Lessons and Carols was held on Sunday, December 8, 2024, a service that was offered as a shared moment of comfort and hope. A PDF of the order of service is available here https://www.trincoll.edu/spiritualandreligiouslife/wp-content/uploads/sites/23/2024/11/Lessons-and-Carols-Program-2024-for-web.pdf The festivals, offered at two times, featured the Chapel Singers; Trinity College Gospel Choir; Ellen Dickinson, college carillonist; Elijah Morris '28, organ; Madison Thompson '25, organ; Chris Yi '26, organ; Christopher Houlihan '09, John Rose Distinguished College Organist, Director of Chapel Music, and Artist-in-Residence; The Very Rev. Marcus George Halley, chaplain to the college; and The Rt. Rev. Laura J. Ahrens, Bishop Suffragan, The Episcopal Church in Connecticut.
Moderated by Professor Ben Carbonetti, Senior Lecturer in Human Rights and Director of The Human Rights Program at Trinity College, the first episode of the Bridging Divides podcast features Professor of Political Science Mira Sucharov from Carleton University in Canada and Professor of Law Omar Dajani from University of the Pacific. Their collaboration acknowledges the pain and struggle of finding common ground in conversations that represent Jewish and Palestinian viewpoints as they model how to disagree without being disagreeable.
"Hark! the Herald Angels Sing" arr. Christopher Houlihan by Trinity College
"Sing to the Lord a New Song" by David Hurd, sung by The Chapel Singers by Trinity College
Trinity College hosted its 64th annual Christmas Festival of Lessons and Carols in the Chapel on Sunday, December 10, marking the beginning of the holiday season for the Greater Hartford community. Lessons and Carols is offered to all as a moment of comfort and hope. In its recounting of the Christmas story, the service involves the reading of nine lessons, each followed by the singing of a carol. Contributions to a freewill offering supported students in need, as well as international humanitarian relief efforts. This year's special Bicentennial event featured a newly commissioned work by David Hurd, a setting of a portion of Psalm 96, “Sing to the Lord a New Song,” dedicated to Trinity College Board of Trustees Chair Lisa Bisaccia '78 and Robert Naparstek, whose generosity has supported the Chapel Music Program. The program also featured music by alumni and community composers Paul Lindsley Thomas '50; Dudley Buck, Class of 1859; Robert Edward Smith, Chapel composer-in-residence since 1979; and Douglas Bruce Johnson, professor of music, emeritus. To see this year's full program, visit www.trincoll.edu/LessonsAndCarols
Trinity College hosted its 64th annual Christmas Festival of Lessons and Carols in the Chapel on Sunday, December 10, marking the beginning of the holiday season for the Greater Hartford community. Lessons and Carols is offered to all as a moment of comfort and hope. In its recounting of the Christmas story, the service involves the reading of nine lessons, each followed by the singing of a carol. Contributions to a freewill offering supported students in need, as well as international humanitarian relief efforts. This year's special Bicentennial event featured a newly commissioned work by David Hurd, a setting of a portion of Psalm 96, “Sing to the Lord a New Song,” dedicated to Trinity College Board of Trustees Chair Lisa Bisaccia '78 and Robert Naparstek, whose generosity has supported the Chapel Music Program. The program also featured music by alumni and community composers Paul Lindsley Thomas '50; Dudley Buck, Class of 1859; Robert Edward Smith, Chapel composer-in-residence since 1979; and Douglas Bruce Johnson, professor of music, emeritus. To see this year's full program, visit www.trincoll.edu/LessonsAndCarols
Trinity College hosted its 64th annual Christmas Festival of Lessons and Carols in the Chapel on Sunday, December 10, marking the beginning of the holiday season for the Greater Hartford community. Lessons and Carols is offered to all as a moment of comfort and hope. In its recounting of the Christmas story, the service involves the reading of nine lessons, each followed by the singing of a carol. Contributions to a freewill offering supported students in need, as well as international humanitarian relief efforts. This year's special Bicentennial event featured a newly commissioned work by David Hurd, a setting of a portion of Psalm 96, “Sing to the Lord a New Song,” dedicated to Trinity College Board of Trustees Chair Lisa Bisaccia '78 and Robert Naparstek, whose generosity has supported the Chapel Music Program. The program also featured music by alumni and community composers Paul Lindsley Thomas '50; Dudley Buck, Class of 1859; Robert Edward Smith, Chapel composer-in-residence since 1979; and Douglas Bruce Johnson, professor of music, emeritus. To see this year's full program, visit www.trincoll.edu/LessonsAndCarols
Trinity College hosted its 64th annual Christmas Festival of Lessons and Carols in the Chapel on Sunday, December 10, marking the beginning of the holiday season for the Greater Hartford community. Lessons and Carols is offered to all as a moment of comfort and hope. In its recounting of the Christmas story, the service involves the reading of nine lessons, each followed by the singing of a carol. Contributions to a freewill offering supported students in need, as well as international humanitarian relief efforts. This year's special Bicentennial event featured a newly commissioned work by David Hurd, a setting of a portion of Psalm 96, “Sing to the Lord a New Song,” dedicated to Trinity College Board of Trustees Chair Lisa Bisaccia '78 and Robert Naparstek, whose generosity has supported the Chapel Music Program. The program also featured music by alumni and community composers Paul Lindsley Thomas '50; Dudley Buck, Class of 1859; Robert Edward Smith, Chapel composer-in-residence since 1979; and Douglas Bruce Johnson, professor of music, emeritus. To see this year's full program, visit www.trincoll.edu/LessonsAndCarols
Trinity College hosted its 64th annual Christmas Festival of Lessons and Carols in the Chapel on Sunday, December 10, marking the beginning of the holiday season for the Greater Hartford community. Lessons and Carols is offered to all as a moment of comfort and hope. In its recounting of the Christmas story, the service involves the reading of nine lessons, each followed by the singing of a carol. Contributions to a freewill offering supported students in need, as well as international humanitarian relief efforts. This year's special Bicentennial event featured a newly commissioned work by David Hurd, a setting of a portion of Psalm 96, “Sing to the Lord a New Song,” dedicated to Trinity College Board of Trustees Chair Lisa Bisaccia '78 and Robert Naparstek, whose generosity has supported the Chapel Music Program. The program also featured music by alumni and community composers Paul Lindsley Thomas '50; Dudley Buck, Class of 1859; Robert Edward Smith, Chapel composer-in-residence since 1979; and Douglas Bruce Johnson, professor of music, emeritus. To see this year's full program, visit www.trincoll.edu/LessonsAndCarols
Trinity College hosted its 64th annual Christmas Festival of Lessons and Carols in the Chapel on Sunday, December 10, marking the beginning of the holiday season for the Greater Hartford community. Lessons and Carols is offered to all as a moment of comfort and hope. In its recounting of the Christmas story, the service involves the reading of nine lessons, each followed by the singing of a carol. Contributions to a freewill offering supported students in need, as well as international humanitarian relief efforts. This year's special Bicentennial event featured a newly commissioned work by David Hurd, a setting of a portion of Psalm 96, “Sing to the Lord a New Song,” dedicated to Trinity College Board of Trustees Chair Lisa Bisaccia '78 and Robert Naparstek, whose generosity has supported the Chapel Music Program. The program also featured music by alumni and community composers Paul Lindsley Thomas '50; Dudley Buck, Class of 1859; Robert Edward Smith, Chapel composer-in-residence since 1979; and Douglas Bruce Johnson, professor of music, emeritus. To see this year's full program, visit www.trincoll.edu/LessonsAndCarols
Trinity College hosted its 64th annual Christmas Festival of Lessons and Carols in the Chapel on Sunday, December 10, marking the beginning of the holiday season for the Greater Hartford community. Lessons and Carols is offered to all as a moment of comfort and hope. In its recounting of the Christmas story, the service involves the reading of nine lessons, each followed by the singing of a carol. Contributions to a freewill offering supported students in need, as well as international humanitarian relief efforts. This year's special Bicentennial event featured a newly commissioned work by David Hurd, a setting of a portion of Psalm 96, “Sing to the Lord a New Song,” dedicated to Trinity College Board of Trustees Chair Lisa Bisaccia '78 and Robert Naparstek, whose generosity has supported the Chapel Music Program. The program also featured music by alumni and community composers Paul Lindsley Thomas '50; Dudley Buck, Class of 1859; Robert Edward Smith, Chapel composer-in-residence since 1979; and Douglas Bruce Johnson, professor of music, emeritus. To see this year's full program, visit www.trincoll.edu/LessonsAndCarols
Trinity College hosted its 64th annual Christmas Festival of Lessons and Carols in the Chapel on Sunday, December 10, marking the beginning of the holiday season for the Greater Hartford community. Lessons and Carols is offered to all as a moment of comfort and hope. In its recounting of the Christmas story, the service involves the reading of nine lessons, each followed by the singing of a carol. Contributions to a freewill offering supported students in need, as well as international humanitarian relief efforts. This year's special Bicentennial event featured a newly commissioned work by David Hurd, a setting of a portion of Psalm 96, “Sing to the Lord a New Song,” dedicated to Trinity College Board of Trustees Chair Lisa Bisaccia '78 and Robert Naparstek, whose generosity has supported the Chapel Music Program. The program also featured music by alumni and community composers Paul Lindsley Thomas '50; Dudley Buck, Class of 1859; Robert Edward Smith, Chapel composer-in-residence since 1979; and Douglas Bruce Johnson, professor of music, emeritus. To see this year's full program, visit www.trincoll.edu/LessonsAndCarols
Trinity College hosted its 64th annual Christmas Festival of Lessons and Carols in the Chapel on Sunday, December 10, marking the beginning of the holiday season for the Greater Hartford community. Lessons and Carols is offered to all as a moment of comfort and hope. In its recounting of the Christmas story, the service involves the reading of nine lessons, each followed by the singing of a carol. Contributions to a freewill offering supported students in need, as well as international humanitarian relief efforts. This year's special Bicentennial event featured a newly commissioned work by David Hurd, a setting of a portion of Psalm 96, “Sing to the Lord a New Song,” dedicated to Trinity College Board of Trustees Chair Lisa Bisaccia '78 and Robert Naparstek, whose generosity has supported the Chapel Music Program. The program also featured music by alumni and community composers Paul Lindsley Thomas '50; Dudley Buck, Class of 1859; Robert Edward Smith, Chapel composer-in-residence since 1979; and Douglas Bruce Johnson, professor of music, emeritus. To see this year's full program, visit www.trincoll.edu/LessonsAndCarols
Trinity College hosted its 64th annual Christmas Festival of Lessons and Carols in the Chapel on Sunday, December 10, marking the beginning of the holiday season for the Greater Hartford community. Lessons and Carols is offered to all as a moment of comfort and hope. In its recounting of the Christmas story, the service involves the reading of nine lessons, each followed by the singing of a carol. Contributions to a freewill offering supported students in need, as well as international humanitarian relief efforts. This year's special Bicentennial event featured a newly commissioned work by David Hurd, a setting of a portion of Psalm 96, “Sing to the Lord a New Song,” dedicated to Trinity College Board of Trustees Chair Lisa Bisaccia '78 and Robert Naparstek, whose generosity has supported the Chapel Music Program. The program also featured music by alumni and community composers Paul Lindsley Thomas '50; Dudley Buck, Class of 1859; Robert Edward Smith, Chapel composer-in-residence since 1979; and Douglas Bruce Johnson, professor of music, emeritus. To see this year's full program, visit www.trincoll.edu/LessonsAndCarols
Trinity College hosted its 64th annual Christmas Festival of Lessons and Carols in the Chapel on Sunday, December 10, marking the beginning of the holiday season for the Greater Hartford community. Lessons and Carols is offered to all as a moment of comfort and hope. In its recounting of the Christmas story, the service involves the reading of nine lessons, each followed by the singing of a carol. Contributions to a freewill offering supported students in need, as well as international humanitarian relief efforts. This year's special Bicentennial event featured a newly commissioned work by David Hurd, a setting of a portion of Psalm 96, “Sing to the Lord a New Song,” dedicated to Trinity College Board of Trustees Chair Lisa Bisaccia '78 and Robert Naparstek, whose generosity has supported the Chapel Music Program. The program also featured music by alumni and community composers Paul Lindsley Thomas '50; Dudley Buck, Class of 1859; Robert Edward Smith, Chapel composer-in-residence since 1979; and Douglas Bruce Johnson, professor of music, emeritus. To see this year's full program, visit www.trincoll.edu/LessonsAndCarols
Trinity College hosted its 64th annual Christmas Festival of Lessons and Carols in the Chapel on Sunday, December 10, marking the beginning of the holiday season for the Greater Hartford community. Lessons and Carols is offered to all as a moment of comfort and hope. In its recounting of the Christmas story, the service involves the reading of nine lessons, each followed by the singing of a carol. Contributions to a freewill offering supported students in need, as well as international humanitarian relief efforts. This year's special Bicentennial event featured a newly commissioned work by David Hurd, a setting of a portion of Psalm 96, “Sing to the Lord a New Song,” dedicated to Trinity College Board of Trustees Chair Lisa Bisaccia '78 and Robert Naparstek, whose generosity has supported the Chapel Music Program. The program also featured music by alumni and community composers Paul Lindsley Thomas '50; Dudley Buck, Class of 1859; Robert Edward Smith, Chapel composer-in-residence since 1979; and Douglas Bruce Johnson, professor of music, emeritus. To see this year's full program, visit www.trincoll.edu/LessonsAndCarols
Trinity College hosted its 64th annual Christmas Festival of Lessons and Carols in the Chapel on Sunday, December 10, marking the beginning of the holiday season for the Greater Hartford community. Lessons and Carols is offered to all as a moment of comfort and hope. In its recounting of the Christmas story, the service involves the reading of nine lessons, each followed by the singing of a carol. Contributions to a freewill offering supported students in need, as well as international humanitarian relief efforts. This year's special Bicentennial event featured a newly commissioned work by David Hurd, a setting of a portion of Psalm 96, “Sing to the Lord a New Song,” dedicated to Trinity College Board of Trustees Chair Lisa Bisaccia '78 and Robert Naparstek, whose generosity has supported the Chapel Music Program. The program also featured music by alumni and community composers Paul Lindsley Thomas '50; Dudley Buck, Class of 1859; Robert Edward Smith, Chapel composer-in-residence since 1979; and Douglas Bruce Johnson, professor of music, emeritus. To see this year's full program, visit www.trincoll.edu/LessonsAndCarols
Coach Devanney Interview 12062021 by Trinity College
03 Organ Prelude Adeste Fideles, Op. 8, J. Demessieux — Christopher Houlihan '09, Organ by Trinity College
04 In Dulci Jubilo, 79 Chorales For The Organ Op. 28 No. 41, M. Dupré — Sarah Kennedy ’20, Organ by Trinity College
05 Hymn In Procession Once In Royal David S City, Desc. Paul Halley by Trinity College
06 Bidding Prayer — The Rev. Allison Read, College Chaplain And Dean Of Spiritual Religious Life by Trinity College
07 Bidding Carol The Word Was God, Rosephanye Powell — The Chapel Singers by Trinity College
08 First Lesson Genesis 3 — Patricia Byrne, CSJ, Professor Of Religion, Emerita by Trinity College
08 Hymn God Rest You Merry, Arr. C. Houlihan by Trinity College
10 Second Lesson Genesis 22 — Brielle Jones ’20, President, Trinity College Gospel Choir by Trinity College
11 Carol Drop Down Ye Heavens From Above, Judith Weir — The Chapel Singers by Trinity College
12 Carol Illuminare, Jerusalem, Judith Weir — The Chapel Singers by Trinity College
13 Third Lesson Isaiah 9 — Sara Lee ’18 by Trinity College
14 Carol The First Nowell, — Trinity College Gospel Choir by Trinity College
15 Fourth Lesson Isaiah 11 — Ann Lambright, Dean Academic Affairs & Prof Language & Culture Studies by Trinity College
16 Carol In The Stillness, Sally Beamish — The Chapel Singers by Trinity College
17 Fifth Lesson Luke 1 — Salima Etoka ’15 by Trinity College
18 Carol Ave Maria, Rebecca Clarke — The Sopranos And Altos Of The Chapel Singers by Trinity College
19 Sixth Lesson Matthew 1 — Sonia Cardenas, Interim Dean Of The Faculty & VP For Academic Affairs by Trinity College
20 The Holly And The Ivy, June Nixon — The Chapel Singers by Trinity College
21 Seventh Lesson Luke 2 — Martha Burke O’Brien, Director Of Student Health Services by Trinity College
22 Hymn Angels, From The Realms Of Glory, Arr. C. Houlihan by Trinity College
23 Eighth Lesson Matthew 2 — Ann Parmenter, Prof Physical Education & Head Field Hockey Coach by Trinity College
24 Hymn In The Bleak Midwinter, Arr. C. Houlihan by Trinity College
25 Ninth Lesson John 1 — Joanne Berger-Sweeney, President & Trinity College Prof Of Neuroscience by Trinity College
26 Collect — The Rev. Allison Read by Trinity College
27 Offertory — The Rev. Allison Read by Trinity College
28 Carol Gloria In Excelsis Deo Dialogue Between Angels & Shepherds, I. Leonarda – Chapel Singers by Trinity College
29 Hymn Hark! The Herald Angels Sing, Arr. David Willcocks by Trinity College
30 The Blessing — The Rt. Rev. Laura J. Ahrens, Bishop Suffragan, The Episcopal Church In Conn by Trinity College
31 Retiring Procession Prelude & Fugue In B Major Op. 7 No. 1, Marcel Dupré – Vaughn Mauren, Organ by Trinity College
02 Organ Prelude Rorate Coeli Op. 8, J. Demessieux — Christopher Houlihan '09, Organ by Trinity College
01 Organ Prelude Chorale Prelude On Wachet Auf, J.S. Bach — Christopher Houlihan ’09, organ by Trinity College
Presented by The Trinity Institute for Interdisciplinary Studies (TIIS) and The Leonard E. Greenberg Center for the Study of Religion in Public Life Albert Camus’ The Plague describes what happens when the Bubonic Plague strikes the French colonial Algerian city of Oran. Published just after World War II, the novel is at once a careful examination of the impact of an epidemic on a modern urban community and a metaphorical account of the human condition generally. As the world continues to struggle with the COVID-19 pandemic, four Trinity faculty members will discuss the novel from their respective fields of medical anthropology, 20th-century French literature, European philosophy, and Christian theology. Shane Ewegen, Philosophy Tamsin Jones, Religious Studies Sara Kippur, Language and Culture Studies James Trostle, Anthropology Chaired by Mark Silk, Director, Greenberg Center for the Study of Religion in Public Life
The Supreme Court in a Polarized Age A Conversation with Kevin McMahon John R. Reitemeyer Professor of Political Science Moderated by Maura Thompson ’21 In its 2019-20 term, the Supreme Court handed down some seemingly surprising decisions. We’ll consider the most notable of those decisions, the significance of the Court and judicial issues in the upcoming election, and the place of this Supreme Court in our polarized democracy. Kevin J. McMahon is the John R. Reitemeyer Professor of Political Science. His research mainly examines the presidency and the political origins and consequences of Supreme Court decisions. He is currently working on a book entitled, Uncertain Legitimacy: The Supreme Court in the Age of Trump. In 2014, the Supreme Court Historical Society selected his book, Nixon’s Court: His Challenge to Judicial Liberalism and Its Political Consequences (University of Chicago Press, 2011), for its rarely-awarded Erwin N. Griswold Book Prize. Nixon’s Court was also chosen as a 2012 CHOICE Outstanding Academic Title. Professor McMahon's first book, Reconsidering Roosevelt on Race: How the Presidency Paved the Road to Brown (Chicago, 2004), won the American Political Science Association’s Richard E. Neustadt Award for the best book published that year on the American presidency. He is also the co-author/co-editor of three books on the presidency and presidential elections and author of numerous book chapters and journal articles. Professor McMahon earned his PhD at Brandeis University in 1997. As an advanced graduate student, he taught for two years in Russia with the Civic Education Project (a.k.a., the “academic Peace Corps”). In the classroom, his teaching style is Socratic in spirit, driven by a philosophy that students perform best when they are asked to actively participate in their own learning. Maura Thompson is a rising senior from Shelburne, Vermont and is receiving her degree in Political Science and Religious Studies. Next year, she will be writing her thesis on the rise of the Evangelical Religious Right within American politics through historical analysis of varying presidential campaigns. On campus, Maura is the president of her a capella group, a tour guide for Trinity Admissions, and member of her sorority, The Stella Society. This summer, she is interning for Practera, an educational technology company. She is also doing political science research for Professor McMahon.
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