Music Education & Service

Chapel Music at Duke Chapel is committed to ongoing musical, liturgical, and aesthetic education, with particular attention to the training of choral singers and organists.

The Chapel's choirs are open to anyone in the Duke and Triangle communities; Duke students, faculty, and staff, are particularly encouraged to audition and participate.

Organ Scholars

To ensure Duke Chapel's great musical traditions for the future, the Organ Scholars initiative was created.

Chorworks: Baroque Before Bach

Through Duke Chapel, Chorworks is offering a summer program for experienced early-career singers.

Hymn Competition

Update: Read about the winner of the 2021 Hymn Competition.Duke University Chapel invites hymnwriters and poets to submit entries for its 2021 hymn competition. The winning submission will be sung in worship at Duke Chapel, published by MorningStar Music/ECS Publishing Group in a collection of new and recent hymns, and will be considered for inclusion in the forthcoming Duke Chapel Hymnal. The winning hymnwriter will receive a prize of $1,500 USD.