Pittsburgh Compline Choir

Pittsburgh Compline Choir On Sunday evenings at 8, as night falls over the city, the Choir sings the ancient prayers for peace and protection in the beauty of Heinz Memorial Chapel.

We gather to pray with and for our community and welcome you to join us. As night falls over Pittsburgh, the Choir sings Compline’s ancient prayers for peace and protection. The service of Compline originated during the Middle Ages in the monasteries of Europe as monks sang the final office of the day before going to sleep. This contemplative service is almost entirely sung by the choir. Tradition

ally, one or more of the Psalms associated with Compline (4, 31, 134) are sung or chanted by the choir. Before the service, the congregation is invited to submit names of persons in need or persons who have died to be chanted as part of the evening prayers. The auditioned choir is comprised of highly experienced singers, more than half of whom are professional musicians. The service reaches back to the time of an undivided Christendom and resonates with people from widely different faith traditions. Members of the Choir who are active in numerous different denominations on Sunday morning are drawn together at dusk to sing the service in the candlelit beauty of Heinz Chapel. Every person is invited to enter through Compline’s wide door and touch the Sublime through the beauty of this mystical service.

05/03/2026

Just a reminder…

As a part of the Lutheran Campus Ministry in Greater Pittsburgh, the Pittsburgh Compline Choir follows the academic schedule of our host university, the University of Pittsburgh. As such, we begin our summer break this evening. We will return to compline liturgies on Sunday, September 13, 2026 at 8 pm in Heinz Memorial Chapel on the campus of the University of Pittsburgh. We look forward to seeing you then, and wish you a safe and happy Summer holiday.

We welcome Sr. Cynthia Pock, OLF, AAGO to the organ as we gather to sing and pray. We invite you to join us for music o...
04/25/2026

We welcome Sr. Cynthia Pock, OLF, AAGO to the organ as we gather to sing and pray. We invite you to join us for music of Thomas Purcell, Mina-Marie Jelinek, Arthur Wills, John Rutter, and others as we meet for prayer and song at 8 PM, Sunday, April 26, 2026 in Heinz Memorial Chapel.

04/19/2026

We are looking forward to spending time with you in prayer and song as we gather to pray Compline this Sunday, April 19 at 8 pm in Heinz Memorial Chapel.

With music by Charles Villiers Stanford, Arthur Wills, Jean Berger, Harrison Hackett, and Thomas Purcell, the Pittsburgh Compline Choir will lead our music. Organist Jeffrey Gray will be offering special organ music. We look forward to seeing you.

04/11/2026

Please join us tomorrow for Compline. In the craziness of the world we live in, we invite you to the beauty of Heinz Memorial Chapel for a time of meditation and prayer, music and silence. Join us in the ancient Compline liturgy as we hear music by John Becker, Adrian Batten, Chris Lawry, Thomas Purcell, and Arthur Wills. Organist Isabella Muthler will bring us music by James Southbridge. Come and join your voices with ours in prayer, Sunday April 12 at 8:00 PM in Heinz Memorial Chapel.

04/05/2026

Alleluia! Christ is risen. Christ is risen indeed! Join us this evening for Compline for the resurrection of the Lord. 8 pm at Heinz Memorial Chapel. We will hear music by Bach, Hassler, Duruflé, Stout, Hallock and Wills. Our director, David Bridge will serve as organist. We hope you will end your Easter Day celebrations with us.

04/03/2026
We invite you to join us Sunday night as we sing Hosannas. We invite you to join us as we also sing about the sorrow of...
03/28/2026

We invite you to join us Sunday night as we sing Hosannas. We invite you to join us as we also sing about the sorrow of Jesus on the cross. We invite you to put aside your week for just a bit, to stop, reflect, and refresh. Will you join the Pittsburgh Compline Choir with special guest musicians, the North Pittsburgh Flute Society as we all gather to pray and reflect. We will hear music by Jacques Berthier, Franz Schubert, Richard Robert Rossi, Tomás Luis de Victoria, Georgeann Kovac and Alastair Stout. Sunday, March 29, 2026 at 8:00 PM at Heinz Memorial Chapel.

03/20/2026

Do you crave a moment of peace? Do you need time to recover and reset? We would like to invite you to Heinz Memorial Chapel on Sunday at 8 pm as we sing and pray the ancient Compline liturgy. Featuring music of John Blow, Peter Hallock and Peter Illyich Tchaikovsky, we will pray for the needs of all who are present, for our community, the nation, and the world. We welcome Brian Burns, music director of Calvary United Methodist Church in Pittsburgh as our guest organist. We look forward to welcoming you, too.

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