Music at King's Chapel

Heinrich Christensen, Director of Music 
Sylvia Soderberg, Chair, Music Committee

The musical tradition of King's Chapel dates back to 1713 when the church became the first in New England to acquire an organ. The current C.B. Fisk instrument, King's Chapel's sixth organ, was installed in 1964.

Among the important musical events in the life of the young nation that took place at King's Chapel was the first "musical festival" in New England, held here on January 10, 1786. It took the form of a lengthy concert during the Morning Prayer service, including excerpts from Handel's Messiah. The newly founded Handel & Haydn Society gave its first public performance at King's Chapel on Christmas Day, 1815, and remains the oldest continuously performing arts organization in the United States. 

The present music program at King's Chapel consists of service music, a Sunday concert series, and a Tuesday recital series. The King's Chapel Concert Series is a member of the Greater Boston Choral Consortium. 

The King's Chapel Choir, consisting of seventeen professional singers under the direction of Heinrich Christensen, sings at Morning Prayer on Sundays at 11:00 a.m. and major holiday services from September through May. During the summer months, individual choir members function as soloists and cantors for Sunday services.  

Choir Sample

Check below for an audio sample from our All Saints & All Souls Service, held on November 1st, as sung by choir soprano Joei Marshall Perry.
Pie Jesu
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King's Chapel Music Videos

Our music director, Heinrich Christensen, now has two music videos shot in the church while playing our C.B. Fisk organ. Check them out below!

Directions

King’s Chapel is located at the intersection of School and Tremont Streets in the heart of Downtown Boston. Our street address is 58 Tremont Street, Boston, MA 02108. We are mostly easily accessible via public transportation. The church is an approximately 5 minute walk from the Park Street MBTA station on the Boston Common and Government Center. Both the Green Line and Red Line trains stop at Park Street. The Green Line and Blue Line stop at Government Center.

​For more information about directions, please visit our Directions page.