Robert Duff

Brandeis University will honor and celebrate the Class of 2021 during its 70th Commencement Exercises.

Commencement will include an array of exciting in-person and virtual celebrations. Our hybrid approach to Commencement will span the weeks leading up to the conferral of degrees on Sunday, May 23, enabling all members of our community to participate wherever they are.

Brandeis Chamber Singers and University Chorus (Robert Duff, conductor; Grace Spicuzza, keyboard collaborative artist) present Emergence.

Over the course of spring semester 2021, our choirs at Brandeis University rehearsed virtually as singing in any public setting was prohibited. This compilation of work includes literary passages reflecting and supporting the texts of the songs along with student photography documenting the COVID-influenced learning environment.

Audio edited by Giuseppe Desiato. Video edited by Deborah Rosenstein.

This year, Brandeis brings its winter holiday concert to you. Instead of gathering in the Shapiro Campus Center, we invite you to sing along at home and enjoy a few new additions to the beloved holiday tradition in Zoom webinar format.
Vice President of Student Affairs Raymond Lu-Ming Ou will welcome you and introduce the main event, the singing of selections* from Handel's Messiah (1742). A 15-minute video recorded at last year's holiday concert has been captioned with words and music so that you can sing along.

After the Hallelujah chorus, join host Deborah Rosenstein (Music) and Reverend Matt Carriker (Center for Spiritual Life) for carols singing (including some Hanukkah songs). Children from the Lemberg Children's Center will offer a special song they've written about snow! Joanna Marcus '22 will show you how to make paper snowflakes. And very special guest Phoebe Jeebies aka Jason Dick '14 will give a holiday baking demonstration!

While we're sad that we can't be together this year, we hope you will enjoy sharing the experience with your loved ones. So warm up your favorite beverage, get cozy, and join the chorus!

Presented by the Department of Music, Arts Engagement, and the Center for Spiritual Life.
With members of the Brandeis University Chorus, Brandeis Chamber Singers and Brandeis-Wellesley Orchestra under the direction of Neal Hampton, associate professor of the practice of music.

Program: And the glory of the Lord, For unto us a child is born, Glory to God, and Hallelujah

The Brandeis University Class of 2020 will always carry the distinction of having its in-person Commencement Exercises delayed because of a global health crisis. Speeches and performances were prerecorded for a virtual event.

Conductor Robert Duff and the Brandeis Chamber Singers perform Brandeis' Alma Mater by Irving Fine.