Sacred Song

Choir Director and organist Jared Jacobsen plays the organ and leads the Chautauqua Choir  Sunday, Aug 18, 2019. ALEXANDER WADLEY/STAFF

Organist, and coordinator of worship and sacred music, Jared Jacobsen, speaks at the beginning of the "In Remebrance" service on

Jared Jacobsen was looking for music for this week’s Tallman Tracker Organ concert when he ran across a couple of

Jared Jacobsen, organist and coordinator of worship and sacred music, poses for a portrait before the 2019 season. SARAH YENESEL/STAFF

Chautauqua Organist and Coordinator of Worship and Sacred Music Jared Jacobsen leads the Chautauqua Choir for this week's sacred song,

At first, Jared Jacobsen wanted to highlight general hymn-singing and anthems from the American tradition for this week’s Sacred Song

Traditionally, the first Sacred Song Service of Chautauqua Institution’s season welcomes old and new Chautauquans to the grounds. Returners will

Organist Jared Jacobsen and the Chautauqua choir perform on Sunday, August 6, in the Amp. Scared Song service was themed

  Jared Jacobsen first came to Chautauqua when he was just five years old. Now, as the Institution’s organist and

For one of the only times during the Chautauqua Season, the music at this Sunday’s Sacred Song service will not be the main element of the evening. Some audience members may zone in on the candles; others may notice the robes; and many in the back of the Amphitheater will take in banners that run from ceiling to floor.

The Sacred Song service will take on a somber tone this Sunday as the choir and congregation sing in honor of lost loved ones. At 8 p.m. Sunday in the Amphitheater, Chautauquans can memorialize their lost friends and family by singing and signing books during the “In Remembrance” service.