Annual Festival of Lessons and Carols Back in Person on December 5

Manhattan College’s annual Christmas tradition is back.

On Sunday, December 5, Manhattan College’s singers and orchestra will host A Festival of Lessons and Carols in the Chapel of De La Salle and His Brothers on the Manhattan College campus. 

A Festival of Lessons and Carols is an hour-long celebration that combines popular Christmas carols and Advent hymns with Scripture readings and contemporary musical arrangements.

Doors open at 3:30 p.m. Preludes will begin at 4 p.m., and the full program will start at 4:30 p.m. 

The event is free and open to all. Proof of vaccination is required; please present the Excelsior Pass or your vaccination card on arrival, and complete the Visitors Daily Symptom Tracker to obtain a green pass. Face masks are required indoors.

For those who are unable to attend, the event will be live streamed on Manhattan College’s official Facebook page.

For more information about A Festival of Lessons and Carols, please contact Andrew Bauer, director of music and coordinator of performing arts, at andrew.bauer@manhattan.edu.