Denison University's Swasey Chapel will welcome college and community members for a traditional "Candlelight Lessons and Carols" service at 8 p.m. on Thursday (Dec. 7). The Collegium Musicum, a vocal ensemble, will provide special music for this service.

Community members who will serve as readers of the lessons are: Dale T. Knobel, president; Samuel J. Thios, vice president for student affairs; Professor Anthony Lisska, director of the Honors Program; Professor Lyn Robertson, chair of the education department and mayor of; the Rev. David T. Ball, director of religious life and service learning; Debbie Miller, a sophomore chapel associate; Elizabeth Siwo, a senior who is president of the Denison Campus Government Association; and Will Evans, a freshman.

The Collegium Musicum, under the direction of affiliate instructor Stephen Caracciolo, is a vocal ensemble dedicated to the performance of Medieval, Renaissance and Baroque literature.

About Denison:

Denison University, founded in 1831, is an independent, residential liberal arts institution located in Granville, Ohio. A highly selective college enrolling 2,100 full-time undergraduate students from all 50 states and dozens of foreign countries, Denison is a place where innovative faculty and motivated students collaborate in rigorous scholarship, civic engagement and the cultivation of independent thinking.

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