Continuing a rich tradition in choral music since the school's inception:

'Festival of nine lessons & carols'

The Trinity College Choir will celebrate "A Festival of Nine Lessons and Carols", at the Trinity College Chapel, Kandy on Sunday December 6 at 6.30 p.m. This Festival of Nine Lessons and Carols follows the traditional form and content of carol services conducted by Kings' College, Cambridge.

It is one of the most important events on the Trinity College year and is also a much looked forward to event that continues to draw enthusiastic and appreciative audiences from around Sri Lanka, regardless of religious beliefs. Many confess to being moved to worship by the beauty and purity of the Service, while sharing in its rich choral tradition.

The scene within the famed open Chapel of 50 pillars, fine stone carvings and elegant murals, is ethereal. Pass through the fading evening light, beneath an entrance festooned with sweet smelling flowers and lit by the dim golden glow of gently smoking pol thel pahanas and you are transported into another world. Right on cue, a clear treble voice rises through the dusk as it voices a perennial carol. The Festival has begun.

Trinity College, Kandy, was founded by the Church Missionary Society (CMS), which brought with it the great traditions of English Church Music and the concept of an organised choir whose very existence depended on discipline and commitment.