n a darkened Episcopal cathedral in Seattle, Washington, on Sunday evenings at 9:30 p.m., a group of men chant the Office of Compline, the last monastic office of the day. Begun in 1956 by the group’s founder, Peter R. Hallock, it has become something of a phenomenon, with upwards of 500 people (many in their teens and early twenties) attending the service, and thousands in the radio audience and on the Internet each week. Jason Anderson now conducts the choir. Over the years, members of the group who have left Seattle have started observing the office in their new communities.
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The Compline Choir
C/O St. Mark's Cathedral
1245 10th Avenue East
Seattle, WA 98102
Thank you for visiting our site. We hope you get some questions answered about the Compline Choir; be sure to check the FAQ page and long-time member Ken Peterson’s blog Compline Underground. The Office of Compline is sung every Sunday evening from 9:30 to 10:00 p.m., Pacific time. We hope you are able to hear the service either in person at St. Mark's Cathedral, Seattle, over the Internet on king.org, or on the radio at Classic KING-FM 98.1. Podcasts of selected services are available for listening at any time as well as for downloads in .mp3 format. Do come back to our website for future additions.
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