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Zebulon Highben

Zebulon Highben

Associate Professor of the Practice of Church Music
Divinity School
zebulon.highben@duke.edu
Campus Box 90974, 401 Chapel Drive, Durham, NC 27708
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Awards & Honors

Weiger Lepke-Sims Family Sacred Music Award

National American Harp Society · 2023 Composition award for "A Christmas Carol." Text by G. K. Chesterton, music by Zebulon M. Highben. SATB voices and harp. MorningStar Music, 50-0241. More about this award

Honourable Mention, Sir David Willcocks Carol Competition

International The Bach Choir · 2023 Composition award for "There Is No Rose." SATB voices. MorningStar Music, in press. More about this award

Finalist, The American Prize in Virtual Performance

National The American Prize · 2022 Zebulon Highben and Duke University Chapel Choir, national finalists, The American Prize in Virtual Performance (Artists Performing Remotely), Community Division. More about this award

Winner, 2020 Hymn Search

International The Hymn Society in the United States and Canada · 2020 Hymn competition award for "The Rain Falls in Its Season." More about this award

In the News

Published April 6, 2021
Duke University Chapel Choir finds musical harmony online
Published February 15, 2021
The power of a song
Published January 18, 2021
A COVID memorial shared across the country
Published December 8, 2020
National partnership to strengthen church music education at Duke and beyond
Published December 6, 2020
Online Messiah performance attracts large audience
Published December 2, 2019
Christmas program at Duke Chapel to get national broadcast
Published May 16, 2019
Church musician and scholar Zebulon Highben to lead music program at Duke Chapel