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When the chapel at Virginia Theological Seminary burned to the ground in 2010, the school commissioned a new building with a brand new pipe organ. Watch our Advent interview with the chapel’s music director, Rev. William Bradley Roberts, and listen to Christmas sounds from a world-class instrument played by Tom Smith, organist and music director at Christ Church Georgetown (Episcopal) in Washington, DC.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

“What we were looking for is an organ that sings, an organ that has a warm, mellow sound that accompanies singing,\u201d says Rev. William Bradley Roberts, professor of church music and director of chapel music at Virginia Theological Seminary. 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