Public Events

Heinz Memorial Chapel hosts a number of public events and concerts each semester.
To rent the Chapel for your event, please visit our Space Rental page.
If you're looking to sign up for a tour, you can do so on our Tours page.

Meditation Mondays
12:15 PM: Guided Meditation & 4-6 PM: Quiet Hours
Join us every Monday, starting September 11, for Meditation Mondays! There will be a free 15-20 minute guided meditation at 12:15 PM with sound healing from 12 to 1 PM. The Chapel will also offer quiet hours each Monday from 4:00 to 6:00 PM. This time is perfect for prayer, study, or quiet reflection. ‍‍

Pollinators in the Light Tour
Wednesday, June 11 at Noon and Wednesday, June 25 at Noon & 5 PM
Heinz Chapel is partnering with Pitt Sustainability for National Pollinator’s Month with a special tour in June. Pollinators not only play a vital role in ecosystems and food production, they also serve as meaningful symbols in architecture and stained-glass. Learn how butterflies, bees, squirrels, lilies, roses and more work together in the pollination process while also symbolizing diligence, transformation, and divine work as shown in the gothic artistry of Heinz Chapel and its adjacent English garden.  This 45-minute tour starts in the Chapel’s beautiful English garden and moves to the magnificent stained glass windows inside and a chance to hear the Chapel’s pipe organ.
Free for Pitt Students. $5 for the General Public. Reserve your spot here.

Sound Immersion with Tanatara Healing
Sunday, September 14, 2:00 PM, Doors open at 1:30 PM
Through breathwork, intention setting, meditation and the sound of gong, crystal bowls, tibetan bowls and elemental chimes you are guided inward to reconnect with your body and to come back to a place of inner stillness, peace and tranquility. Sound Immersions offer a safe space to relax and unwind and allow the body to move into a theta brainwave state, a state that offers the body the ability to replenish and activate its innate healing capacities. Ground yourself back into your body, back into the present moment, calm the mind and feel nurtured and deeply relaxed after this incredible soothing healing modality.
Free for Pitt Students, $10 for Pitt faculty & staff, $18 for General Admission. Reserve your spot here.
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Heinz Chapel Halloween Concert
Friday, October 31, 8 PM, Doors open at 7:30 PM
It’s a Halloween Organ Spooktacular! Join Heinz Chapel Organist, Jon Tyillian along with special guest singers Sarah Nadler and Logan Newman for an evening of frightful favorites including selections from Phantom of the Opera and The Nightmare Before Christmas as well as the famous Toccata and Fugue by Bach.
Free for Pitt students, $6 for Pitt faculty & staff, $12 for General Admission. Reserve your spot here.
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Mega Surround Sound Bath Concert
Sunday, November 9, 3:00-4:30 PM, Doors open at 2:30 PM
Violinist Monique Mead joins 15 professional musicians and sound practitioners to envelop you in an immersive soundscape like no other. Stretch out on a pew, gaze up at the stained glass windows, and absorb the healing sounds resonating from 60+ singing bowls as they blend with the sublime melodies of violin, harp, and flute. Find stillness as the sounds guide you to a space of timeless presence. (Please bring your own blanket and comfort items.)
SOLD OUT

Mike Tamburo Sound Meditation Concert
Wednesday, December 10, 7:30 PM, Doors open at 7 PM
Enter a timeless space of listening as Crown of Eternity's Mike Tamburo orchestrates his way through 40+ overtone rich instruments including Gongs, Bells, Hammered Dulcimer and tuned metal instruments. Listeners have described Mike Tamburo's music as an adventure in listening; sonic bliss; a deep and lasting vibrational rejuvenation for body and soul; a profound aesthetic experience; a journey through the senses and a perceptual rollercoaster. Allow yourself to be still and listen.
Free for Pitt Students, $10 for Pitt faculty & staff, $20 for General Admission. Reserve your spot here.