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Schola Gregoriana | men/age 18+ | Gregorian chant, polyphony
Schola Gregoriana is the parish men’s schola and the primary liturgical choir. The ensemble sings for Sunday Solemn Masses, weekly Vespers, Holy Week, weddings, funerals, principal feasts, and other various feast-days throughout the year.
Schola Cantorum | boys/age 8-13, treble voices
The Schola Cantorum is the parish treble-voiced choir for boys ages 8-13. The ensemble is primarily educational and sings with Schola Gregoriana for various Sundays and feast-days throughout the year.
Boys between the ages of 14-17 who desire to sing will be considered for either Schola Gregoriana or Schola Cantorum based on their stage in vocal maturation.
Schola Caeciliana | women/age 16+ | Gregorian chant, polyphony
Schola Caeciliana is the parish women’s schola, singing for our additional Sunday Sung Mass, Holy Week, weddings, funerals, and other various feast-days throughout the year.
St. Cecilia Girls Choir | girls/age 8-15, treble voices
The St. Cecilia Girls Choir is the parish treble-voiced choir for girls ages 8-15. The ensemble is primarily educational and sings with Schola Caeciliana for various Sundays and feast-days throughout the year.
VOCES Chorales | mixed/age 18+ | polyphony, audition
VOCES Chorales is the parish mixed-choir, singing for various Sunday Solemn Masses, Holy Week, principal feasts, and other various feast days throughout the year. This ensemble is by audition, requiring proficiency in both ensemble-singing and sightreading.
Interested in joining the Music Program? Contact the Music Director for more information!
“Let efforts be made to support and promote, in the best way possible, the higher schools of sacred music where these already exist, and to help in founding them where they do not. It is of the utmost importance that the Church herself provide for the instruction of her choirmasters, organists, and singers, according to the true principles of sacred art.” – St. Pope Pius X, Tra le sollecitudini, 1903