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‘Catholics Got Talent?’: Competition invites musicians to promote zeal for the Eucharist
The musical competition is one facet of the multiyear National Eucharistic Revival. Read more
The next generation of sacred music? Gregorian Chant album uses new spatial audio feature
The Benedictine Monks of Clear Creek Abbey in Oklahoma have released a new album of Advent melodies that takes advantage... Read more
Benedictine nuns in Missouri honor Christ the King with new album
After the harrowing experience of shootings at their abbey in rural Missouri, the Benedictines of Mary, Queen of Apostles resolved... Read more
'Sancta Nox' album of Christmas Matins debuts at #1 on Billboard Traditional Classical Albums chart
On Sept. 28, a community of seminarians from the Priestly Fraternity of Saint Peter’s European seminary released an album of... Read more
Sacred music album recorded on eve of coronavirus lockdown storms Christmas charts
When the singers of the Schola Cantorum of the London Oratory School gathered earlier this year to create a new... Read more
Catholic priests kick off first international organ festival at Rome’s Pantheon
Under the nearly 2,000-year-old dome of Rome’s Pantheon and above the relics of early Christian martyrs, the melodies of Johann... Read more
Benedict XVI praises “glorious music” of Bach in festival message
Pope emeritus Benedict XVI has praised the “glorious music” of Johann Sebastian Bach in a message to a festival in... Read more
London boys' schola tour brings music from Old Spain to the New World
Franciscan mission priest St. Junipero Serra would perhaps recognize some of the music that will be sung in an upcoming... Read more
Love God? Let your music aim high, Archbishop Sample says
Sacred music has a special role in the Catholic liturgy, and Archbishop Alexander Sample of Portland in Oregon has written... Read more
'Mass of the Americas' to premiere at San Francisco cathedral
The Mass of the Americas, a newly-commissioned Mass composed by Frank La Rocca, will premiere Saturday for the feast of... Read more
Pope Francis: Sacred music points to the beauty of Paradise
Liturgical and sacred music can be a powerful instrument of evangelization, because it gives people a glimpse of the beauty... Read more
Workshop teaches how to teach Gregorian chant to children, teens
Parish music directors, teachers, priests, and religious sisters gathered near San Francisco last week for a workshop helping them learn... Read more
Bay area project expands Gregorian chant instruction to children, teens
An initiative in the Archdiocese of San Francisco to form the Catholic imagination through beauty will next month host a... Read more
The tradition of sacred choral music needs to be 'revived'
For one member of “the Pope's Choir,” the Catholic Church, while appreciating sacred music, has in some respects lost the... Read more
Grammy-winning producer guides Gregorian chant album
When Christopher Alder, an 11-time Grammy winning music producer, first was asked to help create an album of Gregorian Chant,... Read more
Is this the solution to Catholics' 'desperate' musical situation?
Hundreds of musicians and pastors from around the world have signed a document urging parishes and publishers should take care... Read more
Pope Francis: Education is key to the renewal of sacred music
Pope Francis said Saturday that while liturgical music has often struggled to live up to the quality and beauty the... Read more
London choir aims to bring sacred music from the Masses...to the masses
You may recognize the sound of the London Oratory Schola Cantorum Boys Choir from epic motion picture soundtracks like The... Read more
Sacred music and … jazz? One composer's response to Vatican II
For American composer J.J. Wright, the Second Vatican Council's call to inculturate the Church's ancient musical traditions into “mission territory”... Read more
Sistine Chapel Choir releases new album for Jubilee of Mercy
For the second year in a row the Sistine Chapel Choir has recorded an album inside the chapel of its... Read more
