Current folder contents (10/27/25):
warm-ups - Ninini, chromatic scale
The Interval Song
Ave verum corpus - Bach
Ave verum corpus - Byrd
Exsultate justi - Viadana
Jubilate Deo - Mozart
Media vita - Rheinberger
O salutaris hostia - Werner
Benediction sheet
Tollite hostias - Saint-Saëns
Missa pro defunctis - Anerio
Missa Papae Marcelli a 4 - Palestrina/Anerio
Missa “O quam gloriosum" - Victoria
Except for newly distributed music, you may leave anything not listed here on your seat in the choir loft at Mater; please do not turn in any music at St. Edward’s.
Spotify playlist for current repertory
Treble schola practice recordings
Congregational chant recordings
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Choir Rules & Information - includes attendance policy
rehearsals Monday at Mater Misericordiae, 6:30 treble schola, 7:00 everyone, 8:15-8:30 full choir, quartet, or ensemble as needed; 8:30-9:00 men only; other sectional rehearsals announced as needed
full choir for all Masses below unless noted otherwise
KSBA=Kyrie, Sanctus, Benedictus, Agnus Dei
*Masses or other services besides second, fourth, or fifth Sunday 11:00 at St. Edward’s
Tentative schedule of Sung Masses and weddings for 2025
Music Lists for High Masses (page not indexed on this site’s navigation menus but linked on parish website and may be shared publicly)
ADOT Weekend Freeway Travel Advisory - usually updated Thursday or Friday
*M 11/3 6:30 p.m. All Souls (transferred) at Mater Misericordiae
Missa pro defunctis - G. F. Anerio
Media vita in morte sumus - Rheinberger
Su 11/9 Dedication of the Lateran Archbasilica
Missa "O quam gloriosum" - Victoria
Jubilate Deo - Mozart
Ave verum corpus - Bach
M 11/10 rehearsal
Su 11/16 Pentecost+XXIII
9:00 treble schola
11:00 men's schola only
M 11/17 rehearsal
6:30 soprano sectional in hall, alto sectional in choir loft
no men's sectionals
Social afterward at The Main Ingredient (2337 N 7th St)
Sa 11/22 3:30 p.m. Davison-Mason wedding at Mater Misericordiae
S: Annie, Mary; A: Susanna, Teresa; T: Andy, Eugene; B: Daniel, Nick
Missa brevis - Palestrina (KGSBA1)
Alleluia (Messias) - Handel
Ave verum corpus - Elgar
Ave Maria - Handl (Gallus; misattrib. Victoria)
Su 11/23 Pentecost+XXIV (last)
Missa “O quam gloriosum" - Victoria (KSBA)
Gloria from Mass XI, Credo I
Ave verum corpus - Byrd
M 11/24 rehearsal
Su 11/30 Advent I
Missa brevis (“Trinitatis”) in F - Rheinberger (KSBA)
Credo IV
Ave in aeternum - Wilton
M 12/1 rehearsal
Su 12/7 - men's schola & children's choir
*M 12/8 Immaculate Conception
Missa “Dixit Maria” - Hassler
Ave Maria - Handl (Gallus; misattrib. Victoria)
Tota pulchra es - Schumann
F 12/12 - Javier is taking care of the Our Lady of Guadalupe Mass
Su 12/14 Advent III
Missa brevis (“Trinitatis”) in F - Rheinberger (KSBA)
Credo IV
Alma Redemptoris Mater - Palestrina
Dicite pusillanimes - Fux
M 12/15 rehearsal
Su 12/21 Advent IV - men's schola only
M 12/22 rehearsal
*W 12/24 11:30 p.m. prelude & Midnight Mass
Lo, How a Rose E'er Blooming - Praetorius
Benedictus Dominus Deus Israel - Handl (Gallus)
From Heaven Above (Vom Himmel hoch) - Mendelssohn & Bach
Pueri concinite - Herbeck
For unto Us (Messiah) - Handel
The Three Kings - Cornelius
Missa Papae Marcelli a 4 - Palestrina/Anerio
Tollite hostias - Saint-Saëns
Operatus est salutem - Tschesnokoff
Th 12/25 Christmas morning - men's schola only
*Su 12/28 will be men's schola only
no rehearsal 12/29
Th 1/1 ? 11:00 a.m. ? Octave of Christmas
Veni Creator Spiritus - Ravanello, with chant
Missa Papae Marcelli a 4 - Palestrina/Anerio
Sancta et immaculata - Wilton
O magnum mysterium - Victoria
Su 1/4 - men's schola & children's choir
M 1/5 rehearsal
Tu 1/6 - men's schola only
Su 1/11 Holy Family
Missa Papae Marcelli a 4 - Palestrina/Anerio (KSBA)
Gloria from Mass VIII, Credo III
Ave Maria - Arcadelt
Jesu, dulcis memoria - attrib. Victoria
looking ahead: Th 3/19/26 Schubert Mass No. 2 in G at Mater, 6:30 p.m.
additional dates will be added about two months in advance
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Required reading for all choir members:
Fundamentals of Gregorian Chant according to the Solesmes Method (two pages)
Rudiments of Gregorian Chant in proportional rhythm (one additional page)
See also my Introduction to Mensuralism video
Recommended reading:
Excerpt (pp. 4–14 of the full PDF) from Gregorian Chant according to the Manuscripts by Dom Gregory Murray, OSB
“The Rhythm of Gregorian Chant” (25 pages) from Rhythm, Meter and Tempo in Gregorian Chant by Dr. Jan van Biezen (summary here); the examples in square notation are available here
Further reading:
“Gregorian Rhythm in the Gregorian Centuries: The Literary Evidence” by Dom Gregory Murray, OSB
Gregorian Chant: A History of the Controversy Concerning Its Rhythm by John Rayburn
Rhythmic Proportions in Early Medieval Ecclesiastical Chant by Fr. Jan Vollaerts, SJ
Chant resources:
Table of Neumes - including Metz, St. Gall, Vatican, neography, and modern notations with a summary of principal differences between proportional rhythm and the Solesmes method
Chant PDFs from the Institute of Christ the King Sovereign Priest
see also the home page
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