Current folder contents (8/25/25):
warm-ups - Ninini, chromatic scale
The Interval Song
Adoramus te, Christe - Dubois
Cantate Domino - Pitoni
Media vita - Rheinberger
O crux ave - Palestrina
O esca viatorum - attrib. M. Haydn
O salutaris hostia - Werner
Benediction sheet
Portas caeli - Williams
Salvum fac populum tuum - Hauptmann
Tollite hostias - Saint-Saëns
Mass in the Dorian Mode - Howells
Missa brevis - Palestrina
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
Su 9/21 Pentecost+XV
9:00 treble schola
11:00 men's schola only
M 9/22 rehearsal
Su 9/28 Pentecost+XVI
Missa brevis - Palestrina (KSBA1)
Gloria from Mass XI, Credo I
Cantate Domino - Pitoni
Portas caeli - Williams
M 9/29 rehearsal
Su 10/5 - men's schola & children's choir
M 10/6 rehearsal
Su 10/12 Pentecost+XVIII
Mass in the Dorian Mode - Howells (KSBA1)
Gloria from Mass XI, Credo I
Tollite hostias - Saint-Saëns
O esca viatorum - attrib. M. Haydn
There will not be a High Mass for the feast or external solemnity of St. Edward this year.
M 10/13 no rehearsal
*Sa 10/18 3:30 p.m. LeBeau-Audino wedding at Mater - Andy, Daniel, Isaac, Nick
Su 10/19 Pentecost+XIX
9:00 treble schola
11:00 men's schola only
M 10/20 rehearsal
Su 10/26 10:45 a.m. Christ the King; Benediction after Mass
M 10/27 rehearsal
*Sa 11/1 3:00 p.m. (tentative) All Saints at St Edward's - sign-out form will be added when finalized
Su 11/2 - men's schola & children's choir
*M 11/3 6:30 p.m. All Souls (transferred) at Mater Misericordiae
Su 11/9 Pentecost+XXII
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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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