Current folder contents (1/5/25):
warm-ups - Ninini, chromatic scale, The Interval Song
Alma Redemptoris Mater - Palestrina
Ave Maria - Arcadelt
Ave verum corpus - Byrd
Benedicam Dominum - Lotti
Civitas sancti tui - Byrd
Exsultate justi - Viadana
Immutemur habitu - Nunes Garcia
Jesu, dulcis memoria - attrib. Victoria
Laudate Dominum - Croft
Laudate pueri - Mozart
Media vita in morte sumus - Rheinberger
O esca viatorum - M. Haydn
O Jesu Christe - Jacquet
O sacrum convivium - Remondi
O salutaris hostia - Werner
Benediction sheet
Quatre Motets - Duruflé
Salve Mater misericordiae - Jaeggi
Sancte Petre Apostole
Sicut cervus - Palestrina
Spem in alium - Jacquet
Ubi caritas - Duruflé
Missa brevis - Anerio
Missa Papae Marcelli a 4 - Palestrina/Anerio
Missa brevis (“Trinitatis”) in F - Rheinberger
Mass No. 2 in G - Schubert (practice tracks: S, A, T, B)
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 women only, 7:00 everyone, 8:30-9:00 men only
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 all Sung Masses and weddings (spreadsheet)
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
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
M 1/12 rehearsal
Su 1/18 Epiphany+II - men's schola only
M 1/19 rehearsal
Su 1/25 Epiphany+III
Missa Papae Marcelli a 4 - Palestrina/Anerio (KSBA)
Gloria from Mass XI, Credo I
Laudate Dominum - Croft
O sacrum convivium - Remondi
M 1/26 rehearsal
Su 2/1 Septuagesima - men's schola & children's choir
*M 2/2 6:00 p.m. Candlemas at St. Edward's
Mass itself will not start until at least 6:30; the mixed choir has no responsibilities during the blessing and candles and procession.
Missa Papae Marcelli a 4 - Palestrina/Anerio
Salve Mater misericordiae - Jaeggi
Laudate pueri - Mozart
choir dinner after Mass at SaltFire (530 W Broadway Rd, Tempe)
F 2/6 - men's schola only
Su 2/8 Sexagesima
Missa brevis (“Trinitatis”) in F - Rheinberger (KSBA)
Credo I
Media vita in morte sumus - Rheinberger
Benedicam Dominum - Lotti
M 2/9 rehearsal
Sa 2/14 3:30 p.m. McClanahan-McMahan wedding at Mater
Missa brevis (“Trinitatis”) in F - Rheinberger (KSBA)
Ubi caritas - Duruflé
Sicut cervus - Palestrina
Ave verum corpus - Byrd
Alma Redemptoris Mater - Palestrina
Su 2/15 Quinquagesima - men's schola only
M 2/16 rehearsal
*W 2/18 6:30 p.m. Ash Wednesday at St. Edward's
Immutemur habitu - Nunes Garcia
Missa brevis - Anerio (adaptation of Missa pro defunctis)
Civitas sancti tui - Byrd
Su 2/22 Lent I
Missa brevis - Anerio (adaptation of Missa pro defunctis)
Credo IV
O Jesu Christe - Jacquet
*M 2/23 6:30 p.m. Chair of St. Peter, at Mater
Sancte Petre Apostole
Missa brevis (“Trinitatis”) in F - Rheinberger (KSBA)
Gloria from Mass VIII, Credo III
Tu es Petrus from Quatre Motets - Duruflé
Tantum ergo from Quatre Motets - Duruflé
Su 3/1 Lent II - men's schola & children's choir
M 3/2 rehearsal
F 3/6 - men's schola only
Su 3/8 Lent III
Missa brevis - Anerio (adaptation of Missa pro defunctis)
Credo IV
Spem in alium - Jacquet
M 3/9 rehearsal
Su 3/15 Lent IV - men's schola only
M 3/16 rehearsal
*Th 3/19 6:30 p.m. St. Joseph at Mater
Mass No. 2 in G - Schubert
Exsultate justi - Viadana
O esca viatorum - M. Haydn
looking ahead:
Easter Sunday, 4/5, will be men's schola and children's choir
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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