Current folder contents (4/22/25):
treble schola only: Easter+IV - practice
treble schola only: Trinity Sunday - solfege
Ordinary chants for Eastertide - practice
warm-ups - Ninini, chromatic scale, important solfege exercise
The Interval Song
current psalmody handouts
men's schola only: Adoro te devote - Bebenek
Ave verum corpus - Byrd
Ave verum corpus - Elgar
Cantate Domino - Hassler
Ecce sacerdos - Stadler
Loquebantur - Palestrina
O salutaris hostia - Werner
Benediction sheet
Quatre Motets - Duruflé
Regina caeli - Lotti
Sicut cervus - Palestrina
Stetit Jesus - Handl (Gallus) - YouTube 1, 2
Ubi caritas - Duruflé
Missa pro defunctis - Anerio
men's schola only: Missa brevis - Casciolini
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
Congregational chant recordings
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Choir Rules & Information - includes attendance policy
rehearsals Tuesday 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
Tu 4/29 rehearsal
social afterward at The Main Ingredient Ale House & Cafe (2337 N 7th St)
*Sa 5/3 12:30 p.m. Colarelli-Youngblood wedding at Mater; S: Annie, Claudia, Mary; A: Emilie, Stephanie; T: Andy, Isaac, Logan; B: Daniel, Nick, Patrick
Mass in the Dorian Mode - Howells (KGSBA1)
Cantate Domino - Hassler
Sicut cervus - Palestrina
Regina caeli - Lotti
Su 5/4 - men's schola & children's choir
Tu 5/6 rehearsal
*F 5/9 4:00 p.m. Rijke-Washburn wedding at Mater; S: Annie, Mary; A: Emilie, Stephanie; T: Andy, Logan; B: Nick, Patrick; no extra rehearsal
Mass in the Dorian Mode - Howells (KGSBA1)
Cantate Domino - Hassler
Sicut cervus - Palestrina
Regina caeli - Lotti
Su 5/11 Easter+III
Mass in the Dorian Mode - Howells (KSBA1)
Gloria from Mass I, Credo III
Regina caeli - Lotti
Ave verum corpus - Elgar
Tu 5/13 rehearsal
*Sa 5/17 10:00 a.m. Confirmation & First Communion at St. Edward's; S: Marie, Mary; Eleya, Stephanie; Isaac, Logan; Nick, Patrick
Ecce sacerdos - Stadler
Veni Creator Spiritus - Ravanello, with chant
motets during Confirmation as needed:
Stetit Jesus - Handl (Gallus)
Cantate Domino - Hassler
Ubi caritas from Quatre Motets - Duruflé
Sicut cervus - Palestrina
Regina caeli - Lotti
Mass in the Dorian Mode - Howells (KSBA1)
Tantum ergo from Quatre Motets - Duruflé
Ave verum corpus - Elgar
Su 5/18 Easter+IV
9:00 a.m. treble schola
11:00 a.m. men's schola
Tu 5/20 rehearsal
5/24 wedding will be Low Mass without music
Su 5/25 Easter+V
Mass in the Dorian Mode - Howells (KSBA1)
Gloria from Mass I, Credo III
Cantate Domino - Hassler
Tantum ergo from Quatre Motets - Duruflé
Tu 5/27 rehearsal
*Th 5/29 6:30 p.m. Ascension at St. Edward's
Missa “O quam gloriosum” - Victoria
Ascendit Deus - Schaller
O esca viatorum - Isaac
Su 6/1 - men's schola & children's choir
Tu 6/3 rehearsal
Su 6/8 Pentecost
Veni Creator Spiritus - Ravanello/chant
Missa brevis - Palestrina
Exsultate Deo - Palestrina
Loquebantur variis linguis - Palestrina
Tu 6/10 rehearsal
Su 6/15 Trinity Sunday - note that this is the third Sunday of the month
9:00 a.m. treble schola
*11:00 a.m. mixed choir
Missa brevis (“Trinitatis”) in F - Rheinberger (KSBA)
Gloria from Mass VIII, Credo III
Gloria Patri - Palestrina
Sanctus Dominus - Lotti
Tu 6/17 final rehearsal before break
*Su 6/22 - men's schola only
Tu 6/24 6:30 p.m. Nativity of St. John the Baptist at Mater
Missa “O quam gloriosum” - Victoria
Ave verum corpus - Byrd
dinner afterward at George & Dragon English Pub (4240 N Central Ave)
Su 6/29 Ss. Peter & Paul
Missa brevis (“Trinitatis”) in F - Rheinberger (KSBA)
Gloria fron Mass VIII, Credo III
Sancte Petre Apostole
O sacrum convivium - Remondi
Tu es Petrus from Quatre Motets - Duruflé
Tu 7/1 6:30 p.m. Precious Blood at Mater
Missa brevis - Palestrina
Calicem salutaris accipiam - Schütz
choir break 7/2-7/27
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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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