SCHOLA SCHEDULE AND LITURGICAL NOTES
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Choir Rules & Information - includes attendance policy
Sunday 11:00 a.m. Mass and First Friday 6:30 p.m. Mass at St. Edward the Confessor unless noted otherwise
warm-up in the old rectory (or downstairs in the hall at Mater) 20 minutes before Mass unless noted otherwise (except weddings)
class Tuesday 6:30 to 8:00 p.m. at Mater Misericordiae unless noted otherwise
*Masses or other services besides Sunday 11:00 or First Friday 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
*Tu 11/4 11:00 a.m. funeral at St. Edward's; evening class canceled
*F 11/7 afternoon wedding and evening votive Mass will both be Low Masses
Su 11/9 Dedication of the Lateran Archbasilica; 9:00 Andy
Tu 11/11 class
*Sa 11/15 11:30 a.m. Schmidt-O'Hara wedding at Mater - Andy and Daniel, maybe Nick
Su 11/16 Pentecost+XXIII; 9:00 treble schola
Tu 11/18 class
*Sa 11/22 3:30 Davison-Mason wedding at Mater - ensemble from mixed choir
Su 11/23 Pentecost+XXIV (last); 9:00 Andy
Tu 11/25 class
Su 11/30 Advent I; 9:00 Andy
Tu 12/2 class
F 12/6 6:00 p.m. Benediction and Votive Mass of the Sacred Heart at St. Edward's; no warm-up
Su 12/7 Advent II; 9:00 Andy
*M 12/8 Immaculate Conception
Tu 12/9 class
F 12/12 - Javier is taking care of the Our Lady of Guadalupe Mass
Su 12/14 Advent III; 9:00 Andy
Tu 12/16 class
Su 12/21 Advent IV; 9:00 TBD
Tu 12/23 class - tentative!
*W 12/24 11:30 p.m. choral prelude & Midnight Mass
Th 12/25 ? 10:30 a.m. ? Christmas Day; 8:30 a.m. Andy ("Mass at Dawn")?
Su 12/28 Sunday within the Octave; 9:00 Andy
no class 12/30
W 12/31 11:45 p.m. Benediction & Midnight Mass (tentative)
Th 1/1 ?11:00 a.m.? Octave of Christmas
? F 1/2 6:00 p.m. Benediction and Votive Mass of the Sacred Heart at St. Edward's; no warm-up
Su 1/4 Holy Name; 9:00 Andy
M 1/5 rehearsal
*Tu 1/6 Epiphany - time & location TBA
Su 1/11 Holy Family; 9:00 Andy
additional dates will be added about two months in advance
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Self-study playlist for new schola members - includes First Fridays, funerals, weddings, Credo de Archangelis
Congregational chant recordings
Required reading:
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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