DIOCESAN YOUTH SCHOLA
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The Diocesan Youth Schola is composed of children from parishes throughout the fifteen counties of the Diocese of Marquette. Membership is open via audition to all children 2nd – 8th grade of the Diocese of Marquette.
Previous musical instruction is not necessary but rather focusing on the requirements of ability to hear and match pitch as well as beauty of vocal tone is what we’re looking for. This ensemble provides children with the opportunity to sing sacred music in liturgical settings as well as in concert. One of the highlights and main focuses of Diocesan Youth Schola is participating in the annual Pueri Cantores Youth Choral Festival. Though the venue location sometimes changes from year to year, usually the closest festival for the Upper Peninsula MI will be down in Milwaukee WI, about just under 5 hours from Marquette, MI. Pueri Cantores is the official student choral organization of the Catholic Church. AFPC organizes Choral Festivals and Masses for parish and school choirs (grades 4-12) in cathedrals and other churches around the United States.
As a corporate partner of the National Catholic Educational Association, Pueri Cantores also provides professional opportunities for music teachers and no cost music education resources for the 6000 Catholic Schools in our nation. With 32 federations comprising 70,000 young singers worldwide, Pueri Cantores is the leading international student choral organization of the Roman Catholic Church, whose mission is to evangelize and catechize choristers through the medium of sacred music, aiding them in growing in their faith and rooting them ever deeper to the Church. Here in the U.S. the American Federation organizes choral festivals at the local and national levels held in the regional Cathedral, Basilica, or other church of architectural significance. Our Treble voice festivals (for grades 4-8), and Mixed Voice festivals (for grades 4-12) are in the context of a Eucharistic liturgy, and feature a broad repertoire of Gregorian chant, classical and modern polyphonic music, and contemporary compositions. https://www.pcchoirs.org/ |
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What’s a SCHOLA?
Loosely translated as “a school of singers” the term Schola Cantorum was the trained papal choir during the Middle Ages, specializing in the performance of plainchant also known as Gregorian chant. This group was the ancestor of the Sistine Chapel Choir! Legend associates them with the papacy of Gregory the Great. In modern terms it is known as a group of singers who specialize in liturgical sacred music.
For more information and to schedule an audition ASAP please contact:
Benjamin O’Brien
Diocesan Director of Sacred Music
(906) 227-9122 [email protected]
For more information and to schedule an audition ASAP please contact:
Benjamin O’Brien
Diocesan Director of Sacred Music
(906) 227-9122 [email protected]