SACRED MUSIC DIVISION
Formed in partnership with the St. Paul’s Choir School, the Harvard Catholic Forum’s Sacred Music Division invites participants into a deeper engagement with the soaring beauty of a long and rich musical tradition. Our programs integrate the experience, understanding, and performance of sacred music into the music’s grounding and purpose - in spirituality, theology, devotion and liturgy.
HARVARD CATHOLIC SCHOLA AT ST. PAUL'S
This audition-based schola learns and sings repertoire from the Catholic tradition of sacred music (including chant, polyphony, and traditional hymnody), provides music at 5pm Student Mass on Sundays, and performs in an annual concert.
OFFERED IN COLLABORATION WITH THE
STUDENT MASS CHOIR
For singers of any ability, including beginners, come to the choir loft and sing hymns and other congregational parts alongside the Schola. To receive notices and any announcements, or if you have any questions for the Music Director, contact us here.
OFFERED IN COLLABORATION WITH THE
OPEN TO ALL - REGISTRATION REQUIRED
Co-presented with the COLLIS Institute for Catholic Thought and Culture, co-sponsored by the Kateri Institute at University of Michigan
LATIN FOR CHANT
1st Tuesdays, 7 PM - 8:15 PM ET
Begins October 7, Fall term, 3 sessions
Zoom
Elizabeth Lyon Hall, PhD, Executive Director, COLLIS Institute for Catholic Thought and Culture, and Matthew Hall, PhD, Harvard Catholic Forum Sacred Music Consultant
Approach learning Latin from the unique perspective of liturgical song. Over the course of monthly classes, participants will read, translate, sing, and interpret some of the beautiful Latin words of the Mass and Divine Office. Discussions will be a mix of translation, theology, and the musical context.
OPEN TO BOSTON AREA UNDERGRAD/GRAD/YOUNG PROFESSIONAL
Offered in collaboration with the Harvard Catholic Center
CHORAL TUTORIAL WORKSHOP
Academic Year, Sundays 4:00 - 4:45 PM
Begins September 14
St. Paul's Campus
Offered by HCF Graduate Fellow Adam Ziccardi
Did you perform in a musical ensemble in high school? Do you love sacred music, but don’t sing in the choir because you’re not a “born singer?” Musicians are not born, they’re made, and this workshop is the perfect place to make friends and gain the confidence and skills to sing at Mass.
This course is supported by a grant from the Lumen Christi Institute with funding from the John Templeton Foundation (Grant #63614).
OPEN TO ALL - REGISTRATION REQUIRED
LITURGICAL MUSIC WORKSHOP
HISTORY AND PRACTICE
Academic Year, Sundays 3:15 - 4:00 PM
Begins September 14
St. Paul's Campus
Offered by HCF Graduate Fellow Adam Ziccardi
Open to all ages, backgrounds, and skill levels, including beginners.
This workshop invites participants to learn and sing chants, hymns, and psalms, chosen for their beauty and/or because they celebrate a season or special feast days, while learning about their history and place in prayer. The first half of the semester will include pieces such as Crux Fidelis, Stabat Mater, and the Dies Irae, and the second half will focus on Advent and Christmas pieces such as Veni Emmanuel, the O Antiphons, Rorate Coeli, Ave Maris Stella, Gaudete, and more.
Offered by HCF Graduate Fellow Adam Ziccardi. To register, or if you have a question for Adam, contact us through the registration link below.
This course is supported by a grant from the Lumen Christi Institute with funding from the John Templeton Foundation (Grant #63614).
Co-presented by the Hellenic College Holy Cross, St. Paul’s Harvard Square, and the St. Paul’s Choir School
CREDO:
SACRED MUSIC FROM THE EAST AND WEST
Sunday, November 9, 3:00 PM EST
St. Paul’s Church, Harvard Square (Corner of Bow and Arrow Streets) Cambridge, MA & Livestreamed
Holy Cross St. Romanos the Melodist Byzantine Choir, directed by Fr. Romanos Karanos
St. Paul’s Parish Choir, directed by Nara Lee
In honor of the 1700th anniversary of the First Ecumenical Council of Nicaea, two distinguished choirs devoted to their rich traditions of sacred music present a program that weaves together soaring musical expressions of our common worship. Reception to follow.
Co-sponsored by the Harvard Orthodox Chaplaincy, Saints Constantine and Helen Church, the Telos Center, the Huffington Ecumenical Institute, COLLIS Institute of Catholic Thought and Culture (Cornell), the Kateri Institute (University of Michigan), the In Lumine Network, and St. Mary Orthodox Church
PREVIOUS SACRED MUSIC EVENTS
Other past events:
MANUSCRIPTS FOR PRAYER AND MUSIC IN HOUGHTON LIBRARY | THOMAS FORREST KELLY
VERDI'S REQUIEM: PRE-PERFORMANCE LECTURE AND DISCUSSION | THOMAS FORREST KELLY
