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
Offered in collaboration with the Harvard Catholic Center
CHORAL TUTORIAL WORKSHOP
Academic Year, Sundays 3:15 PM - 4 PM (Note time change from fall semester)
Resumes February 1
St. Paul's Campus
Offered by HCF Graduate Fellow Adam Ziccardi
Did you perform in a musical ensemble in high school or college, and miss the fun of singing? Do you love sacred music, but don’t join the choir because you’re not a “born singer?” Whether you’re experienced or curious, this workshop is where singers new and old learn the joy of singing a variety of sacred music each week.
Open to all: students, recent graduates, parishioners, and singers in the Boston area. In-person only
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 4 PM - 4:45 PM (Note time change from fall semester)
Resumes February 1
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. Last fall, we sang pieces for All Saint’s Day, Advent, and Christmas. This spring, we will learn an essential selection of Lenten, Easter, and Pentecost songs, such as Attende Domine, Ave Verum Corpus, Regina Caeli, Christus Factus Est, Ubi Caritas, Veni Creator Spiritus, and Tantum Ergo.
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).
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.
Co-presented by St. Paul’s Harvard Square and the Harvard Catholic Center
THE ROAD TO CALVARY
MUSIC FOR LENT AND PASSIONTIDE
Sunday, February 22, 3:00 PM EST
St. Paul’s Church, Harvard Square (Corner Bow and Arrow Streets, Cambridge, MA) & Livestreamed
Harvard Catholic Schola at St. Paul’s, directed by William Endicott
Look ahead on the journey to Passion Week with some of the most moving and beautiful music composed for Lent and Passiontide, including selections from the Tenebrae service, hymns, chants, and motets. The Harvard Catholic Schola offers its annual concert on this second Sunday of Lent. Reception to follow.
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
