Chorus Information
St. John Schola for Gregorian Chant
Information last updated: 2016-04-02
Status:
Current
Basic Information
| Description: | The St. John Schola for Gregorian chant is a small men's choir, founded in 1995 and open to interested amateurs without audition, whose purpose is to foster the traditional Roman chant, known as Gregorian chant, not as mere secular performance, but in the actual religious setting for which it was composed, the Traditional Latin Mass and Divine Office of the classical Roman Rite. The chant (plainsong) used for the Hours of the Divine Office and at a Missa Cantata or High Mass is the ancient music of the Roman liturgy and is named after Pope St. Gregory I (590-604), who codified the existing chant melodies. |
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| Web Address: | http://www.traditio.com/stjohn/schola.htm |
| Year Estab: | 1995 |
| Mission: | Therefore, the St. John's schola, which is composed of laymen who have had no extensive previous musical training, but who have practiced each Sunday to develop the use of the chant, can serve as a practical example and model of what can be achieved in the average church or chapel setting. This schola is similar to those that have sung the chant for two millennia: peasants and nobles, farmers and clerks, the urban and the rural. |
| Emphasis: | Gregorian chant |
| Size: | 4-6 |
| Concerts/Year: | 8 |
| Skills Required : | Only a basic ability to sing |
| Auditions: | None |
| Dues: | None |
| Dress: | Choir (provided free) |
| Rehearsals: | Sunday mornings |
Categories
| Type of Music: | Chant |
Type of Chorus: | Men's |
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| Rehearse City: | San Francisco | ||
| Region: | San Francisco | ||
| Audition Req'd: | N | ||
Chorus Contact Information
| Email: | ssja@traditio.com |
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Other Information
| Related Groups: | None |
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| Discography: | A Traditional Chapel Sings Gregorian Chant CD Series (ChantCD.com)Volume I: Christmas Matins of the Divine Office-An Abridgement (December 2006) |
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