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Dear Parents:

I am happy to announce that there will be not one, but two Children's Scholae this year: one for beginning students, and one for intermediate or advanced students. Rehearsals will be continue to be on Thursday afternoons, which seemed to work well for most families last year. The schedule will be as follows:

Thursdays
3:30 - 4:15 Beginning
4:00 - 5:00 Advanced

As you see, there will be a small overlap between the Beginning and Advanced scholas, so that we can learn some repertoire together, in addition to our separate work. We made great progress this past year, and I look forward to continuing to do so in the coming one. In addition to our continued work in reading chant, I plan for the advanced students to have some experience singing polyphony with the professional schola before the conclusion of academic year.

The fee for families for the year is $200 for the first child, $100 for the second, and every subsequent child free.  Checks should be made payable to St. Mary Church.  As always, scholarships are available, and financial constraints should prevent no child from learning to sing.

I will compile a list of the dates for sung Masses for the coming year in short order and send that along; we will sing approximately once per month at the 9:30 Sunday Latin Mass. One Mass you may want to mark on your calendars immediately is our first one for the year, on *Monday*, October 12th, at 9:30 a.m. St. Mary's will be having a Solemn Mass on Columbus Day in honor of Our Lady, with a procession after Mass to the statue of Christopher Columbus by the turnpike, and lunch to follow back at the parish.

Our first rehearsal will be *next week*, Thursday, September 24th. In the meantime, to sign up your children for schola -- or if you have any questions -- please write back, and I will respond straight away. If you would please share this information other with other parents who may be interested, I would be most grateful.

I'm looking forward very much to working with your children this year in making a joyful (& beautiful & prayerful) noise unto the Lord!

Yours sincerely in Christ,

David J. Hughes
Organist & Choirmaster

Music for the Sixteenth Sunday after Pentecost
(Missale Romanum of 1962, 9:30 a.m.)
Prelude: Vater unser im Himmelreich (BuxWV 219) (Dietrich Buxtehude, c.1637-1707)
Missa Jesu redemptor (Vatican Gradual, Mass XIV)
Gregorian Mass of the Sixteenth Sunday after Pentecost: Miserere mihi
Motet at the Offertory: Miserere mihi Domine (William Byrd, 1540-1623)
Motet at the Communion: Cantate Domino (Giovanni Croce, 1557-1609)
Postlude: Præludium in the Phrygian Mode (BuxWV 152) (Buxtehude)

Music for the Twenty-Fifth Sunday of the Year
(Missale Romanum of 1970, 11:30 a.m.)
Missa de Angelis (Vatican Gradual, Mass VIII)
Alleluia: Confitemini Domino (plainsong, mode ii)
Motet at the Offertory: Jesu, Joy of Man’s Desiring (Johann Sebastian Bach, 1685-1750)
Communion: Memento verbi tui (plainsong, mode iv)
Hymn at the Communion: Ave verum Corpus (plainsong, mode vi)
Organ music as above

Friday, 18 September 2009, 5:30 p.m.
Special Parish Mass
Church of Our Saviour, New York City
Votive Mass of Our Lady
Missale Romanum of 1962
Prelude: Versets on Ave Maris Stella: En taille à 5, Fugue à 4 (Nicolas de Grigny, 1672-1703)
Missa secunda (Hans Leo Hassler, 1548-1612)
Gregorian Mass of Our Lady: Salve Sancta Parens
Motet at the Offertory: Ave Maria (Tomás Luis de Victoria, 1548-1611)
Hymn at the Communion: Ave Maris Stella (Claudio Monteverdi, 1567-1643)
Postlude: Versets on Ave Maris Stella: Dialogue sur les Grands Jeux (de Grigny)

Music for the Fifteenth Sunday after Pentecost
(Missale Romanum of 1962, 9:30 a.m.)
Prelude: Vor deinen Thron tret ich hiermit (BWV 668) (Johann Sebastian Bach, c.1685-1750)
Missa Dum esset Summus Pontifex (Giovanni Pierluigi da Palestrina, c.1525-1594)
Gregorian Mass of the Fifteenth Sunday after Pentecost: Inclina Domine
Motet at the Offertory: Exspectans exspectavi (Palestrina)
Motet at the Communion: Ego sum panis vivus (Juan Esquivel, c.1560-c.1613)
Postlude: Prelude & Fugue in A Major (BWV 536) (Bach)

Music for the Twenty-Fourth Sunday of the Year
(Missale Romanum of 1970, 11:30 a.m.)
Missa de Angelis (Vatican Gradual, Mass VIII)
Alleluia: Timebunt gentes (plainsong, mode i)
Hymn at the Offertory: Da pacem, Domine (plainsong, mode ii)
Hymn at the Offertory: O God, Beyond All Praising (Thaxted)
Communion: Qui vult venire (plainsong, mode i)
Hymn at the Communion: Take Up Your Cross (Orlando Gibbons)
Organ music as above

Music for the Fourteenth Sunday after Pentecost
(Missale Romanum of 1962, 9:30 a.m.)
Prelude: Ballade en mode phrygien (Jehan Alain, 1911-1940)
Missa Spem in alium (Giovanni Pierluigi da Palestrina, c.1525-1594)
Gregorian Mass of the Fourteenth Sunday after Pentecost: Protector noster
Motet at the Offertory: Gustate et videte (Orlando di Lasso, c.1532-1594)
Motet at the Communion: Quaerite primum regnum Dei (G.B. Martini, 1706-1784, after Mozart)
Postlude: Carillon de Westminster (Louis Vierne, 1870-1937)

Music for the Twenty-Third Sunday of the Year
(Missale Romanum of 1970, 11:30 a.m.)
Missa de Angelis (Vatican Gradual, Mass VIII)
Alleluia: Domine exaudi (plainsong, mode vii)
Motet at the Offertory: My Eyes for Beauty Pine (Herbert Howells, 1892-1983)
Communion: Vovete et reddite (plainsong, mode ii)
Motet at the Communion: Jesu, Rex Admirabilis (Palestrina)
Organ music as above

The volunteer 11:30 Choir resumes its choral season this Sunday.
For more information about the choir and its work, please contact David Hughes.

Music for the Twelfth Sunday after Pentecost
(Missale Romanum of 1962, 9:30 a.m.)
Prelude: Grand plain jeu (from Suite de Premier Ton) (Louis-Nicolas Clérambault, 1676-1749)
Gregorian Mass of the Twelfth Sunday after Pentecost: Deus in adjutorium meum
Kyrie: simplex, in organum (plainsong, mode ii) [Children’s Schola] Gloria: Mass for Three Voices (William Byrd, 1540-1623)
Improvisation at the Offertory
Sanctus: Missa Stelliferi Conditor orbis (Vatican Gradual, Mass XIII) [Children’s Schola] Agnus Dei: Missa Cunctipotens Genitor Deus (Vatican Gradual, Mass IV) [Children’s Schola] Motet at the Communion: Jesu dulcis memoria (often attrib. T.L. de Victoria, 1548-1611)
Hymn at the Communion: Anima Christi (plainsong, mode viii) [Children’s Schola] Postlude: Basse et Dessus de Trompette; Dialogue sur les Grands jeux (from Suite de Premier Ton) (Clérambault)

The St. Mary’s Schola Cantorum is joined today by the children
who participated in this past week’s Chant Camp.
For more information about the program of children’s
musical instruction at St. Mary’s, please contact David Hughes.

Music for the Twenty-First Sunday of the Year
(Missale Romanum of 1970, 11:30 a.m.)
Missa de Angelis (Vatican Gradual, Mass VIII)
Alleluia: Spiritus est (plainsong, mode viii)
Hymn at the Offertory: Word of God, Come Down on Earth (Liebster Jesu)
Communion: De fructu operum (plainsong, mode vi)
Hymn at the Communion: Come, My Way, My Truth, My Life (The Call)
Organ music as above

Music for the Feast of St. Pius X
Friday, 21 August 2009
(Missale Romanum of 1970, 12:10 p.m.)
Prelude: Improvisation on the Introit Statuit ei Dominus
Kyrie: Simplex (plainsong, mode ii; in organum)
Hymn at the Offertory: Anima Christi (plainsong, mode viii)
Sanctus: Missa Deus Genitor alme (Mass XVIII) (plainsong)
Agnus Dei: Missa Cunctipotens Genitor Deus (Mass IV) (plainsong, mode vi)
Communion: Qui manducat carnem meam (plainsong, mode vi)
Verses at the Communion: Psalm 118 (Beati immaculati in via...)
Postlude: Fugue in C Major (‘Jig Fugue’) (BuxWV 174) (Dietrich Buxtehude (c.1637-1707)

The choir for today’s Mass is comprised of the participants in St. Mary’s Chant Camp 2009.
The children who sang for this Mass will also sing for the 9:30 Extraordinary Form Solemn Mass
this Sunday, August 23rd, for the Twelfth Sunday after Pentecost.

Music for the Feast of St. John Eudes
Wednesday, 19 August 2009
(Missale Romanum of 1962, 7:00 p.m.)
Prelude: Iste Confessor (Thomas Tallis, c.1505-1585)
Missa sine nomine (Giovanni Pierlugi da Palestrina, c.1525-1594)
Gregorian Mass of a Confessor not a Bishop: Os justi
Motet at the Offertory: Justus ut palma (primi toni) (Palestrina)
Motet at the Communion: Iste Confessor (Tomás Luis de Victoria, 1548-1611)
Postlude: Prelude & Fugue in D Major (BWV 532) (Johann Sebastian Bach, 1685-1750)

Mass will be followed immediately with a lecture in the parish hall by Fr. Uwe Michael Lang:
“Sacred art and architecture in the thought of Joseph Ratzinger – Pope Benedict XVI,”
sponsored by St. Mary Church and the Society of St. Hugh of Cluny.

St. Mary's Chant Camp!

Monday, August 17th - Friday, August 21st
10:00 a.m. to 3:00 p.m. each day

Click here for a pdf flyer.

Following upon the success of last year's Chant Camp, St. Mary's is pleased to offer this exciting opportunity for children of all ages to learn about singing and reading music, and in particular Gregorian chant.

No prior musical experience is required, nor is there an age limit; the only prerequisite is the ability to read English fluently.  During the course of each day, there will be separate sessions for beginners and intermediate/advanced students.  Classes in ear training, sight singing, and repertoire will be offered,
with daily Mass, lunch, and recreation time.

The children will sing for the noon Mass at St. Mary's on Friday, August 21st, and again for the 9:30 Solemn Latin Mass on Sunday, August 23rd.  Attendance is required each day of the camp.  The fee is $40 per child or $80 per family for registered parishioners of St. Mary's, and $60 per child or $120 per family otherwise. Scholarships are available; no child will be turned away because of financial hardship. Children should bring a bag lunch each day.  Parents must register their children, by phone or e-mail, by 3:00 p.m. on Sunday, August 16th.

For further information and to register for the Chant Camp, please contact David Hughes, St. Mary's Organist & Choirmaster: 203-866-5546 x115 or music@stmarynorwalk.net.