Schola Cantorum Blog
Posted: Nov. 16, 2009
Dear Schola Cantorum,
OK-Just when I didn't think the Dutch Carol could get any better IT DID! Mr. Adam, the
Cathedral Organist, was SOOOO impressed with how you sang that piece! Also you made some
nice progress on the Advent 1 music. I have decided to throw a curve ball your way and
add in a new piece of music because you are learning so quickly. It is in French so we
will have to work hard on the language. We will be working a lot on it this Thursday so
please, stay healthy and make it to rehearsal. We had almost perfect attendance this last
week, and it sure was awesome to hear you in full force!
See you Thursday, Ms. S
Posted: Nov 6, 2009
Dear Schola,
What a FUN and productive rehearsal! We celebrated our accomplishments and yet buckled
down and really got a nice start on our Advent and Christmas music. The Dutch Carol is so
great! We have only 5, count 'em, 5 rehearsals until Readings and Carols. If you miss even
one more rehearsal that's 20% of the remaining rehearsal time. Remember, we can only
achieve the goals we have set if ALL participate. So, I will see you Thursday ready to dig
even deeper. If you weren't here yesterday you missed Fr. Ryan coming in and thanking you
for your beautiful music last Sunday. He is so great!(and he thinks YOU are great, too!)
Ms. Sunde
Posted: Nov. 2, 2009
Dear Schola Cantorum,
I HAVE THE BEST JOB EVER!!!! You simply were amazing yesterday singing the 10:00 Mass. You
watched Dr. Savage SO well, and you sang with a lot of excitement. I was also increadibly
proud of how well you sang the way we practiced. Sometimes that can be hard to do. So now,
off we go preparing for Readings and Carols. We have only 6, count 'em, 6 rehearsals until
the service, so I really need near perfect attendance from each of you! We will hit the ground
running on Thursday, and I have a 4 way tie for the 4 people who hung their vestments up
perfectly, plus....did the entire choir score special treats because the vestments were in
perfect numerical order???!!! Stay tuned, and we will announce the results Thursday!
Cheers, Ms. Sunde
Posted: Oct. 23, 2009
Great work yesterday! THe rehearsal was really productive and those of you who were here
are way ahead! I guess now is a good time to remind you that if our choir was a soccer team
we probably wouldn't win many games if we had 1/3 of the team absent when we practice! (we
had 9 singers gone today..I sure hope you weren't super sick!) Let's all get good rest this
week so we can be strong and healthy for our final rehearsal next week before we sing with
the Cathedral Choir men and orchestra. You are going to love the strings!!!
Ms. Sunde
Posted: Oct. 6, 2009
WOW! Schola Cantorum, I could never have imagined a more exciting way to start out the
choir year!! You sang SO beautifully on Sunday, and I was so proud of how much effort each of
you was putting forth. I could REALLY tell that each of you was doing your best.
Nature's Praise was awesome. The way you used your voices on words like "lightning and thunder"
and "splashed of light" was thrilling. It made parishioners turn in their seats and look back! For
the Beauty of the Earth was really beautiful too. I can tell you LOVE that song
(and so do I).
New singers, you did a very good job and worked so hard. Thank you! Thank you to the returning singers for helping them out and being good leaders. WHAT A TEAM EFFORT!!!!!! See you Thursday...we have LOTS of work to do on the Missa Sancta Nicolai and I will assign voice parts, so don't miss out!