The Gregorian Schola of Sydney

Welcome to 2009.
Praise the Lord for the changing seasons. May you keep warm and close to God this winter.
Our schola will resume rehearsals on August 4 when we will expand our repertoire especially with chants
to the Blessed Virgin Mary. New singers welcome. See Contact page.
The Gregorian Schola of Sydney Sings in 2008 containing chants from the Proper of the Mass for several feasts,
plus four Mass Ordinaries, is now available at. $20 including P&P (see Publications)
For a current photograph of our singers turn to History of the Schola.

Sr Marie Therese Levey is an accredited teacher of piano and violin, and is a musicologist with expertise in the area of Gregorian Chant. She has a teaching studio at The Province Centre, Croydon, and directs The Gregorian Schola of Sydney which sings at St Mary’s Cathedral, Sydney and other churches. See also Publications.

What some of the popes have said about Gregorian Chant:

Pope St Pius X: “(Gregorian Chant) is the only chant the Church has inherited from the ancient fathers which she has jealously guarded for centuries... and which she directly proposes to the faithful as her own.”
Tra le sollecitudini 1903.

Pope Pius XII: “Gregorian Chant is the... proper and principal music of the Roman (Catholic) Church... it is preferable to use it as against other kinds of sacred music.”
On Sacred Music and the Liturgy 1958.

Vatican II: “The Church acknowledges Gregorian Chant as specially suited to the Roman liturgy, therefore, other things being equal, it should be given pride of place in liturgical services”
Sacrosanctum Concilium 116. 1963.

Pope Benedict XVI: “It is possible to modernise holy music, but it should not happen outside the traditional path of Gregorian chants or sacred polyphonic choral music."
At a Sacred Concert 2006.