The Schola Cantorum is a group of people who are learning to sing Gregorian chant. We aim to share the good news of Jesus Christ through the treasure of sacred music, evangelizing through beauty, under the patronage of Saint Gabriel the Archangel.
We rehearse at St. Peter Church in Huber Heights, north of Dayton, Ohio. Members have come from St. Peter, Our Lady of the Rosary, Holy Family, and Ascension Churches.
We sing at (most) First Friday masses, usually at St. Peter Church, occasionally at other locations within the St. Gabriel Family of Parishes in the Archdiocese of Cincinnati.
Our Schola was formed in February, 2020, in the hope of restoring the musical tradition of the Catholic Church, “a treasure of inestimable value,” as the Second Vatican Council declared (Sacrosanctum concilium, 112). Starting in Advent, 2020, we were given charge of the music of the First Friday Mass, into which we have gradually introduced the Latin Kyrie, Sanctus, and Agnus Dei of Mass XVIII, and the proper chants at the entrance and communion.
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Books: The Church Music Association of America has a Literature for Download page with many free PDF books. The Rhythm of Plainsong and by Dom Joseph Gajard and Technique of Gregorian Chironomy by Joseph Robert Carroll teach a method of conducting based on the Solemnes theory of rhythm, which, however, has been called into question.
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