Palestrina Festival, Grand Rapids, Michigan, USA July 2025
The Schola has been invited to take part in the Palestrina 500 Festival at Sacred Heart, Grand Rapids, Michigan USA in July 2025. The Schola will also be touring other destinations in the USA, further details to follow.
Florence and Pisa Tour July 2024
The Schola toured Florence and Pisa, Italy in July 2024. Further details are available here.
Venice Tour July 2023
The Schola toured Venice, Italy in July 2023, singing at St. Mark’s Basilica, the Frari Church and San Moisè. Further details are available here.
Canonisation of St John Henry Newman, Vatican, October 2019
The Schola sang at the Canonisation of St John Henry Newman at St. Peter’s, Rome, in October 2019. The visit included a private recital for the late Pope Emeritus, Benedict XVI, in the Vatican Gardens. Further details are available here.
USA Tour July 2019
The Schola toured the West Coast of the USA in July 2019 visiting Utah and California. The choir sang a programme of sacred music from the English and Spanish renaissance, marking the launch of the Schola’s latest recording, Sacred Treasures of Spain which was released on 28 June 2019 with De Montfort/AimHigher Recordings. The tour began in Salt Lake City, UT, with a Mass and Concert at the beautiful Cathedral of the Madeleine. We are especially grateful to our friends at the famous Madeleine Choir School for so kindly hosting us. The Schola then travelled to Southern California to sing Mass and the first ever concert in the newly-consecrated Christ Cathedral (formerly the Crystal Cathedral) in the Diocese of Orange. The next stop on the tour was Thomas Aquinas College, Santa Paula, CA where the Schola sang a Musical Oratory in the beautiful Chapel of Our Lady of the Most Holy Trinity, designed by award-winning architect Duncan Stroik. The Schola then joined the Mission Trail, singing at three of California's historic Missions: Santa Barbara Mission, then Carmel Mission Basilica (in conjunction with the Carmel Bach Festival) and finally Mission Dolores in San Francisco. The last day of the tour included sung Mass at San Francisco Cathedral celebrated by Archbishop Salvatore Cordileone.
