The first time I saw an Asian person do drag was years before I realized I was queer. But something broke open in my mind ...

Choirs from the U.S. and abroad joined series presenting sacred masterworks by Palestrina in their intended setting — the ...

The Holy Father offered his praise to polyphonic music while welcoming participants at the June 18 event commemorating the 500th anniversary of the birth of Giovanni Pierluigi da Palestrina, a ...

Cardinal Robert Sarah, a longtime Vatican official, told a filled St. Agatha-St. James Church Nov. 21 that some forms of ...

Sacred music is "integral" to the Catholic Church's liturgy, Bishop Alexander K. Sample said in a Feb. 13 pastoral letter to the people of the Diocese of Marquette. "In any discussion of the...'art of ...

(RNS) — We may notice it more at Christmastime or at the movies, but sacred choral music has the power to move all of us, religious or secular, just about any time. (RNS) — If you’re wondering what ...

Benedict XVI highlights two aspects of sacred music: "it cooperates to nourish and express faith, and thus to glorify God and sanctify the faithful" and can "facilitate the discovery of God, a renewed ...

Jesuit Father Phillip Ganir wasn't expecting to see James Brown CDs in a French monastery. It was summer 2024, and the assistant professor of religious education at Boston Colleg ...

Ater a hiatus due to the COVID-19 pandemic, the New Orleans Sacred Music Festival is making a highly anticipated return for its eighth year. This free, day-long event celebrates spiritual traditions ...

I have a Bachelor of Music degree in vocal performance from Syracuse University, a Master of Music degree in opera performance from Boston University and ordination and a degree in Sacred Music from ...

In November of 2022, the second edition of the Joy & Devotion Festival will be held in London, at which renowned choral ensembles will perform the music of Polish composers living between the 13th and ...

Editor’s note: To listen along as you read, click the links in the text. These pieces were performed for The Economist by the choir of Jesus College, Cambridge. IN 1605 Charles de Ligny, a Frenchman, ...