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Schola choristers aboard a San Francisco cable car, Saturday, June 22, 2024 after the Marianist Jubilee Celebration. Selfie by soprano Louinn Lota, bottom right. Behind her, soprano Cynthia Bih. To the left of her, bass Mike Tabor. Behind Cynthia, tenor Vince Bastidas. Behind him, soprano Christina van Ingen. To the left of her, bass Marco Latini.

Olvera Street First Sunday of Advent 2023 - Click to watch

Choirmaster Vince Bastidas conducts the Escolania Pacifica choir children of the Schola, concert choir of Immaculate Conception School, downtown Los Angeles, in a Christmas concert, “Villancicos y Cantos Navideños “ at the kiosk in the historic Plaza by Olvera Street, downtown Los Angeles Dec. 3, 2023. In the video, students Alistair Campos and Alondra Cornejo dance, “La Primavera,” a waltz in the style danced at the Plaza during the Early California rancho days.. Video by Cynthia Bih.

Schola's Quarter Notes Newsletter

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Hello,

We have been hard at work behind the scenes and are now proud to share with you our first newsletter.

The topics include the following:

  • The choir school in Boyle Heights

  • The Festival of Lights Performance

  • AmazonSmile and PayPal donations

  • An article from one of our students

  • Lots and lots of pictures.

On our website, you’ll also notice a new page for our Newsletters which will hold all the links for future newsletters. Leave a comment and hope you enjoy! Click or tap on “Read More” below.

The Schola's Quarter Notes

Schola and Escolania Summer Tour

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SCHOLA and ESCOLANÍA SUMMER TOUR

NEVADA’S GREAT BASIN

Liturgies and Choir Concert

Sacred Heart Church, Ely, Nevada

 August 4th and 5th, 2018

Choral Concert: “From Gregorian to Gospel” – Saturday, August 4th at 8pm

Vigil Liturgy, Saturday August 4th at 5:30pm

Sunday Mass, August 5th at 9:30am

The oldest-known Christian hymn will be sung in a concert, “From Gregorian to Gospel,” by The Schola Cantorum of the Pacific® and Escolanía Pacífica choir school, at Sacred Heart Church in Ely, Nevada, Saturday, August 4th, at 8pm.   This beautiful yet rarely-heard melody from the Third Christian Century opens the program. 

The appreciable acoustics of Sacred Heart Church will enhance a varied program including compositions by Palestrina, J.S. Bach, W.A. Mozart, Cesar Franck, Benjamin Britten and Leonard Bernstein.  The Schola will present their own arrangements of the spirituals, “Didn’t My Lord Deliver Daniel?” and “Balm in Gilead,” while Escolanía youth add children’s choral music from Spanish Colonial times, and as a planned encore, the State Song, “Home Means Nevada.”

There will be no admission fee to the concert, sponsored for the community by Sacred Heart Parish. The Schola has sung frequently in Nevada. In 2009, the Schola united with the choir of St. Mary's in-the-Mountains Parish in Virginia City, Nevada, to provide the liturgical music for the solemn Mass of Rededication of the restored historic church.

Welcome to the Schola website!

The purpose of our website is to acquaint you with The Schola Cantorum of the Pacific, now in our 49th year of service with an adult cantorale for Catholic Liturgy, a concert choir performing music, “From Gregorian to Gospel,” and our children’s choir school curriculum and ensemble, the Escolania Pacifica, at Immaculate Conception Parochial School, Downtown Los Angeles, California. With regular article and blogs on topics of interest in Liturgical Music Education, this website is part of the educational ministry of the Schola.

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