BOYLE HEIGHTS, Calif. Sopranos (left to right): cantrice Marilu Reyes, Cynthia Bih, Louinn Lota; Fr. Antonio Galindo, OFM; choir founder Fr. Ted Ley, SM; choirmaster/cantor Vicente Bastidas; basses Marco Latini, Mike Tabor; after Sunday, June 9, 2024, Mass at Assumption Parish.
Easter Sunday, March 31, 2024, Immaculate Conception Church. Adult choristers behind students left to right: sopranos Cynthia Bih, Marilu Reyes, Louinn Lota; alto Alisa Benitez, tenor choirmaster/conductor Vince Bastidas, Fr. Ted Ley, SM, basses Mike Tabor and Marco Latini. Schola adults not pictured or not visible: alto Gennesis Tadeo and soprano Christina van Ingen.
Assumption Church, March 24, 2024, left to right front row: Sopranos Louinn Lota and cantrice Christina van Ingen; altos Gennesis Tadeo and Alisa Benitez; Fr. Ted Ley, SM; second row: tenors Abraham Tadeo and choirmaster/cantor Vicente Bastidas. Backmost row: basses Mike Tabor, with facemask, and Marco Latini. Photo by Lydia V. Solis. Not pictured: soprano Cynthia Bih.
ASSUMPTION PARISH, SECOND SUNDAY in LENT, Feb. 25. Back row left to right: Choirmaster/Conductor Vince Bastidas, tenor; Mike Tabor, bass; Marco Latini, baritone; and Abraham Tadeo, tenor. Adults in the front row left to right: Founder/Keyboardist Marianist Fr. Ted Ley, DMA (Doctorate of Musical Arts), Ch.M. (Church Music); Louinn Lota, soprano; Fr. Antonio Galindo, OFM; Cantrice Marilu Reyes, soprano; altos Gennesis Tadeo and Alisa Benitez.
ST. ANTHONY OF PADUA, Gardena, CA, Dec. 24, 2023: Schola and alumni, First Eucharist of Christmas. Back row left to right: Julio Maldonado; choirmaster and tenor Vince Bastidas; Theo Greene, Clint Damm, bass Mike Tabor; Luis Navarro. Middle row (l-f): Schola founder Fr. Ted Ley, SM; Elizabeth Tew, sopranos Christina van Ingen, Marilu Reyes; alto Gennesis Tadeo, tenor Abraham Tadeo. Front row (l-f): Glecy Rosario, sopranos Louinn Lota, Cynthia Bih; alto Alisa Benitez. Not pictured: alumni singers Lynh Nguyen and Karen Timko. Alumni singing with congregation: David Bastidas, Kevin Ramirez, Stephanie Bastidas.
SAN JOSE, California _ Schola Cantorum of the Pacific celebrates Society of Mary jubilarians at Queen of Apostles Roman Catholic Church in San Jose on Saturday, June 22, 2024. Jubilarians seated left to right: Bro. James Leahy, 80 years professed; Fr. Robert Hughes, 75 years; Bro. William Bolts, 70 years; and standing, Bro. Roger Bau, 60 years. Schola choristers standing left to right: Basses Marco Latini and Mike Tabor; soprano Christina van Ingen; tenor choirmaster/cantor Vicente Bastidas; Schola founder Marianist Fr. Ted Ley, keyboardist; sopranos Marilu Reyes, Louinn Lota and Cynthia Bih.
BOYLE HEIGHTS, Calif. — Good Shepherd Sunday, July 21, 2024, at Church of the Assumption. Schola Cantorum of the Pacific members (left to right): Bass Marco Latini; founder, Marianist Fr. Ted Ley; alto Alisa Benitez; soprano Christina van Ingen; bass Mike Tabor; visiting archdiocesan priest, Fr. Sebastian Sandoval; sopranos, cantrice Marilu Reyes and Louinn Lota; conductor/choirmaster tenor Vince Bastidas; and soprano Cynthia Bih. Photo taken by visiting Marianist Bro. Gary Morris.
BOYLE HEIGHTS, East Los Angeles, CA — Schola Cantorum of the Pacific adults sing 11 a.m. Mass at Church of the Assumption, Nov. 10, 2024. Singers from left to right: soprano Cynthia Bih; bass Mike Tabor; soprano/alto Christina van Ingen; choirmaster/tenor Vince Bastidas; soprano Louinn Lota; bass Marco Latini; cantrice and soprano/alto Marilu Reyes. First Mass sung using electronic keyboard accompaniment recorded in advance by founder and artistic director Fr. Ted Ley, SM, now based at the Marianist Center in Cupertino, Northern California. Photo courtesy of Vince Bastidas, timed cellphone selfie.
The Schola Cantorale at Assumption Church, Laetare Sunday, March 30, 2025. Left to right: Cynia Bih, Louinn Lota – harpist, Marilu Reyes, Zachary Garcia, Marco Latini, Michael Tabor and Vicente Bastidas – Schola Director of Music. The Cantorale sang and led music by Brahms, Fr. Deiss, the Responsorial Psalm setting in the Schola's own psaltery, new music by Fr. Ley for the Eucharistic Prayer; the Schola's choral-congregational setting of Parce Domine with the traditional successively higher keys; and children's music composed for this catechetical and Family Mass.
The Schola Cantorum of the Pacific and the Escolanía Pacífica choir of Immaculate Conception School of Downtown Los Angeles, in Christmas concert at the La Placita Parish Church of Our Lady Queen of Angels, Dec. 15, 2024, with “Villancicos Navideños.” The concert featured music from the California Missions Era, Gregorian Chant, Renaissance polyphony, and Schola classic carol arrangements in several languages, under the direction of the Choirmaster of the Schola and Escolanía, Vicente Bastidas-Elizondo.
