For one member of "the Pope's Choir," the Catholic Church, while appreciating sacred music, has in some respects lost the art of singing it in her parishes, prompting the need for a revival 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 ...

Each work is deeply personal, reflecting the composer’s views on faith, doubt, and Christianity itself. Both are compelling explorations of the significance of the Christian tradition in the modern ...

The sound defies mere singing, pulsing though the church sanctuary with sufficient force to put hell on alert. For three days this month singers from the United States, Canada and Britain gathered to ...

French sacred choral music is the theme of this year’s Emma Cecilia Thursby Memorial Concert at Moravian College. The concert will be performed at 4 and 7:30 p.m. next Sunday in Foy Concert Hall. The ...

The official publication of the American Choral Directors Association is Choral Journal. This national publication, issued monthly, contains articles and columns of a scholarly and practical nature in ...

Mormons carry a special "music gene," some like to say, given how commonly they take piano lessons, fill school choirs and make music so central to church life and activities like weekly Family Home ...

As the first album ever to be recorded inside the Sistine Chapel is released, Archbishop Georg Ganswein said the sacred music featured is not something of the past, but continues to play a role in ...

Ask Peter Phillips, founder and longtime director of the Tallis Scholars — renowned specialists in a cappella sacred music from the Renaissance — about the global appeal of the group’s sound, and his ...

The sounds of anthems, sacred hymns and spiritual songs will fill the sanctuary as the Mount Pleasant Presbyterian Church hosts the Presbyterian College Choir and Ringers on Sunday, March 1, at 3 p.m.

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, ...