Christ Cathedral Music

To our donors and friends of Christ Cathedral Music, Out of an abundance of caution for the safety and well-being of our audience, guests, world-renowned artists and organ builders, we have decided to officially cancel the currently scheduled January 2021 Rededication Events and subsequent Rededication Concert Series for the Hazel Wright Organ. Current ticket holders will receive a refund within the coming days. We all continue to look forward to Hazel's triumphant return wit...h great anticipation! In the meantime, subscribe to our Christ Cathedral Music Facebook page for all the latest news about upcoming musical events on this campus, including the announcement for the new dates of the historic rededication celebrations for the Hazel Wright Organ. All the best and stay safe, David David Ball, MM Christ Cathedral Organist and Acting Head of Music Ministry

DISCOVER a piece of Christ Cathedral history and enjoy a gorgeous new work by Juilliard School alum Alexander Pattavina played by our very own Cathedral Organist and Acting Head of Music Ministry David Ball on our beautiful Walker Organ! https://youtu.be/t1pSzSF28tY

Enjoy our Cathedral Organist and Acting Head of Music Ministry David Ball playing John Bull's exuberant Rondo in G on the mighty Walker Organ in our beautiful Cathedral acoustic! https://youtu.be/urg1P0p-PNM (recorded pre-pandemic)

An inside look at how our Cathedral Organist David Ball accompanies Psalms during our liturgies every week! Featuring our gorgeous Walker Technical Organ, beautiful cantoring by our own Lauren McCaul, and two wonderful new psalm settings (Luke Mayernik and James Chepponis) available from MorningStar Music! https://youtu.be/WdZjoQhOGc4... (Recorded pre-pandemic.)

Getting ready for this weekend’s OUTDOOR MASSES!!! We will keep the same Mass schedule, just moving everything outdoors! No limit to the numbers of people who c...an attend, but we are maintaining social distancing and masking up! We will have 400 chairs set up, and plenty of room in the Plaza for people to bring their own! See more

A wonderful tribute to our very own world class organist and director of music extraordinaire Dr. John A Romeri!!!!!!!!

In case you missed it!!!!!!! Audio stream is now available for this week's Marian Music special edition of Music from the Tower on our website: http://christcathedralmusic.org/music-from-the-tower-radio- featuring Daniel Ficarri's new Ave Maria!!!!!!!!!!!! iTunes podcast coming soon!!! https://podcasts.apple.com//music-from-the-to/id1481500006

Tune in at 10PM PST TONIGHT for Episode 80 of Music from the Tower featuring a gorgeous BRAND NEW Ave Maria by composer and recent Juilliard graduate Daniel Fic...arri, and other beautiful Marian classics!!!!!!!! Episode 80: Marian Music for the Month of May Guest Host David Ball takes us on a musical journey of Marian Music - from some of the oldest written hymns to classic Romantic-era solo works to well-known choral settings. Joining David is composer and friend of the show Daniel Ficarri. A recent graduate of the Juilliard School in New York, Daniel Ficarri speaks from the heart of a composer about the inspiring nature of Marian texts, and shares with us his own Ave Maria - a radio premiere and exclusive to Music from the Tower! Featured alongside Ficarri’s stunning new Ave Maria are classics including the Schubert, Bach-Gounod, and Biebl settings; and some lesser-known, yet equally gorgeous settings by living composers Anna Jacobs, Cecilia McDowall, James Biery, and John Rutter. http://christcathedralmusic.org/music-from-the-tower-radio-

Normand Gouin’s beautiful Mass is finally in publication. Commissioned for the dedication of Christ Cathedral!!!

God bless our wonderful Kiem Dinh!!!!

A beacon of hope on our journey of faith. Mass from Christ Cathedral is livestreamed in English, Spanish, Vietnamese and American Sign Language. Watch live at: ChristCathedralMass.com, on Facebook and Vimeo.com/rcbo.

MUSIC FROM THE TOWER. Episode No 79: An Easter Like No Other now on iTunes, Spotify and christcathedralmusic.org... Host Dr. John Romeri, Director of Music at Christ Cathedral Four Cathedral Musicians talk about what it was like to prepare for Holy Week, Triduum and Easter Sunday without congregations, without instrumentalists, with a limited number of singers and in some cases just an organ and cantor. The Corona virus has given the church an Easter like none of us have ever experienced before. Enjoy this fascinating look into the planning (and replanning) that it took to make Easter 2020 come alive in four of the nations most important cathedrals: GUESTS: Christ Cathedral, Orange California Dr. John A Romeri, Director of Music and David L. Ball, Assistant Director of Music and Cathedral Organist ChristCathedralMusic.org Christ Our Light Cathedral, Oakland California Dr. Rudy de Vos, Director of Music and Organist ctlcathedral.org St. Thomas More Cathedral, Arlington Virginia Dr. Richard Gibala, Director of Music and Organist cathedralstm.org The Basilica of the National Shrine of the Immaculate Conception, Washington, DC Dr. Peter Latona, Director of Music and Organist nationalshrine.org MUSIC: Haec Dies John Shepherd (1515 - 1558) Christ Cathedral (7 singers) John Romeri, conductor MUSIC: Alleluia Randall Thompson Christ Our Light Cathedral (8 singers) Rudy De Vos, conductor MUSIC: The Lord Will Reign Forever James Biery St. Thomas More Cathedral (recorded before Corona with their Cathedral Choir) Richard Gibala, conductor MUSIC: Christ our Passover, Peter Latona The Basilica of the National Shrine of the Immaculate Conception (5 singers) Peter Latona, conductor MUSIC: In The Father’s Glory Peter Latona The Basilica of the National Shrine of the Immaculate Conception (5 singers) Peter Latona, conductor ARTICLE: The Music of the Easter Season: Adapting to the Challenges of Coronavirus Dr. Peter Latona https://www.nationalshrine.org//the-music-of-the-easter-/ Original air date: April 25, 2020