It took them half a century, but the Cistercian nuns of St. Mary’s Abbey in Wrentham, Mass., are back on the music charts. Their CD of beautiful Gregorian chant — To Pray in Beauty — came out earlier ...

What ultimately carries the performance is the strength of the ensemble and the clarity of the arrangements, which find a ...

It isn't every day that a group of Catholic monks find themselves on the pop charts. Yet that's what happened to the monks of Stift Heiligenkreuz, a 12th-century Cistercian monastery near Vienna, ...

Timothy S. McDonnell, director of music ministries at the Institute of Sacred Music, Benjamin T. Rome School of Music at The Catholic University of America in Washington, conducts an Oct. 10 Gregorian ...

In Gregorian chant, the verbal text plays an integral part in influencing and shaping the melodic contours. Within these melodic phrases, the main function of additional signs and letters added to the ...

On a recent Monday at the Abbey of Regina Laudis here, about 35 nuns gather in a dim chapel to chant, as they do every day at noon. Making their way through Psalm 118, the nuns sit or stand; some face ...

The iconic choir in concert blending timeless chants and modern classics. Experience an emotionally charged concert featuring the iconic choir performing traditional songs and “pure” acoustic versions ...

BETHLEHEM, Conn. — On a recent Monday at the Abbey of Regina Laudis, about 35 nuns gather in a dim chapel to chant, as they do every day at noon. Making their way through Psalm 118, the nuns sit or ...

Spending 13 weeks at the top of the classical music charts, a group of priests are reinvigorating an early musical genre. Special correspondent Dennis Kellogg of NET reports from eastern Nebraska. A ...

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For more than 20 years, more than 3 million people in 31 countries have been enchanted by GREGORIAN's live performances that blend ancient with pop music for a mesmerizing musical experience. These ...