{"id":22108,"date":"2017-09-20T18:00:00","date_gmt":"2017-09-20T18:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.catholicnewsagency.com\/news\/for-the-first-time-in-30-years-sistine-choir-to-perform-in-us-49196\/"},"modified":"2017-09-25T16:04:23","modified_gmt":"2017-09-25T16:04:23","slug":"for-the-first-time-in-30-years-sistine-choir-to-perform-in-us","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.patheos.com\/blogs\/catholicnews\/2017\/09\/for-the-first-time-in-30-years-sistine-choir-to-perform-in-us\/","title":{"rendered":"For the First Time in 30 Years, Sistine Choir to Perform in U.S."},"content":{"rendered":"\n<\/head>

\"\"<\/p>\n

Washington D.C., Sep 20, 2017 \/ 12:00 pm (CNA\/EWTN News<\/a>).- The Sistine Chapel Choir will perform the U.S. for the first time in three decades, and will sing compositions that one expert says are an important heritage of the American church.<\/p>\n

Italian priest Father Massimo Palombella directs the Sistine choir, which will be singing works by Renaissance composers such as Giovanni Pierluigi da Palestrina, Antonio Allegri and Tom\u00e1s Luis de Victoria.<\/p>\n

\u201cAs in Rome, this style of Renaissance polyphony would be adopted by the Churches of the New World as the standard style of music, especially for the Mass,\u201d Dr. Grayson Wagstaff, dean of the Latin American Music Center at the Catholic University of America, explained to CNA.<\/p>\n

On Sept. 20, a free concert<\/strong><\/a> will be hosted at the Basilica of the National Shrine of the Immaculate Conception in Washington D.C. next to Catholic University of America.<\/p>\n

After attending Italy\u2019s prestigious conservatory and spending years as a theology and music teacher, Fr. Palombella became the director at the Pontifical Music Chapel, and began conducting the choir in 2010.<\/p>\n

Dr. Wagstaff applauded the Salesian priest\u2019s efforts to use the Vatican\u2019s historic repertory and rejuvenate this style of music into the daily life of the Papal Chapels.<\/p>\n

Fr. Palombella will be performing sounds iconic of the Mexico City Cathedral and the many works of the Spanish composers which had made their way to the \u201cnew world.\u201d<\/p>\n

\u201cThese works by Spanish composers would be the core of music transmitted, taught and copied in manuscripts in Mexico,\u201d Dr. Wagstaff said. \u201cYoung boys from Mexico (then \u2018New Spain\u2019) would be selected to receive training in music and become boy choristers for the cathedrals.\u201d<\/p>\n

He added that this music is very significant to the \u201cChurch\u2019s artistic patrimony,\u201d and now has the ability inspire \u201cparishes to focus on quality music and learning about the Church\u2019s legacy of art,\u201d especially from Latin America.<\/p>\n

Fr. Palombella studied philosophy and theology at the Salesian Pontifical Unversity, and trained under organ players Luigi Molfino and Bishop Valentino Miserachs Grau. He also attended the Conservatory of Turin.<\/p>\n

Ordained a priest to the Salesian order in 1995, he began teaching dogmatic theology at the Pontifical Salesian University and the Language of Music at Sapienza University of Rome. He then succeeded Father Giuseppe Liberto as director of the Sistine Chapel Choir.<\/p>\n

In his remarks to CNA, Dr. Wagstaff noted the importance that the upcoming concert has to the university.<\/p>\n

\u201cFor us, this is a celebration of CUA\u2019s role as one of the great centers in the world for teaching and preserving this musical legacy of Catholic tradition as well as our wonderful tradition of musicology and research on the history of music in Rome.\u201d<\/p>\n

\"\"<\/a><\/div>\n

\"\"<\/p>\n<\/body><\/html>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

The Sistine Chapel Choir will perform the U.S. for the first time in three decades, and will sing compositions that one expert says are an important heritage of the American church.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2130,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[5],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-22108","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-us"],"yoast_head":"\nFor the First Time in 30 Years, Sistine Choir to Perform in U.S.<\/title>\n<meta name=\"description\" content=\"The Sistine Chapel Choir will perform the U.S. for the first time in three decades, and will sing compositions that one expert says are an important heritage of the American church.\" \/>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/www.patheos.com\/blogs\/catholicnews\/2017\/09\/for-the-first-time-in-30-years-sistine-choir-to-perform-in-us\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"For the First Time in 30 Years, Sistine Choir to Perform in U.S.\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"The Sistine Chapel Choir will perform the U.S. for the first time in three decades, and will sing compositions that one expert says are an important heritage of the American church.\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:url\" content=\"https:\/\/www.patheos.com\/blogs\/catholicnews\/2017\/09\/for-the-first-time-in-30-years-sistine-choir-to-perform-in-us\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:site_name\" content=\"Catholic News\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:published_time\" content=\"2017-09-20T18:00:00+00:00\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:modified_time\" content=\"2017-09-25T16:04:23+00:00\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:image\" content=\"http:\/\/www.catholicnewsagency.com\/images\/Choir_Credit_Phil_Roeder_via_Flickr_CC_BY_20_CNA_1_11_16.jpg\" \/>\n<meta name=\"author\" content=\"Megan Schmidt\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:card\" content=\"summary_large_image\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:label1\" content=\"Written by\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data1\" content=\"Megan Schmidt\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:label2\" content=\"Est. reading time\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data2\" content=\"2 minutes\" \/>\n<script type=\"application\/ld+json\" class=\"yoast-schema-graph\">{\"@context\":\"https:\/\/schema.org\",\"@graph\":[{\"@type\":\"WebPage\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.patheos.com\/blogs\/catholicnews\/2017\/09\/for-the-first-time-in-30-years-sistine-choir-to-perform-in-us\/\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/www.patheos.com\/blogs\/catholicnews\/2017\/09\/for-the-first-time-in-30-years-sistine-choir-to-perform-in-us\/\",\"name\":\"For the First Time in 30 Years, Sistine Choir to Perform in U.S.\",\"isPartOf\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.patheos.com\/blogs\/catholicnews\/#website\"},\"datePublished\":\"2017-09-20T18:00:00+00:00\",\"dateModified\":\"2017-09-25T16:04:23+00:00\",\"author\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.patheos.com\/blogs\/catholicnews\/#\/schema\/person\/49005458e0f854d98527b0fc48cf6ce1\"},\"description\":\"The Sistine Chapel Choir will perform the U.S. for the first time in three decades, and will sing compositions that one expert says are an important heritage of the American church.\",\"breadcrumb\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.patheos.com\/blogs\/catholicnews\/2017\/09\/for-the-first-time-in-30-years-sistine-choir-to-perform-in-us\/#breadcrumb\"},\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"ReadAction\",\"target\":[\"https:\/\/www.patheos.com\/blogs\/catholicnews\/2017\/09\/for-the-first-time-in-30-years-sistine-choir-to-perform-in-us\/\"]}]},{\"@type\":\"BreadcrumbList\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.patheos.com\/blogs\/catholicnews\/2017\/09\/for-the-first-time-in-30-years-sistine-choir-to-perform-in-us\/#breadcrumb\",\"itemListElement\":[{\"@type\":\"ListItem\",\"position\":1,\"name\":\"Home\",\"item\":\"https:\/\/www.patheos.com\/blogs\/catholicnews\/\"},{\"@type\":\"ListItem\",\"position\":2,\"name\":\"For the First Time in 30 Years, Sistine Choir to Perform in U.S.\"}]},{\"@type\":\"WebSite\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.patheos.com\/blogs\/catholicnews\/#website\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/www.patheos.com\/blogs\/catholicnews\/\",\"name\":\"Catholic News\",\"description\":\"\",\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"SearchAction\",\"target\":{\"@type\":\"EntryPoint\",\"urlTemplate\":\"https:\/\/www.patheos.com\/blogs\/catholicnews\/?s={search_term_string}\"},\"query-input\":\"required name=search_term_string\"}],\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\"},{\"@type\":\"Person\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.patheos.com\/blogs\/catholicnews\/#\/schema\/person\/49005458e0f854d98527b0fc48cf6ce1\",\"name\":\"Megan Schmidt\",\"image\":{\"@type\":\"ImageObject\",\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.patheos.com\/blogs\/catholicnews\/#\/schema\/person\/image\/\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/71fde831cc685f99ed336704eaa8401c?s=96&d=mm&r=g\",\"contentUrl\":\"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/71fde831cc685f99ed336704eaa8401c?s=96&d=mm&r=g\",\"caption\":\"Megan Schmidt\"},\"url\":\"https:\/\/www.patheos.com\/blogs\/catholicnews\/author\/mschmidt\/\"}]}<\/script>\n<!-- \/ Yoast SEO plugin. -->","yoast_head_json":{"title":"For the First Time in 30 Years, Sistine Choir to Perform in U.S.","description":"The Sistine Chapel Choir will perform the U.S. for the first time in three decades, and will sing compositions that one expert says are an important heritage of the American church.","robots":{"index":"index","follow":"follow","max-snippet":"max-snippet:-1","max-image-preview":"max-image-preview:large","max-video-preview":"max-video-preview:-1"},"canonical":"https:\/\/www.patheos.com\/blogs\/catholicnews\/2017\/09\/for-the-first-time-in-30-years-sistine-choir-to-perform-in-us\/","og_locale":"en_US","og_type":"article","og_title":"For the First Time in 30 Years, Sistine Choir to Perform in U.S.","og_description":"The Sistine Chapel Choir will perform the U.S. for the first time in three decades, and will sing compositions that one expert says are an important heritage of the American church.","og_url":"https:\/\/www.patheos.com\/blogs\/catholicnews\/2017\/09\/for-the-first-time-in-30-years-sistine-choir-to-perform-in-us\/","og_site_name":"Catholic News","article_published_time":"2017-09-20T18:00:00+00:00","article_modified_time":"2017-09-25T16:04:23+00:00","og_image":[{"url":"http:\/\/www.catholicnewsagency.com\/images\/Choir_Credit_Phil_Roeder_via_Flickr_CC_BY_20_CNA_1_11_16.jpg"}],"author":"Megan Schmidt","twitter_card":"summary_large_image","twitter_misc":{"Written by":"Megan Schmidt","Est. reading time":"2 minutes"},"schema":{"@context":"https:\/\/schema.org","@graph":[{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https:\/\/www.patheos.com\/blogs\/catholicnews\/2017\/09\/for-the-first-time-in-30-years-sistine-choir-to-perform-in-us\/","url":"https:\/\/www.patheos.com\/blogs\/catholicnews\/2017\/09\/for-the-first-time-in-30-years-sistine-choir-to-perform-in-us\/","name":"For the First Time in 30 Years, Sistine Choir to Perform in U.S.","isPartOf":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.patheos.com\/blogs\/catholicnews\/#website"},"datePublished":"2017-09-20T18:00:00+00:00","dateModified":"2017-09-25T16:04:23+00:00","author":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.patheos.com\/blogs\/catholicnews\/#\/schema\/person\/49005458e0f854d98527b0fc48cf6ce1"},"description":"The Sistine Chapel Choir will perform the U.S. for the first time in three decades, and will sing compositions that one expert says are an important heritage of the American church.","breadcrumb":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.patheos.com\/blogs\/catholicnews\/2017\/09\/for-the-first-time-in-30-years-sistine-choir-to-perform-in-us\/#breadcrumb"},"inLanguage":"en-US","potentialAction":[{"@type":"ReadAction","target":["https:\/\/www.patheos.com\/blogs\/catholicnews\/2017\/09\/for-the-first-time-in-30-years-sistine-choir-to-perform-in-us\/"]}]},{"@type":"BreadcrumbList","@id":"https:\/\/www.patheos.com\/blogs\/catholicnews\/2017\/09\/for-the-first-time-in-30-years-sistine-choir-to-perform-in-us\/#breadcrumb","itemListElement":[{"@type":"ListItem","position":1,"name":"Home","item":"https:\/\/www.patheos.com\/blogs\/catholicnews\/"},{"@type":"ListItem","position":2,"name":"For the First Time in 30 Years, Sistine Choir to Perform in U.S."}]},{"@type":"WebSite","@id":"https:\/\/www.patheos.com\/blogs\/catholicnews\/#website","url":"https:\/\/www.patheos.com\/blogs\/catholicnews\/","name":"Catholic News","description":"","potentialAction":[{"@type":"SearchAction","target":{"@type":"EntryPoint","urlTemplate":"https:\/\/www.patheos.com\/blogs\/catholicnews\/?s={search_term_string}"},"query-input":"required name=search_term_string"}],"inLanguage":"en-US"},{"@type":"Person","@id":"https:\/\/www.patheos.com\/blogs\/catholicnews\/#\/schema\/person\/49005458e0f854d98527b0fc48cf6ce1","name":"Megan Schmidt","image":{"@type":"ImageObject","inLanguage":"en-US","@id":"https:\/\/www.patheos.com\/blogs\/catholicnews\/#\/schema\/person\/image\/","url":"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/71fde831cc685f99ed336704eaa8401c?s=96&d=mm&r=g","contentUrl":"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/71fde831cc685f99ed336704eaa8401c?s=96&d=mm&r=g","caption":"Megan Schmidt"},"url":"https:\/\/www.patheos.com\/blogs\/catholicnews\/author\/mschmidt\/"}]}},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.patheos.com\/blogs\/catholicnews\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/22108","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.patheos.com\/blogs\/catholicnews\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.patheos.com\/blogs\/catholicnews\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.patheos.com\/blogs\/catholicnews\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2130"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.patheos.com\/blogs\/catholicnews\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=22108"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.patheos.com\/blogs\/catholicnews\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/22108\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.patheos.com\/blogs\/catholicnews\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=22108"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.patheos.com\/blogs\/catholicnews\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=22108"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.patheos.com\/blogs\/catholicnews\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=22108"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}