Sacred Music
About our artist-in-residence
Kevin Allen is a well-known composer. His works, sacred and secular, have been performed in churches and concert halls throughout the United States, Europe, and Asia. Based in Chicago, he is the founding director of the Collins Consort, American Composer’s Project, and Schola Immaculata. Mr. Allen is also the director of Schola Laudis at the Benedictine Monastery of the Holy Cross, Vox Fidelis Children's Choir, and the Chicago Catholic Choir.
Why Sacred Music?The experience of God's mysteries in the Church’s prayer and worship is greatly enhanced by the sacred music she has inherited over the centuries. Beginning in the early middle ages, plainchant known as Gregorian Chant was promoted by St. Gregory the Great and others as the musical form most appropriate for the Church’s worship.
This emphasis was reinforced by the council fathers at Vatican II, which recognized “Gregorian chant as especially suited to the Roman liturgy…it should be given pride of place in liturgical services.” (Sacrosanctum Concilium, 116). In 2019, Pope Francis emphasized the importance of Gregorian chant as "the first model" of choral liturgical music. |
Choral LiturgiesSt. Gregory’s Hall offers a series of liturgies for feasts and solemnities of the Church year.
Talks & WorkshopsJoin our composer-in-residence Kevin Allen for a series of introductory talks on the Mass of the Roman Rite.
Selected works by Kevin Allen
Are you an amateur singer interested in fellowship with other Catholics and learning great works of choral music?
Check out Chicago Catholic Choir. |
