Performances next week at cathedral, Old St. Mary's; Sistine Chapel Choir to perform special concert at St. John's Resort Sept. 4
DETROIT — Two Detroit parishes will host special musical performances in the coming weeks celebrating the Church’s rich musical heritage. Then, later this summer, area Catholics and music aficionados will be treated to a special performance by members of the Sistine Chapel Choir.
Next week, the National Association of Negro Musicians (NAHM) is hosting its 106th annual convention in Detroit, which will take place July 12-17 at the Renaissance Center.
As part of the convention, on July 12 at 8 p.m. at the Cathedral of the Most Blessed Sacrament, the Cathedral Cultural Series will host “New Century Competition for Organ,” sponsored by the National Association of Negro Musicians, Inc., which is the country’s oldest organization dedicated to the preservation, encouragement, and advocacy of all genres of the music of Black Americans.
The following week, Friday, July 18 at 7:30 p.m., Old St. Mary's Parish in Greektown Detroit will host the Schola Cantorum of the London Oratory School, who will perform “Sacred Treasures of England, Spain and Italy,” a concert of sacred music sung by the boys of the London Oratory Schola, featuring works from Renaissance composers such as Byrd, Tallis, Victoria, Guerrero, Gabrielli, Monteverdi and Palestrina.
Both events are free and open to the public.
Sistine Chapel Choir coming to St. John’s Resort
Later this summer, Corporate Travel Service is presenting the Sistine Chapel Choir, Sixtini Cantores, a musical performance that will also feature a presentation from world-renowned art history expert Elizabeth Lev, at St. John’s Resort in Plymouth on Sept. 4.
The event is co-sponsored by Corporate Travel Services, the Anything Is Possible Speaker Series, and the Pulte Foundation.
"On Sept. 4, the Archdiocese of Detroit will have an extraordinary opportunity to literally experience Rome here in southeast Michigan with a total sensory engagement of the Sistine Chapel," John Hale, president of Corporate Travel Services, told Detroit Catholic. "Attendees will see, hear and fully experience this extraordinary chapel frescoed by Michelangelo, its important history and current role in evangelization and electing the successor of St. Peter. Members of the Sistine Chapel, the oldest and finest choir in the world, along with world-renowned art historian Dr. Elizabeth Lev, will present this dynamic once-in-a-lifetime evening."
Tickets for the event and more information about the event are available here. Tier one tickets, which sell for $100, include general admission tier one seating for the Sixtini Cantores performance and the presentation by Lev in the resort's Monarch Ballroom. Tier two tickets sell for $50, and include general admission tier two seating in the ballroom.
The VIP experience sells from $500, which includes a private Mass at St. John Resort's Sts. Mary and Joseph Chapel, celebrated by Archbishop Edward J. Weisenburger, followed by a private dinner in the Lily Room of the resort with a private concert by the Sixtini Cantores and presentation by Lev, before the general performance and presentation.
