Want to join? This is what we're looking for:

Rehearsal and Mass Accompanists

Students who have intermediate/advanced piano/keyboard skills are needed to assist with whole group rehearsals, sectionals, and ensemble leadership at the 8pm and 10pm Sunday Masses. If you sight read well, have prior choral/instrumental accompaniment experience, these positions are certainly for you. Students with advanced piano training will be offered the opportunity to transfer their gifts to the pipe organ. For further information, contact Don Giannella, director; after registering for pastoral music.

Vocalists

Tenors, Bases, Sopranos, Altos (in that order!) are always needed. To achieve the proper voice balance, we need 2 new male recruits for every one female recruit. There are no auditions, but prior choral experience is helpful. Section leaders are available to help new members with little prior choral experience learn the various voice parts. C'mon guys, it's accepted here!

Brass

Currently we have two trumpeters. We are looking to expand our brass section to include trombone, french horn and tuba. Our goal this year is to have a festival brass student quartet/quintet for special university occasions. Offer your talent so this university dream can become a reality.

Strings

Our string section keeps growing but we are especially searching for cellists, (string bassists?!) violists and, of course violinists. Along with the proposed brass ensemble, we would like to have a compliment of string instruments for use as a chamber group for special liturgies and seasonal concerts.

Percussion

We are looking for a percussionist for each Sunday evening liturgy. Students with band/orchestra experience are especially welcome (timpani, chimes, other percussion) as well as students with a penchant for ensemble work with trap set and more contemporary arrangements. Our goal is to have a 'drummer' for each Sunday evening Mass. (you must have your own drum set, or weekly access to a set which you can bring to Church). Some limited storage facilities for drums is available, see Don Giannella after registering for Pastoral Music.

Wind Instruments: Flute/Oboe/Clarinet

Yes. Intermediate/advanced skills with good sight reading helpful. Clarinetists will need to develop a skill in transposing some C music for B-flat.

Guitar

Of Course! Our goal is to have at least two or three for each Sunday evening Mass. Mostly acoustic, some potential need for excellent electric guitarists and electric bassists.

All of the above rehearse weekly (Tuesday, 5:30-7pm) in the Church and 45 minutes prior to each student's assigned Mass. (Everyone is assigned to one evening Mass and serves at that Mass for the entire semester).