June 26, 2009

After breakfast and morning rehearsal, the choristers traveled to St. Benedict's Monastery and the College of St. Benedict (the sister monastery and school of Saint John's). Here the choristers sang noon prayer and had lunch with the Sisters. The choristers then went on a tour of CSB and attended an Admissions Presentation. Then it was back to rehearsal to perfect those notes and a little beach time!

Where is that bus?	Loadin' up for St. Ben's	Bus buddies!
The Prioress welcomes NCYC to St. Ben's	Sisters of St. Benedict's Monastery	Noon prayer with the Sisters
Noon prayer	Noon prayer	Dr. Theimer conducting a psalm
NCYC 2009	Lunch with the Sisters	Lunch with the Sisters
Let's go for a walk to tour CSB!	Check it out!	Shhh...it's the library!
Is that really how big the dorms are?!?!	Touring CSB	Admissions presentation
Cooling off in the A/C with new friends	Whew! Rehearsing for 7-8 hours each day is exhausting!	...agreed!
Camp leaders Lucas, Molly, and Anne supervising at the beach!	Beach fun!	Back out on the floating dock!
Fr. Matthew and his dogs before Compline

 

The National Catholic Youth Choir is a liturgically-based choir open to Roman Catholic youth entering 10th-12th grade.  The conductor of the choir is internationally renowned choral clinician Dr. Axel Theimer.  Fr. Anthony Ruff, OSB, a monk of Saint John’s abbey, is the founding director of the choir.  The program takes place each summer on the beautiful wooded grounds of Saint John's Abbey and University in central Minnesota.  What is unique about the National Catholic Youth Choir is its liturgical focus.  The singers learn about the Catholic liturgy and how the treasury of sacred music (Gregorian chant, Palestrina, Mozart, Bruckner, Poulenc, Duruflé...) fits in Catholic worship today.  The choir also sings contemporary and newly-written music, some of it specially commissioned for the NCYC.

© 2009 National Catholic Youth Choir

Saint John's Abbey and University,

Collegeville, Minnesota 56321

For further information, contact the choir founder and chaplain,

Fr. Anthony Ruff, OSB
 

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