2009 Concerts & Liturgies:

Sunday, June 28, 2009 - 10:30 a.m. Mass - Saint John's Abbey Church, Collegeville, MN

Monday, June 29, 2009 - 11:30 a.m. Mass, Ss. Peter and Paul - Emmaus Chapel, St. John's University, Collegeville, MN

Monday, June 29, 2009 - 7:45 p.m. Dedication and Blessing of Rebuilt Pipe Organ, Emmaus Chapel, St. John's University, Collegeville

Tuesday, June 30, 2009 - 7:00 p.m. - Concert, Saint Francis Xavier Church, Sartell, MN

Wednesday, July 1, 2009 - 7:00 p.m. - Concert, Divine Mercy Catholic Church, Faribault, MN

Thursday, July 2, 2009 - 7:00 p.m. - Concert, Shrine of Our Lady of Guadalupe, La Crosse, WI

Friday, July 3, 2009 - Visit and sing for La Crosse area Salvation Army and Franciscan Sisters of Perpetual Adoration Convent and Mary of the Angels Chapel, La Crosse, WI

Sunday, July 5, 2009 - 11:00 a.m. Mass - St. Mary's Catholic Church, Waukesha, WI

Sunday, July 5, 2009 - 7:00 p.m. - Concert, St. Mary's Catholic Church, Waukesha, WI

Tuesday, July 7, 2009 - 7:00 p.m. - Concert, National Association of Pastoral Musicians Convention,
                                                       Convention Center, Chicago (Rosemont), IL

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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