Society of Saint Gregory

Dear SSG members, Leeds Cathedral reopens on 12th November, with reopening services on 12th, 13th and 14th. Vespers on the 14th is attended by the Cardinal, Archbishop of Canterbury and all the Catholic and Anglican Bishops of England and Wales. From then on, mass and vespers will be sung daily and ...

Dear John,

I think we still have about 40 copies of "Music for the Mass" which we would be happy to let you have. Its probably best if you contact me via email ben@directorofmusic.org

To contribute to this topic: The Diocese of Leeds offers free tuition to all its parish organists each term, which is usually led by the Diocesan Director of Music. These sessions always have a liturgy/music topic, and by focusing on a specific repertoire seek to develop amateur organists technical ...

In the Catholic church we are deskilled in music. Often less educated as a group, less affluent, less able to afford private music education. Our schools do well in poorer areas but music is not a priority. Church musicians are rare, under valued and confused. Training is limited and unprofessional ...

Dear SSG members, The following programme this Sunday may be of interest to SSG members regarding the state of Catholic choral singing. 2 April 2006 Sunday 2 April 2006 18:30-20:00 (Radio 3) You can listen later via the BBC website. m We were asked to contribute and I think one of the choir's ...

Dear SSG members, We have regular organists workshops in Leeds/Bradford area which are open to all. In the past few years, several reluctant keyboard players and pianists have begun study on the organ and started playing regularly for mass in their parishes. Group sizes are usually limited to a ...

May I draw the attention of SSG members to our Cantor Training Day. This forms part of a network of organ and choir training offered to parish musicians and school teachers. Usually such events are advertised locally, however, they are open to all so possibly of wider interest. If you travel from ...

The Diocese of Leeds has an approach to liturgical music centred around its young people. The music programme currently involves 4 childrens choirs at the cathedral and 15 in Bradford. We wish to develop this outreach work from the Cathedral to more schools and as a result a new full time position ...