The Cathedral is the largest gothic-style Catholic Cathedral in the United States and has been recognized throughout its history as a pre-eminent center of Catholic life in this country.

The Music Department of the Cathedral of St. Patrick serves to provide liturgical and concert music for the most visible Roman Catholic Cathedral in the United States. Four full-time staff work in harmony to plan and execute all of the music that emanates within the historic Gothic structure, the seat of the Archbishop of New York.

Choir of Saint Patrick's Cathedral
The Choir is made up largely of volunteer singers and a small professional group, and prepares music from every era for more than one hundred liturgies and other special events throughout the year. These include the Solemn Pontifical Mass each Sunday and the nationally televised Midnight Mass on Christmas Eve.

In its liturgical role, the Choir has performed for many heads of state and the Secretary General of the United Nations, and with soloists such as Renée Fleming and Placido Domingo. In 1995 the Choir sang for His Holiness Pope John Paul II at the Mass in Central Park and the recitation of the Rosary at the Cathedral of St. Patrick.

The Choir has recorded several CDs and performed with the Vienna Symphony Orchestra, Wroclaw Philharmonic, members of the Vienna Philharmonic on PBS, the New York Philharmonic under Leonard Bernstein, and at events for the Richard Tucker Music Foundation.

In addition to the full-time music staff, almost 70 additional music-ministers – choristers and cantors, aid in facilitating the faithful in sung prayer for Mass every day of the year. The glorious 150-rank Kilgen organ, built in 1930, can also be heard every day of the year.
Visiting choruses, organists and instrumentalists-in residence can be heard throughout the year as a part of the Cathedral Concert Series.

Whether coming for liturgy, prayer, or concerts, both the Cathedral parishioner and visitor alike will be surely uplifted by the talents of the Cathedral of St. Patrick Music Ministry.

Visit ... www.saintpatrickscathedral.org

Saint Patrick's Cathedral
460 Madison Avenue
New York, NY 10022
Phone: 212-753-2261

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