Music

Thanks to the Spiritual Exercises of St. Ignatius of Loyola, Catholic singer-songwriter and neurologic music therapist Danielle Savard became attuned to spiritual warfare, the Christian concept compelling believers to put on the armour of God to resist the snares of preternatural evil forces.

A recital featuring the talents of Catholic musicians from around the world is expected to be a highlight of Jubilee Marian Week in the Diocese of Calgary.

Rock and Roll Hall of Famer and multiple Grammy Award-winning guitarist Tom Morello is using the hype around his two upcoming Toronto shows to raise funds for Covenant House, Canada's largest agency housing homeless youth.

The liturgical music tradition of polyphony with its blend of melodies and harmonies should lift people's spirits as it subtly transmits a message about diversity and unity, Pope Leo XIV said.

Longtime Catholic conductor and countertenor Peter Mahon experienced a crescendo of joyous surprise on May 3 while leading the Tallis Choir of Toronto through a performance of Sergei Rachmaninoff’s “All-Night Vigil” at St. Patrick’s Church.

From April 25 to May 3, St. Michael’s Choir School will carry out “Operation Wild Rose,” providing musical cheer and transcendence to audiences throughout Alberta.

Anyone exposed to music understands the paramount importance of a troupe of instrumentalists and vocalists being utterly harmonious as they tackle pieces in 2/2, 4/4 or 12/8 rhythm.

A celebrated Italian Catholic composer and conductor is dismayed with the “very strong decline of the standard of sacred music”.

Monique Achtman proclaimed that her dear friend Denis Grady was “the great connector” during his 72 years.

Back in 1993, the musical conductors for Bishop Carroll, St. Mary’s and Our Lady of the Rockies high schools in Calgary came up with what students then, upon looking back, say was "an audacious plan."