Music

office of music ministries

Email: musicoffice@sjcct.org : Telephone: (860) 578-1433: Fax: (860) 249-5910

meet the team

Dr. Ezequiel Menendez Music Director and Organist

Meredith Neumann Choirmaster

Sarah Gedicks, Cantor

Alice Matteson, Assistant Youth Choirmaster

cathedral schola cantorum

youth music ministries

CATHEDRAL YOUTH CHOIR (AYC) led by Choirmaster Ms. Meredith Neumann and Assistant Youth Choirmaster, Mrs. Theresa Rice Scalzo, is open to young people of the Archdiocese of Hartford who are entering Fifth through Twelfth Grades seeking to learn sacred music of the Roman Catholic liturgy. The AYC sings weekly at the 11:00 a.m. Sunday Liturgy joining the Cathedral Schola Cantorum, with rehearsal from 9:00 a.m. to 10:45 a.m. Choir members receive vocal instruction and musicianship training. An audition with the Choirmaster to determine readiness for participation in this ensemble is required. To schedule an audition, please call the Office of Music Ministries at: (860) 578-1433; or email: musicoffice@sjcct.org

CATHEDRAL RELIGIOUS EDUCATION CHOIR is open to all young people who attend the Cathedral of St. Joseph and required for those enrolled in the Religious Education Program to sing for the Children’s Liturgies throughout the year. The Cathedral Religious Education Choir helps to bring young people to full and active participation in the liturgical celebrations.

sacred sounds concert series

Saturday, November 3, 2018 at 7:00 p.m.
Johann Vexo, Organ Recital
Featuring: Mass for Two Organs and Two Choirs, Op. 36 by Charles-Marie Widor
Johann Vexo, Grand Orgue
Dr. Ezequiel Menéndez, Choeur Orgue
Cathedral of Saint Joseph Schola Cantorum;
Chorus Angelicus and Gaudeamus, under the direction of Dr. Gabriel Löfvall

Saturday, January 5, 2019 at 7:00 p.m.
Dr. Ezequiel Menéndez, 20th Anniversary Organ Recital
A concert in celebration of Dr. Ezequiel Menéndez's 20th Anniversary as Music Director of the Archdiocese of Hartford.

The Austin Organ

The Cathedral organ contains more than 8000 pipes and was designed by Austin Organs' Tonal Director, Richard Piper, and Frederick L. Mitchell, Vice-President. It enjoys ideal placement in its own loft high on the rear wall containing the Great, Positiv, and Pedal divisions, flanked by chambers containing the Swell, Choir, and Solo divisions. The largest case pipes (from the 32' Sub Principal) were installed in the gallery by cranes before the roof was completed! Orpha Ochse describes the instrument as "among the landmark instruments of its time" ("Austin Organs"). Its four-manual drawknob console also controls the Sanctuary Pitch division near the altar and the Blessed Sacrament Chapel Organ. This complete two-manual instrument has its own console, with a third manual controlling stop combinations on the Gallery Organ.
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