Director of Music Blog - 2019
NEWS ITEM: Voices of angels resound through Cathedral
August 22nd, 2019 The Cathedral Concert series continued on Sunday 18th August with its second installment for the year: titled ‘Voices of Angels’ this concert featured the voices of our youngest ...
Pictorial – Orchestral Mass
August 11th, 2019 Just a few photos from our recent Orchestral Mass - thank you once again to everyone involved for your contribution to make it an absolutely amazing occasion !! [caption ...
NEWS ITEM – Orchestral Mass 2019
July 31st, 2019 The Cathedral resounded with the sound of over 100 young musicians joining the Cathedral Choir at the 2019 Orchestral Mass which took place on Sunday 28th July at ...
So it’s still Easter?
May 20th, 2019 Yes it is !! We’ve had Holy Week and the Triduum with its magnificent ceremonies - we’ve had the Easter Octave, Divine Mercy Sunday - so what now? Do we ...
NEWS ITEM – Cathedral Concert Series 2019 opener supports Notre Dame, Paris
April 29th, 2019 The Cathedrals Concert Series 2019 opened with a programme of both reflective and exhilarating music to celebrate the Easter season and Divine Mercy Sunday. Following news of the ...
Christ, my hope, has risen – Alleluia !!
April 25th, 2019 How wonderful that the Church allows us to extend our Easter joy into the week following Easter Sunday making it the Easter Octave. And so we, with great joy, can ...
Precious (musical) jewels of Holy Week
April 18th, 2019 The Church has over many centuries accumulated such musical treasures - divinely inspired texts and melodies spun into the most beautiful musical masterpieces to move us to prayer and ultimately bring ...
NEWS ITEM: Cathedral hosts WAAPA students !!
This Thursday evening (11th April), WA's finest young singers perform Gabriel Fauré's Requiem, conducted by Kristin Bowtell and accompanied by organist Stewart Smith, filling St Mary's Cathedral with the transcendental ...
NEWS ITEM: Prayerful, Lenten sounds fill Cathedral
April 8th, 2019 The Cathedral was filled with prayerful sounds with its annual Lenten tribute to Our Lady which took place yesterday, Sunday 7th April, as a prelude to the Solemn ...