News and Announcements

The Madeleine Choir School kicks off its twentieth anniversary celebration for the year ahead with a performance of Claudio Monteverdi’s Vespers of the Blessed Virgin 1610 on Sunday 6 March at 800 PM in the Cathedral of the Madeleine. Under the direction of Dr. Craig Jessop, the Choristers and the Cathedral Choir will be joined by an unusual array of early musical instruments, including Cornetts. Sackbuts and Theorbos. Musicians specializing in the performance of these unique instruments will travel to Utah from their performance and teaching positions at Stanford University, Indiana University and Harvard University to offer a unique opportunity for Utah’s musical community.

Our Holy Father Pope Francis is very close to us just now-he is working in Mexico this week, having arrived last Friday and staying through tomorrow evening. On Sunday he celebrated Mass in one of the slum areas of Mexico City that is riddled with crime and corruption and then visited a hospital for sick and disabled children. Yesterday he traveled to the border with Guatemala and the state of Chiapas where the indigenous people have suffered greatly – he celebrated Mass and spent the entire day with them. Today he travels to the state of Michoacan and its beautiful capital city of Morelia. Tomorrow, he will travel to our border near El Paso, Texas, where he will visit a prison and celebrate Mass in Ciudad Juarez where violent crime especially against women continues to cause great pain and suffering.

February 4, 2016 -- MCS rallied at the Utah State Capitol rotunda! In alignment with Pope Francis's encyclical—Laudato Si— and lead by Principal Baillie and Mr. Knibbe, over 300 MCS students marched from campus to the Capitol Building to deliver a message that change needs to happen at a legislative level to drastically improve air quality in Utah.

The Madeleine Choir School, a Catholic school in the Diocese of Salt Lake City, will be holding a clean air rally on Thursday, February 4th from 9:00 a.m. - 10:30 a.m. in the Capitol Rotunda. This is the second year students from the Choir School have aired their concerns about the excess smog in the Salt Lake Valley to our legislative representatives.

The Choir from Salt Lake City’s Cathedral of the Madeleine will present a concert of sacred music in St. Mary’s Cathedral of Immaculate Conception on Sunday, January 24th at 8:00 PM. The Choir of the Cathedral of the Madeleine features the boy and girl choristers from the Cathedral’s Choir School, the only coeducational Catholic Choir School in North America. Sunday evening’s performance will feature music of Peter Philips, Thomas Tallis and Gustav Holst. The concert is free of charge, and all are invited to attend.
This concert is a part of the Choir School's domestic tour. Click the headline or the banner for details of all Portland Tour performances.

The Madeleine Choir School is please to share a link to a remarkable review of Rachmaninoff’s Liturgy of St. John Chrysostom by the Clarion Choir at St. Paul’s Chapel as part of its Twelfth Night Festival, with highlights including the performance of Marc Day (MCS '99).

Click the headline or photo on the left to read the review.

We are now in the final days of preparation for the celebration of the Nativity of the Lord. In these last seven days before Christmas, the church’s liturgy intensifies with prayers acknowledging our troubled world’s need for peace and freedom from all darkness and evil. The difficulties that continue for refugees, immigrants and those who struggle with disease or mental infirmity, the increasingly divisive rhetoric on religion and race, the senseless slaughter of innocent young people in Dunblane, Sandy Hook and Peshawar, and the darkness that sometimes clouds our own hearts and minds with less than noble thoughts, words and actions all compel us to recognize the need for new direction, a restored humanity, and, in fact, a Savior. O Radiant Dawn, splendor of eternal light, sun of justice: come, shine on those who dwell in darkness and the shadow of death. (Click photo or headline to continue reading)...

The Choristers of the Madeleine Choir School present their annual performance of Benjamin Britten's 'A Ceremony Carols' at 12:15 PM on the afternoon of December 22 & 23 this year. These performances at the Cathedral of the Madeleine are FREE and open to the public. NO PASSES are required. Click the image or headline for more details.

Last Saturday, November 7, 2015, saw the Second Annual MCS Superheroes (and Villains) 5K and Fun Run at Sugarhouse Park. With 168 registered runners ranging in age from 7 to 62 this event was, once again, a great success for the Choir School. Congratulations to our overall winner Martina Barnes (aka Wonder Woman) with a time of 22:20.718.

As the old archway and brick work become re-exposed in the demolition phase of our Erbin Hall renovation project, the classic architecture of this historic building is beginning to show some of the re-found character that will accompany the new learning spaces for our students next year and for decades to come.

MJSA and Okland Construction have been hard at work with Mr. Glenn and Principal Baillie over the past few months with an eye on every detail necessary to complete the project for the future safety of our students, faculty and volunteers.