News and Announcements

President and CEO of the Utah Symphony, Melia Tourangeau, announced the Utah Symphony’s 2015-16 75th anniversary season agenda from the historic Salt Lake Tabernacle, the original home of Utah Symphony last week. After years of collaboration with the Utah Symphony, The Madeleine Choir School is honored to be included among four other major arts organizations in partnering with them once again during this year of celebration. Other local arts organizations collaborating with the Utah Symphony include: Ballet West, the Mormon Tabernacle Choir, Utah Opera and Utah Shakespeare Festival.

Please "Drop-In" between 9:30 AM and 11:30 AM on Tuesday, May 12. Tour guides will be on hand to answer all your questions about the Choir School. Please tell your friends who may have prospective students interested in The Madeleine Choir School. If this time is not convenient for you please contact our Office of Admissions at 801-323-9850 ext.103 to schedule another time for you to tour our campus.

Please join us this Sunday, 10 May at 8:00 PM, as The Choristers of The Madeleine Choir School and the Choir of the Cathedral of the Madeleine, present Charles Gounod's Messe solennelle de Sainte-Cécile, and Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart's Te Deum in C Major as a second work at this performance.

Romeo and Juliet? Hamlet? Find out for yourself as the MCS Eighth Graders debut their Shakespearian performance Thursday, May 7th at 2:00p.m. An encore of the performance can also be seen Friday, May 8th at 7:00p.m. Both performances will be held in the MCS Auditorium in Erbin Hall.

MCS 5th graders made signs and other pieces of artwork that were given to legislators after the rally for clean air at the Utah State Capitol Building today. Many of our students prepared speeches on how air pollution affects them and solutions to the problem. They did an amazing job delivering their speaches in front of a large crowd in the Capitol rotunda. Their teacher, Mr. Knibbe, received many unsolicited compliments about how well spoken and well prepared the students were from the rally organizers, legislators, parents, and news media. "Several of the students were asked to speak before legislators when clean air topics come up for debate, either in committees or on the house or senate floor," said Mr. Knibbe.

Please join us for an evening of celebration and fun at our annual gala fundraiser on Saturday, May 2, 2015 at the Gallivan Center.

MCS alumnus Matthew Yost ('07) credits his education at The Madeleine Choir School after being selected as the winner of the Catholic University of America’s 50th Anniversary competition orchestral fanfare for composing his piece Ut Sol, Ut Luna. The piece will be premiered by the CUA’s symphony orchestra as the concert opener at the Kennedy Center in Washington, D.C. on April 12, 2015.

In a new book titled “Secrets of the Greatest Snow on Earth,” University of Utah scientist, ski aficionado, and MCS alumni parent, Jim Steenburgh delves into what makes Utah snow prime for winter sports.

The National Catholic Reporter published a lovely feature piece on The Madeleine Choir School in the summer of 2014.

A noteworthy education: music and liturgy enrich learning at cathedral’s coed choir school