Vespers every month at the Shrine of La Leche - always on a Friday at 6 p.m. The last for 2009 will be on December 18th. Generally this is a Vespers of the Blessed Virgin with a mix of Latin and English for antiphons, the hymn, and psalms, etc. We close the short service with a Marian hymn or anthem. Sometimes it will be the Salve Regina, other times it can be O Virgin Pure - a Greek hymn that always a smash hit. This month we'll take an Advent turn - probably "Lo, How a Rose" - although we're working up a fascinating setting of some stanzas from Keble's poem on the Annunciation.
Dates for the 2010 Vespers have been set and will be posted soon at the Schola's web site.
Our "debut" Compline at the Cathedral-Basilica was held on the Night of Lights, when St. Augustine flips the switch on lights for the Plaza and public buildings. Over 150 came and everyone found it inspiring. So we'll be back on December 5th to provide a fitting and prayerful close to another event, the British Night Watch that commemorates the years when the English controlled St. Augustine in the 18th century.
I love my singers! And they love chant and polyphony!



