Sacred Music Series
St. Gertrude Parish is delighted to present its third annual Sacred Music Series. Over the course of the 2026–2027 program year, this rapidly growing initiative will bring together world-class artists from across the United States and Europe to share the Roman Catholic Church’s vast treasury of sacred music through the centuries in concerts, musical meditations, and liturgies.
Whether this is your first visit to St. Gertrude Parish or you’ve been a parishioner your whole life, you are always welcome here—and we look forward to sharing this beautiful music with you.
Sacred Music Series Events
Friday, September 11, 2026 | 7 p.m.
Bach: Mass in B Minor
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The season opens with Bach’s Mass in B Minor, performed by our choirs with full baroque orchestra.
Tickets: General Admission $25; Student $10 (with valid ID); Children under 12 free. Maximum $60 per family.
Monday, November 2, 2026 | 7 p.m.
Duruflé: Requiem
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This will be sung during our annual All Souls’ Day Mass. More details to come.
Tickets: General Admission $25; Student $10 (with valid ID); Children under 12 free. Maximum $60 per family.
Sunday, December 13, 2026 | 3 p.m.
Advent Lessons and Carols
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In celebration of the Advent season, and a beloved St. Gertrude tradition, the Novitiate Choir and Schola Cantorum present a contemplative service of readings that trace salvation history, interwoven with profound musical meditations from the Church’s treasury of sacred music for Advent.
Freewill offering.
Wednesday, December 24, 2026 | 11:30 p.m.
Handel's Messiah
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As the annual choral prelude to the Christmas Midnight Mass, the St. Gertrude Parish Choir presents excerpts from Part 1: Christmas of Handel’s beloved oratorio The Messiah with orchestra, culminating in the famous Hallelujah Chorus.
Free admission.
Friday, March 5, 2027 | 7 p.m.
Rachmaninoff: All-Night Vigil
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More details to come.
Tickets: General Admission $20; Student $5 (with valid ID); Children under 12 free. Maximum $50 per family.
Wednesday, March 24, 2027 | 8 p.m.
Choral Tenebrae
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On Wednesday of Holy Week, St. Gertrude Parish presents Tenebrae, the Service of Shadows, a powerful meditation on the Passion and conducted in near darkness. The Capella and the Novitiate Choir chant the great sorrowful psalms and Lamentations of Jeremiah, interwoven with motets that reflect upon the anguish of Christ’s passion. The service culminates in Gregorio Allegri’s legendary setting of Psalm 51, Miserere mei, sung by three choirs, spaced throughout the church, in haunting antiphony. This service will feature Allegri’s Miserere.
Freewill offering.
Friday, April 16, 2027 | 7 p.m.
Rosary Meditation: The Glorious Mysteries
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This penultimate event will feature Zachary Carrettin on the violin and Christopher Holman, our director of music, on the harpsichord. More details to come.
Tickets: General Admission $25; Student $10 (with valid ID); Children under 12 free. Maximum $60 per family.
Friday, May 1, 2027 | 7 p.m.
Fanny Mendelssohn: Oratorium
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The Series finale will feature soprano Olivia Knutsen singing Bach: Jauchzet Gott in alle Landen.
Tickets: General Admission $25; Student $10 (with valid ID); Children under 12 free. Maximum $60 per family.
Ticket Information
Tickets may be purchased in advance using the buttons above or at the door on the evening of each performance (cash or card accepted).
Season tickets for all five ticketed programs—Bach’s Mass in B Minor, Duruflé’s Requiem, Rachmaninoff’s All-Night Vigil, Rosary Meditation, and Fanny Mendelssohn’s Oratorium—are available at a 25 percent discount through September 5, 2025:
Individual Season Pass — $90
Family Season Pass — $217 (any number of people living in the same house)
Support the Series
St. Gertrude Parish upholds and continues the Roman Catholic Church’s great tradition of patronage to the arts in liturgical settings. The Sacred Music Series, however, is funded largely through individual giving in our freewill offerings, Catholic organizations, businesses, and individuals. Please consider making a tax-deductible gift to support and sustain this growing initiative. Contributions may be made at any time, and 100 percent of the proceeds will go toward welcoming our incredible guest artists from all over the country and abroad.
For more information, please speak with Dr. Christopher Holman, director of music, in person or email him at cholman@stgertrude.org.
