New choir members are always welcome to join the St. Joseph Cappella parish choir. The choir usually sings every other Sunday from September to June and rehearses on Wednesday evenings. Only the finest Latin Liturgical music is prepared, and the choir sings four orchestral Masses each year. Those interested should contact Michael Semaan, Director of Music at (248) 250-6005.

2009 – 2010 SACRED CHORAL MUSIC SCHEDULE
Sung by the St. Joseph Cappella

Gregorian Chant is sung at all Latin Masses

Saturday, May 1, 2010
Feast of St. Joseph the Worker
12:00 noon Latin Tridentine Mass
Missa Aeterna Christi Munera – Giovanni da Palestrina
Jubilate Deo – Laszlo Halmos
Ecce fidelis servus – Gabriel Fauré

Sunday, May 2, 2010
Fifth Sunday of Easter (Alumni Mass)
10:30 AM Latin Novus Ordo Mass
Missa Aeterna Christi Munera – Giovanni da Palestrina
Jubilate Deo – Laszlo Halmos
Ave Maria – Lode Van Dessel

Sunday, May 23, 2010
Pentecost Sunday
Noon Latin Tridentine Mass
Missa Aeterna Christi Munera – Giovanni da Palestrina
Veni Creator Spiritus – Johann Baptist Singenberger
Jerusalem surge – Padre G. B. Martini

Sunday, June 6, 2010
Corpus Christi Sunday
10:30 AM Latin Novus Ordo Mass
Missa O Quam Gloriosum - Tomas Luis de Victoria
Lauda Sion – Carl Gottileb Reissiger
Hoc Corpus – Johann Ernst Eberlin

 

2008 and 2009 OKTOBER CHORAL FEST RECORDINGS are available. They feature performances by the Michigan Sängerbezirk Choirs at St. Joseph's Church, Detroit. The disks feature:

CARPATHIA MIXED CHORUS
GBU SAXONIA RHEINGOLD MIXED CHORUS
SCHWÄBISCHER MÄNNERCHOR
TEUTONIA - WINDSOR MIXED CHORUS

Guest Chorus:
WHITE PINE GLEE CLUB (Japanese Male Chorus)

Solos and Duets:
MONIQUE BATES, Soprano
IRMGARD FERNHOLZ, Soprano
ANNETTE KOERNER, Soprano
DIE MINNESAENGER, Duet by A. Koerner & W. Mozer

Piano Accompaniment by:
Ms. MONIQUE SIMONE

VHS or DVD --- $20.00 / CDs--- $20.00 / Postage $5.00 ea.
All proceeds of this Festival, less expenses, will be donated to the Operating Fund of St. Joseph Church of St. Joseph Church for the continued restoration of the buildings so that it can further serve the needs of the German community in Metropolitan Detroit.