Band,
Singer of Classical
GLORIÆ DEI CANTORES Gloriæ Dei Cantores (Singers to the Glory of God) holds a passionate dedication to illuminate truth and beauty through choral artistry, celebrating a rich tradition of Sacred choral music from Gregorian chant through the twenty-first century. Founded in 1988, Gloriæ Dei Cantores from Orleans, MA, under the direction of Richard K. Pugsley, has touched the hearts of audiences in twenty-three countries in Europe, Russia, and North America, receiving extensive critical acclaim for its artistic elegance, performance authenticity, and compelling spirituality. Distributed in the United States and internationally by Naxos, the choir’s catalog of more than fifty recordings showcases their extensive repertoire, encompassing both masterpieces and rarely performed musical treasures from Gregorian chant to the twenty-first century. “Superb” BBC; “Lovely, pure and radiant” Gramophone; “Rapturous a capella passages” Chicago Tribune. Highlights of the choir’s career include three invitational tours to Russia, opening the 900th anniversary of St. Mark’s Basilica in Venice, Italy, live radio and television broadcasts with the BBC, film soundtracks, the tree-lighting ceremony at Rockefeller Plaza, and performances in some of the finest concert halls throughout Eastern and Western Europe and across the United States. The choir’s collaborative ventures have included a sixteen-city US tour of Mozart’s Requiem with Philippe Entremont and the Munich Symphony Orchestra (Columbia Artists, CAMI, LLC), performances in the United States and the United Kingdom with Her Majesty’s Coldstream Guards, concerts of of Mozart’s Requiem with the St. Petersburg Philharmonic in Russia, numerous collaborations with Vox Cæli Symphonia, world premiere concerts and recordings with Grammy-award-winning artist Mark O’Connor, and ten Holiday Tours with Keith Lockhart and the Boston Pops Symphony Orchestra. They have also appeared on the concert stage and in recordings with John Williams, Samuel Adler, Stephen Cleobury, Vladimir Minin, and the late George Guest, Dr. Mary Berry, and Margaret Hillis, among others. Gloriæ Dei Cantores makes its home at the Church of the Transfiguration (Orleans, MA) where the choir sings weekly worship services, seasonal concerts, and records throughout the year. The members’ ongoing life of worship—Sunday Eucharist, Choral Evensong, and Liturgy of the Hours in Gregorian Chant—is the foundation of the choir’s artistry, enabling their extensive repertoire to become a vibrant form of prayer in any setting. Their music conveys “a kind of utter, rapt, spiritual intensity, that you simply can’t imagine unless you’ve experienced it for yourself.” (American Record Guide)
Jay Humeston vc | |
David Chalmers org, p US | |
James E. Jordan, Jr. org | |
N. Wesley Kanaga cwb | |
Sarah Hale cwb | |
Julie Norman cwb | |
Jeremy Haig cwb | |
Phillip MacNeil perc | |
N. Karen Catlin cwb | |
Joshua Kanaga cwb | |
Sharon Rose Pfeiffer hps, org US | |
James Jordan org, voc, p | |
Lindsey Kanaga cwb | |
Sharon Tingley cwb | |
Jonathan Hale cwb | |
Andrew Mitchell cwb | |
Kirsti Pugsley cwb | |
Abraham Henderson rec | |
Michael Hale perc | |
Amy Mitchell cwb | |
Christopher Swidrak perc | |
Naomi Jamison perc | |
Martina Albro fl | |
Peter Shannon perc | |
Isaac Haig cwb | |
Heather Catlin cwb |
Track list and 30sec audio provided by
Title | Artist | Year | Type |
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The Life of Christ in Gregorian Chant | Gloriae Dei Cantores Schola | 2017 | Album |
Music of The Renaissance Set | Gloriae Dei Cantores | 2017 | Single |
Psalms to Live By | Gloriae Dei Cantores | 2017 | Album |
A Christmas Garland | Gloriae Dei Cantores | 2017 | Single |
All-Night Vigil, Op. 37 | Gloriae Dei Cantores | 2017 | Album |
The Season's Sacred Mystery | Gloriae Dei Cantores Schola | 2017 | Single |
The Essential Gregorian Chant Collection | Gloriae Dei Cantores Schola | 2016 | Album |
American Psalmody of the 20th Century | Gloriae Dei Cantores | 2016 | Album |
The Chants of Transfiguration | Gloriae Dei Cantores Schola | 2013 | Album |
A Sequence For Saint Michael / Requiem / Take Him, Earth, For Cherishing / Te Deum Laudamus | Herbert Howells | 2012 | Album |
The Chants of Mary | Gloriae Dei Cantores Schola | 2012 | Album |
The Chants of The Holy Spirit | Gloriae Dei Cantores Schola | 2012 | Album |
Sacred Songs Of France Volume 1: 1198-1609 | Gloriae Dei Cantores, Elizabeth C. Patterson | 2012 | Album |
The Chants of Christmas | Gloriae Dei Cantores Schola | 2012 | Album |
Josef Gabriel Rheinberger | Gloriae Dei Cantores | 2011 | Album |
The Chants of Angels | Gloriae Dei Cantores | 2011 | Album |
Alan Hovhaness: From The Ends of The Earth | Gloriae Dei Cantores | 2011 | Album |
Keeping Christmas (Beloved Carols And The Christmas Story) | Gloriae Dei Cantores, Elizabeth C. Patterson | 2010 | Album |
Mandorla: Choral Masterworks Of Frank Martin, Edvard Grieg, Howard Hanson | Gloriae Dei Cantores | 2010 | Album |
Faith Of My Heart (Sacred Choral Music Of Franz Liszt) | Gloriae Dei Cantores, Elizabeth C. Patterson | 2010 | Album |
Unto Ages Of Ages (Sacred Choral Music Of Sviridov, Rachmaninoff, And Tchaikovsky) | Gloriae Dei Cantores, Elizabeth C. Patterson | 2009 | Album |
Be Merry! - Celebrate Advent And Christmas With Gloriae Dei Cantores | Gloriae Dei Cantores, Elizabeth C. Patterson | 2008 | Album |
A Caroling Christmas (Beloved Carols & Music For The Holidays) | Gloriae Dei Cantores, Elizabeth C. Patterson | 2008 | Album |
His Love Endures Forever: Psalms of Thankfulness and Praise | Gloriae Dei Cantores | 2008 | Album |
Aliyah! Israel | Gloriae Dei Cantores | 2008 | Album |
Kaleidoscope (America's Faith In Song) | Gloriae Dei Cantores, Elizabeth C. Patterson | 2007 | Album |
Eclipse: The Voice of Jean Langlais | Gloriae Dei Cantores | 2007 | Album |
He Has Heard My Voice: Psalms of Faithfulness and Hope | Gloriae Dei Cantores | 2007 | Album |
Folk Mass (Religious Choral Works Performed By Gloriae Dei Cantores) | Mark O'Connor, Gloriae Dei Cantores | 2006 | Album |
Gregorian Requiem (Chants Of The Requiem Mass) | Gloriae Dei Cantores Schola | 2006 | Album |
Rare Choral Works | Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart | 2006 | Album |
Paths Of Grace | Gloriae Dei Cantores | 2006 | Album |
Joy and Gladness | Gloriae Dei Cantores | 2006 | Album |
The Chants of Easter | Gloriae Dei Cantores Schola | 2006 | Album |
Esperanza (A Gift Of Spanish Song) | Tomás Luis De Victoria, Joaquín Rodrigo, Heitor Villa-Lobos | 2005 | Album |
Thou Art My Refuge (Psalms Of Salvation And Mercy) | Gloriae Dei Cantores, Elizabeth C. Patterson | 2005 | Album |
Eternal Light | Gloriae Dei Cantores | 2005 | Album |
A Prophecy Of Peace (The Choral Music Of Samuel Adler) | Samuel Adler | 2004 | Album |
The Beloved Son | Gloriae Dei Cantores Schola | 2003 | Album |
The Lord Is My Shepherd (American Psalmody Vol. III) | Gloriae Dei Cantores, Elizabeth C. Patterson - Samuel Adler / Alan Hovhaness / Darius Milhaud / Charles Ives / Conrad Susa / Bruce Neswick / Ned Rorem / Robert Starer / Daniel Pinkham / Philip James | 2002 | Album |
The Coming of Christ | Gloriae Dei Cantores Schola | 2002 | Album |
Appalachian Sketches | Gloriae Dei Cantores, Elizabeth C. Patterson | 2001 | Album |
Sacred & Secular Choral Music | Aaron Copland, Virgil Thomson | 2000 | Album |
Sacred Motets | Felix Mendelssohn-Bartholdy, Johannes Brahms | 2000 | Album |
Peace Be With You | Johann Sebastian Bach | 2000 | Album |
Sacred Songs of Russia | Gloriae Dei Cantores | 1999 | Album |
Sing Noel | Gloriae Dei Cantores | 1999 | Album |
By The Rivers Of Babylon (American Psalmody Vol. II) | Samuel Adler · Virgil Thomson · Arnold Schoenberg · Charles Martin Loeffler · Robert Starer · Clifford Taylor · Gerald Near · David Ashley White · Kent A. Newbury · Jean Berger · Bruce Neswick - Gloriae Dei Cantores, Elizabeth C. Patterson, James E. Jordan, Jr. | 1999 | Album |
Make His Praise Glorious | Gloriae Dei Cantores | 1998 | Album |
The Doctrine Of Wisdom (The Choral Music Of William Mathias) | William Mathias | 1998 | Album |
Edmund Rubbra: The Sacred Muse | Gloriae Dei Cantores | 1997 | Album |
Motet Masters Of The Renaissance: Morales to Morley | Gloriae Dei Cantores, Elizabeth C. Patterson | 1995 | Album |
Motet Masters Of The Renaissance | Gloriae Dei Cantores | 1995 | Album |
God's Trombones | Gloriae Dei Cantores | 1995 | Album |
Leo Sowerby: American Master of Sacred Song | Gloriae Dei Cantores | 1994 | Album |
Prince Of Music | Giovanni Pierluigi da Palestrina | 1993 | Album |
Resurrexi (And Other Works Of Gerald Near) | Gerald Near | Album |
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