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Music News

Fr. Stan Fortuna has toured the world, making music and raising funds for the poor.

‘Rapping priest’ Fr. Stan Fortuna featured in Hamilton area

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Fr. Stan Fortuna, better known as “the rapping priest,” is being featured in several events in the Hamilton, Ont., area May 5-6.

Uwe Lieflander leads a warm up exercise with Sparrows from Immaculate Conception Parish in Port Perry, Ont.

Sparrows choir takes flight with Easter sacred music

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There is something about the language of music that transcends words.

Elizabeth Irving sings the Canadian anthem next to Vancouver Canuck netminder Ryan Miller before a game in 2016.

Young B.C. teen a musical star on a variety of stages

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VANCOUVER – Eighteen thousand hockey fans listened in awe as a little 10-year-old girl with a big voice sang out the Canadian and American national anthems.

The Benedictines of Mary, Queen of Apostles rehearse songs in their new chapel in Gower, Mo., Feb. 17.

Sweet harmonies of Missouri cloistered nuns are fruit of their faith

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GOWER, Mo. – Tucked away off a rocky road in Gower in rural Missouri, a small community of cloistered nuns has just come out with a new Christmas album.

Msgr. Vincenzo De Gregorio, director of the Pontifical Institute of Sacred Music, is pictured at an organ at the institute in Rome Dec. 6. Msgr. De Gregorio said the Catholic Church tries to make music accessible to the congregation so everyone can participate.

Hark the herald angels: How sacred music evangelizes, lifts up hearts

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VATICAN CITY – 'Tis the season for a huge assortment of holiday concerts and carols to choose from, making Advent and Christmas a unique period for reminding people of the evergreen beauty of sacred music.

Composer J.J. Wright says, by looking at the United States as a"mission territory," he has combined the Sacred music tradition of the Church with his passion for jazz.

Sacred music and jazz, one composer's response to Vatican II

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ROME, Italy – For American composer J.J. Wright, the Second Vatican Council's call to inculturate the Church's ancient musical traditions into “mission territory” – while preserving its unity – is something he has adopted personally with one of his greatest passions: jazz.

One of St. Michael’s Choir School's choirs at dress rehearsal Dec. 2 for the annual Christmas concert at Massey Hall.

St. Michael's Choir School expanding its musical reach

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Since St. Michael's Choir School began pressing albums in the 1970s, those purchasing the choral soundtracks were much like the students – members of an exclusive club.

Audrey Assad performs a concert for the Office of Refugees Archdiocese of Toronto June 23. The American singer of Syrian heritage has become a strong advocate for refugees.

ISIS slaughter turns singer’s focus to refugees

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It was February 2015 and American singer-songwriter Audrey Assad was working with fellow Catholic artist Matt Maher on his new album. She was sitting in Maher’s backyard when she came across the shocking video online. Twenty-one Egyptian Coptic Christian men were about to be beheaded by the Islamic State on a Libyan beach.

David Bowie died from cancer Jan. 10 at the age of 69 years old.

Cardinal among faith leaders to pay respects to David Bowie

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The legendary musician and showman David Bowie was as mutable and enigmatic about his religious views as he was about his music, art and gender-bending fashion choices.

Toronto’s Tony Yang, a 16-year-old student at Cardinal Carter Academy for the Arts, takes part in the 17th International Chopin Piano Competition in Warsaw, Poland. He placed fifth out of 78 participants, the youngest person to ever place at the prestigious event named after famed composer and pianist Frederic Chopin.

Piano virtuoso, only 16, hits right notes

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TORONTO - Tony Yang thought so little of his chances at the world’s most prestigious piano contest that he arrived in Poland with an early ticket home already in hand.

Grace Lachance has the chance to work with professional producers and songwriters in Toronto and record her own single after winning the She’s the One competition in Ottawa July 11.

Catholic student wins Ottawa Bluesfest talent contest

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Amateur singer, songwriter and guitarist Grace Lachance convinced those at this year's RBC Ottawa Bluesfest that she's the one worthy of becoming a professional musician.

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