Sacred Music Study Day
Saturday morning, May 10, 2025
St. Patrick’s Seminary, Menlo Park

More information and registration available here.

The second annual Sacred Music Study Day—co-sponsored by the Archdiocese of San Francisco, St. Patrick’s Seminary, and the Catholic Institute of Sacred Music—draws together singers from all over northern California for a five-hour Catholic choral festival.

The event features:
- Rehearsals featuring music you can take home to your congregations: a Mass ordinary, hymns to Our Lady, approachable and beautiful choral music
- The opportunity to learn music we can sing together at Mass
- Workshops offering tips on developing and teaching healthy vocal technique
- Solemn Mass, sung by participants, celebrated by His Excellency, Salvatore J. Cordileone, Archbishop of San Francisco
- Catechesis on the role of sacred music in the spiritual life
- An opportunity to go to confession
- Lunch, refreshments, and fellowship with area musicians
- Starts at 8 a.m., ends with 1 p.m. lunch and optional 1:30 session for directors.

The event is designed especially for:
- Parish music directors
- Parish choir members
- Cantors
- Clergy
- Singers and music directors of all ability levels will find the event enriching and worthwhile.

$50 per person / Parish group rate $40 per person for 4 or more people. Please email us at jennifer.donelson@stpsu.edu for information on scholarships if finances are an obstacle to your attendance.

Registration deadline: Friday, May 2nd