Schola Antiqua of Chicago is a professional vocal ensemble dedicated to the study and performance of medieval plainchant and polyphonic music before the year 1600. Executing this music with "sensitivity and style" (Early Music Am... moreSchola Antiqua of Chicago is a professional vocal ensemble dedicated to the study and performance of medieval plainchant and polyphonic music before the year 1600. Executing this music with "sensitivity and style" (Early Music America), Schola Antiqua takes pride in providing the highest standards of research, performance, and education involving many under-served repertories in the western musical canon. Founded in 2000, the organization has received invitations to perform from the Indianapolis Early Music Festival, Chicago’s Newberry Library, the Chicago Cultural Center, the University of Chicago, the University of Notre Dame, the American Guild of Organists, and numerous locations across the Midwest. In 2006-2007, Schola Antiqua was Ensemble-in-Residence at the University of Chicago and currents holds an artistic residency at the Lumen Christi Institute. The group has released three albums on the Discantus label, each with music previously not available in modern recordings. The musi... less
Schola Antiqua sings the third section of the Agnus Dei from Machaut's Mass. Pictures from concert tour stops in Cleveland and at Notre Dame's Basilica of the Sacred Heart. Michael Alan Anderson directs.
The secunda pars from "Pater Noster/Ave Maria" by Josquin des Prez. Performed by Schola Antiqua of Chicago, directed by Michael Alan Anderson. St. James Chapel at Quigley Center of the Archdiocese of Chicago. October, 2011.
Excerpts from "Josquin: Master of the Notes" (live in concert), Schola Antiqua of Chicago; Michael Alan Anderson, Artistic Director; St. James Chapel at Quigley Center of the Archdiocese of Chicago; October 2011.
Schola Antiqua of Chicago is a professional vocal ensemble dedicated to the study and performance of medieval plainchant and polyphonic music before the year 1600. Executing this music with "sensitivity and style" (Early Music Am... moreSchola Antiqua of Chicago is a professional vocal ensemble dedicated to the study and performance of medieval plainchant and polyphonic music before the year 1600. Executing this music with "sensitivity and style" (Early Music America), Schola Antiqua takes pride in providing the highest standards of research, performance, and education involving many under-served repertories in the western musical canon. Founded in 2000, the organization has received invitations to perform from the Indianapolis Early Music Festival, Chicago’s Newberry Library, the Chicago Cultural Center, the University of Chicago, the University of Notre Dame, the American Guild of Organists, and numerous locations across the Midwest. In 2006-2007, Schola Antiqua was Ensemble-in-Residence at the University of Chicago and currents holds an artistic residency at the Lumen Christi Institute. The group has released three albums on the Discantus label, each with music previously not available in modern recordings. The musi... less