Performance by the Escolania de Montserrat ABBEY OF MONTSERRAT
Montserrat Abbey may have a choir with feminine voices for the primary time in additional than 700 years of historical past. Starting subsequent yr, he’ll type a blended chamber choir, made up of girls and boys between the ages of 17 and 24.
The choir might be impartial of the standard Escolanía however the members might be thought-about escolanos and escolanas, “escolans” is how the members of the standard Escolanía are identified. Like the primary choir, they may put on a skirt and a surplice, the standard gown of the Choir, and might be registered within the official ebook.
The neighborhood debated for months the creation of the choir, a historic proposal. “We are sometimes requested why ladies do not enter the Choir. We observe a really outdated, European custom, which has worth in itself, however we needed to open up a chance for ladies and we got here up with this chamber choir”, defined the Prefect of the Escolania de Montserrat, Efrem de Montellà.
Green mild from the monks of the neighborhood
A vote within the chapter home, wherein all of the monks of the Benedictine neighborhood participated, gave the inexperienced mild to the creation of the choir.
The choir de l’Escolanía de Montserrat will sing within the basilica one weekend of every month. He will take part within the service of Vespers on Saturday and within the Conventual Mass on Sunday. That weekend the Escolania will relaxation, in order that the escolanets will be capable to spend extra time with their households.
The new choir might be directed by Pau Jorquera, present deputy musical director of the Choir. Jorquera hopes that a number of the singers within the new choir might be former “escolans”: “We want to meet once more”, he assures. The choir ladies may additionally be the primary “escolanas” of the neighborhood.
The intention is for the chamber choir to begin up through the 2023 – 2024 tutorial yr. The auditions to decide on the members might be on the finish of May. The Choir of Montserrat asks that the brand new members have an excellent stage of musical studying, expertise in choral singing, sensitivity in the direction of the Christian faith and it is going to be valued positively that they’re finding out singing.