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The St. Agnes Cathedral Choir of Men and Boys was founded in 1960 at the request
of the recently appointed 1st Bishop of the Diocese of Rockville Centre, the late
Most Reverend Walter Kellenberg. Entrance into the choir is by
audition/interview only. The Choir has a training group of probationers
and advanced singers (sopranos and altos) who rehearse twice a week. The
tenor and bass singers are made up of voluntary trained choral singers from the
Parish and experienced high school boys from the soprano and alto sections
(changed voices) who rehearse 2 time a week. The Choir regularly sings for
the 11:00 AM Sunday Mass in the Cathedral, as well as special services, concerts,
and other events.
The Choir has performed at the
Kennedy Center under the direction of the late Leonard Bernstein, the White
House, the National Shrine in Washington D.C. and cathedrals in six states and
four European countries, including the Cathedral in Cologne, Germany.
During a 1988 tour of Italy, the choir was featured at an international congress
of church musicians and was honored with a Papal audience. Other recent
choir trips include Roanoke and Williamsburg Virginia and Boston,
Massachusetts.


The Choir, under the
direction of Michael Bower, has sung at Avery Fisher Hall, Lincoln Center, The
White House, St. Thomas Church on Fifth Avenue, The New York State Capital in
Albany, Shea Stadium for the New York Mets, Yankee Stadium for the New York
Yankees, and CNN's Larry King
Live Show.

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