Performances
past and present
upcoming engagements
Due to the ongoing COVID-19 pandemic, the College has requested student organizations to submit a "Pandemic Response Plan." The Schola's plan can be found here.
Tentative engagements for the 2021-2022 Season include:
Sunday Candlelight Solemn Mass at the National Shrine of Our Lady of Walsingham (9 pm)*
Chant Propers of the Day
Tuesday Solemn Adoration and Sung Compline (9 pm)*
Chant Propers of the Day
*Weekly while William & Mary is in term
Fall 2021
24 September (Our Lady of Walsingham): Rosary Procession from Bruton Parish Church and Solemn Ecumenical Vespers at the National Shrine of Our Lady of Walsingham
Wood Hail! Blessed Virgin Mary | Rouen Come Let Us Worship
31 October (All Saints' Eve): Canterbury Association Choral Evensong
Stanford Magnificat in C | Stanford Nunc Dimittis in C
1 November (All Saints): Catholic Campus Ministry Solemn Candlelit Compline
Dies Irae Traditional Plainchant | Ye Watchers and Ye Holy Ones | For All the Saints
3 December: Williamsburg Presbyterian Church Community Festival of Lessons and Carols
Davies The Holly and the Ivy | Willcocks Of the Father’s Heart Begotten
7 December: Canterbury Association Lessons and Carols
Hodie Christus Natus Est Traditional Plainchant | Davies The Holly and the Ivy | Hark! The Herald Angels Sing | Lo, How a Rose E'er Blooming | O Come, O Come Emmanuel | Silent Night | There's a Voice in the Wilderness Crying
past engagements
Sunday, 24 May 2021, 5 PM: Solemn Mass of Pentecost, National Shrine of Our Lady of Walsingham
Saturday, 23 May 2021, 5 PM: Baccalaureate Mass, National Shrine of Our Lady of Walsingham
Saturday, 15 May 2021, 11:30 AM: Final Concert (online premiere), Prerecorded Live from Bruton Parish Church
Sunday, 4 April 2021, 6:30 AM: Solemn Dawn Mass of Easter, National Shrine of Our Lady of Walsingham
Friday, 2 April 2021, 3 PM: Ecumenical Way of the Cross, Williamsburg Palace Green to National Shrine of Our Lady of Walsingham
Friday, 2 April 2021, 12 PM: Solemn Liturgy of the Lord's Passion, National Shrine of Our Lady of Walsingham
Thursday, 1 April 2021, 7 PM: Solemn Evening Mass of the Lord's Supper, National Shrine of Our Lady of Walsingham
Sunday, 28 March 2021, 5:30 PM: Evensong with the Liturgy of the Palms, Williamsburg Palace Green to Bruton Parish Churchyard
Tuesday, 23 March 2021, 5:30 PM: Virtual Choral Mediations on the Seven Last Words of Christ, Zoom and Facebook
Tuesday, 2 February 2021, 5:30 PM: Virtual Evening Prayer of Candlemas, Zoom
Tuesday, 22 December 2020, 5:30 PM: Virtual Advent Lessons & Carols, Zoom and Facebook
Sunday, 1 November 2020, 5:30 PM: Virtual Evening Prayer of All Saints, Zoom
Saturday, 31 October 2020, 9 PM: Candlelight Solemn Matins of All Saints, National Shrine of Our Lady of Walsingham
Thursday, 24 September 2020, 4:30 PM: Procession and Solemn Vespers, Bruton Parish Churchyard to National Shrine of Our Lady of Walsingham
Friday, 6 December 2019, 7 PM: A Community-Wide Service of Lessons and Carols, Williamsburg Presbyterian Church
Tuesday, 3 December 2019, 5:30 PM: A Festival of Lessons & Carols, Wren Chapel
Tuesday, 23 April 2019, 8:00 PM: Final Concert, Wren Chapel
Sunday, 17 February 2019, 8:00 PM: Compline, Wren Chapel
Saturday, 8 December 2018, 6:00 PM: Solemn Vespers for the Feast of the Immaculate Conception, National Shrine of Our Lady of Walsingham
Sunday, 11 November 2018, 5:30 PM: Choral Evensong, Bruton Parish Church
Sunday, 4 November 2018, 5:00 PM: Choral Evensong, Bruton Parish Church
Sunday, 30 September 2018, 8:00 PM: Compline, Wren Chapel
Sunday, 15 April 2018, 8:00 PM: Compline, Wren Chapel
Thursday, 12 April 2018, 8:00 PM: Candlelight concert with the William & Mary Gallery Players, Bruton Parish Church
Monday, 9 April 2018, 6:00 PM: Solemn Vespers for the Feast of the Annunciation, National Shrine of Our Lady of Walsingham
Sunday, 11 February 2018, 8:00 PM: Compline, Wren Chapel
Sunday, 19 November 2017, 5:30 PM: Solemn High Mass (Episcopal), Wren Chapel
Saturday, 4 November 2017, 7:00 PM: Fall Concert, Wren Great Hall
Sunday, 22 October 2017, 8:00 PM: Compline, Wren Chapel
Sunday, 29 March 2017, 8:00 PM: Compline, Wren Chapel
Sunday, 19 February 2017, 8:00 PM: Compline, Wren Chapel
Sunday, 20 November 2016, 5:30 PM: Solemn High Mass (Episcopal), Wren Chapel
Saturday, 19 November 2016, 8:00 PM: Fall Concert, Wren Chapel
Sunday, 30 October 2016, 5:30 PM: Holy Eucharist (Rite II), Bruton Parish Church
Saturday, 22 November 2014, 8:00 PM: Fall Concert, Wren Chapel
Sunday, 16 November 2014, 11:00 AM: Holy Eucharist (Rite II), Bruton Parish Church
Friday, 18 April 2014, 8:30 PM: Spring Concert, Wren Chapel
Sunday, 13 April 2014, 5:30 PM: Choral Evensong, Bruton Parish Church
Tuesday, 3 December, 8:00 PM: Fall Concert, Wren Chapel
Saturday, 23 November 2013, 7:00 PM: Joint Concert with Christopher Newport University’s CNU Voices, Pope Chapel, Newport News
Sunday, 10 November 2013, 5:30 PM: Choral Evensong, Bruton Parish Church
Friday, 19 April 2013, 8:00 PM: Spring Concert, Wren Chapel
Thursday, 28 February 2013, 8:00 PM: Joint Concert with Christopher Newport University’s CNU Voices, Wren Chapel
Sunday, 17 February 2013, 5:30 PM: Choral Evensong, Bruton Parish Church
Friday, 30 November 2012, 8:00 PM: En Feliz Armonía: Spanish songs of the Old & New Worlds, Wren Chapel
Sunday, 11 November 2012, 5:30 PM: Choral Evensong, Bruton Parish Church
Friday, 9 November 2012, 8:00 PM: William & Mary Early Music Ensemble Concert, Wren Chapel
Wednesday, 25 April 2012, 8:00 PM: Spring Concert, Wren Chapel
Sunday, 26 February 2012, 2:00 PM: Joint Concert with Christopher Newport University Voices at the Ferguson Center Studio Theatre, Newport News
Friday, 2 December 2011, 7:00 PM: William & Mary Schola Cantorum Fall Concert in the College’s Wren Chapel
Sunday, 13 November 2011, 5:30 PM: Choral Evensong, Bruton Parish Church
Friday, 11 November 2011, 7:30 PM: William & Mary Early Music Ensemble Concert, Wren Chapel
Sunday, 6 November 2011, 2:30 PM: Joint Concert with the Christopher Wren Singers, Muscarelle Museum of Art, Sheridan Gallery
Saturday, 23 April 2011, 8:00 PM: “A B C : Senior Piano & Composition Recital of Simón(e) Sun,” premiering his new choral work “PALE,” Williamsburg Presbyterian Church
Thursday, 14 April 2011, 8:00 PM: Candlelight Concert, Bruton Parish Church
Sunday, 10 April 2011, 5:30 PM: Choral Evensong, Bruton Parish Church
Tuesday, 16 November 2010, 8:00 PM: Fall Concert, Wren Chapel
Friday, 5 November 2010, 8:00 PM: William & Mary Early Music Ensemble Concert, Wren Chapel
Sunday, 24 October 2010, 5:30 PM: Choral Evensong, Bruton Parish Church
Tuesday, 13 April 2010, 8:00 PM: Inaugural Concert, Wren Chapel
past Repertoire
Spring 2021:
Faithful Cross by Peter Latona (b. 1968)
God so Loved the World by John Stainer (1840-1901)
Crucifixus by Antonio Lotti (1667-1740)
O Sacred Head by Hans Leo Hassler (1564-1612)/J.S. Bach (1685-1750)
What Wondrous Love is This by Peter Varga (b. 1997)
All Glory, Laud, and Honor by William Henry Monk (1823-1889)
Salvator Mundi by Thomas Tallis (c. 1505-1585)
When to the Temple Mary Went by Johannes Eccard (1553-1611)
Fall 2020:
Ding Dong! Merrily on High by Charles Wood (1866-1926)
In Dulci Jubilo by Bartholomeus Gesius (1562-1613)
The Holly and the Ivy by Henry Walford Davies (1869-1941)
Lo, How a Rose e're Blooming by Michael Praetorius (1571-1621)
Of the Father's Heart Begotten by David Willcocks (1919-2015)
Creator of the Stars of Night, Plainsong arranged by Peter Varga (b.1997)
Te Deum by William Henry Havergal (1793-1870)
Magnificat by Varga
Ave Maria by Tomás Luis de Victoria (1548-1611)
Hail! Blessed Virgin Mary by Wood
Spring 2021:
Nunc Dimittis by Tomás Luis de Victoria (1548-1611)
Magnificat by Peter Varga (b. 1997)
O Radiant Light by Varga
Fall 2019:
In Dulci Jubilo by Bartholomeus Gesius (1562-1613)
The Holly and the Ivy by Henry Walford Davies (1869-1941)
Lo, How a Rose e're Blooming by Michael Praetorius (1571-1621)
Of the Father's Heart Begotten by David Willcocks (1919-2015)
Creator of the Stars of Night, Plainsong arranged by Peter Varga (b.1997)
Spring 2019:
O Come ye Servants of the Lord by Christopher Tye (1505-1573)
O Captain! My Captain! by Wes Dunnavant (b. 1991)
The Lord’s Prayer by Robert Stone (1516-1613)
Haec Dies by William Byrd (1543-1623)
Salve Regina by Francesco Soriano (1549-1621)
Ave Maria by Tomás Luis de Victoria (1548-1611)
Nunc Dimittis by Victoria
Te Lucis ante Terminum by Victoria
Notre Père by Maurice Duruflé (1902-1986)
Ave Regina Caelorum by Guillaume Dufay (1397-1474)
Victimae Paschali Laudes by Pierre Cochereau (1924-1984)
Fall 2018:
O Come ye Servants of the Lord by Christopher Tye (1505-1573)
The Lord’s Prayer by Robert Stone (1516-1613)
O Captain! My Captain! By Wes Dunnavant (b. 1991)
Cantate Domino by Hans Leo Hassler (1564-1612)
Salve Regina by Francesco Soriano (1549-1621)
The Short Service by Thomas Weelkes (1576-1623)
Preces and Responses by Richard Ayleward (1626-1669)
Ave Maria...virgo serena by Josquin de Prez (1450/55-1521)
Alma Redemptoris mater by Giovanni Pierluigi da Palestrina (1525-1594)
Spring 2018:
God be in my Head by Walford Davies (1869–1941)
Ubi Caritas by Ola Gjeilo (b.1978)
O Captain! My Captain! by Wes Dunnavant (b. 1991)
Locus Iste by Anton Bruckner (1824–1896)
Thou Knowest Lord by Henry Purcell (1659–1695)
Pater Noster by Igor Stravinsky (1882-1971)
Unser leben währet siebenzig Jahre by Johann Michael Bach (1648-1694)
Two Psalms by Gustav Holst (1874-1934)
O Magnum Mysterium by William Byrd (1659-1695)
Fall 2017:
Missa aeterna Christi munera by Giovanni Pierluigi da Palestrina (1525–1594)
Abendlied by Josef Rheinberger (1839–1901)
Ubi Caritas by Ola Gjeilo (b.1978)
O Captain! My Captain! by Wes Dunnavant (b. 1991)
Locus Iste by Anton Bruckner (1824–1896)
Thou Knowest Lord by Henry Purcell (1659–1695)
Spring 2017:
The Lord Bless you and Keep you by Peter Lutkin (1858–1931)
Locus Iste by Anton Bruckner (1824–1896)
Thou Knowest Lord by Henry Purcell (1659–1695)
Silent Devotion and Response by Ernest Bloch (1880–1959)
Hear the Voice and Prayer by Thomas Tallis (1505–1585)
Fall 2016:
Unser leben währet siebenzig Jahre by Johann Michael Bach (1648–1694)
Mass for 5 voices by William Byrd (c.1540–1623)
Hear the Voice and Prayer by Thomas Tallis (1505–1585)
The Lord Bless you and Keep you by Peter Lutkin (1858–1931)
Spring 2015:
Locus Iste by Anton Bruckner (1824-1896)
The Short Service by Orlando Gibbons (1583-1625)
Sicut Cervus by Giovanni de Pierluigi da Palestrina (1525-1594)
Gaudent in Coelis by Tomás Luis de Victoria (1548-1611)
Fall 2014:
Ave Verum Corpus by William Byrd (c.1543-1623)
Ubi Caritas by Maurice Duruflé (1902-1986)
O Nata Lux by Morten Lauridsen (b.1943)
Let Thy Merciful Ears by Thomas Mudd (c.1560-1632)
The Bluebird by Charles Villiers Stanford (1852-1924)
I Am Not Yours by Z. Randall Stroope (b.1953)
Jesu Dulcis Memoria by Tomás Luis de Victoria (c.1548-1611)
When David Heard by Thomas Weelkes (1576-1623)
Spring 2014:
O Crux, Ave, Spes Unica by Antoine Brumel (1460-1512)
Sicut Lillium by Brumel
O Bone Jesu by Loyset Compère (1445-1518)
O Salutaris Hostia by Pierre de la Rue (1452-1518)
Nymphes des Bois by Josquin des Prez (1450-1521)
Ave Maria by Johannes Ockeghem (1410-1497)
O Captain! My Captain! by Wes Dunnavant (b. 1991)
The Short Service by Thomas Weelkes (1576-1623)
Miserere Mei, Domine by Orlando di Lasso (1532-1594)
Fall 2013:
And Peace Shall Guard You by Michael John Trotta (b. 1978)
O Saving Victim by Zachary Wadsworth (b. 1983)
Panis Angelicus by Eric William Barnum (b. 1979)
Non Nobis Domine by Rosephanye Powell (b. 1962)
Stir Up Your Power, O Lord, And Come by Carl Schalk (b. 1929)
Stir Up Our Hearts by David Cherwien (b. 1957)
Lord, Hear Our Prayers by Robert A. Hobby (b. 1962)
Stir Up Thy Power, O Lord by James Biery (b. 1956)
Spring 2013:
Break! Break! Break!, Op. 10, No. 5 by Dudley Buck (1839-1909)
O Captain! My Captain! by Wes Dunnavant (b. 1991)
As Torrents in Summer, from King Olaf, Op. 30 by Edward Elgar (1857-1934)
My Love Lived in a Northern Land, Op. 18 No. 3 by Elgar
Two Choral Songs, Op. 71 by Elgar
Two Northern Songs, Op. 43 by Edward A. MacDowell (1861-1908)
Beati quorum via, Op. 31, No. 3, by Charles Villiers Stanford (1852-1924)
God and the Universe by Stanford
(Evensong Repertoire)
The Short Service by Orlando Gibbons (1583-1625)
Ego Sum Panis Vivus by Giovanni Pierluigi da Palestrina (1525-1594)
Fall 2012:
Missa Philipina by Manuel Cardoso (1566-1650)
Salve Regina by Sebastián Durón (1660-1716)
Veni Domine by Juan Esquivel (c.1560-c.1625)
Magnificat Sexti Toni (Franco Codex) by Fernando Franco (1532-1585)
Hermoso amor que forxas tus flechas by Juan García de Zéspedes (1619-1678)
Las estreyas se rien by Juan Gutierrez de Padilla (1590-1664)
Al dichoso nacer de mi niño by Juan Hidalgo (1614-1685)
Crux fidelis by João IV de Portugal (1604-1656)
(Evensong Repertoire)
Lichfield Service by Jackson Hill (b.1941)
Preces & Responses by Richard Ayleward (1626-1669)
Almighty and Everlasting God by Orlando Gibbons (1583-1625)
Spring 2012:
Justorum animae by William Byrd (c.1540-1623)
God Is Gone Up with a Merry Noise by William Croft (1678-1727)
O Lord, Give Thy Holy Spirit by Thomas Tallis (c.1505-1585)
I Will Greatly Rejoice by Knut Nystedt (b. 1915)
Lux Aurumque by Eric Whitacre (b.1970)
I Am Not Yours by Z. Randall Stroope (b.1953)
Fall 2011:
O Sing Joyfully by Adrian Batten (1591-1637)
God Be In My Head by Henry Walford Davies (1869-1941)
Magnificat & Nunc dimittis in F by George Dyson (1883-1964)
O sacrum convivium by Olivier Messiaen (1908-1992)
In dulci jubilo by Robert Lucas de Pearsall (1795-1856)
O beatum et sacrosanctum diem by Peter Philips (1561-1628)
Music on the Death of Queen Mary by Henry Purcell (1659-1695)
O salutaris hostia, Op. 21 by Pierre Villette (1926-1998)
Set Me as a Seal upon Thine Heart by William Walton (1902-1983)
Spring 2011:
Ubi caritas by Ola Gjeilo (b.1978)
With Drooping Wings from Dido and Æneas, by Henry Purcell (1659-1695)
Gott im Ungewitter, D 985 (Op.post. 112) by Franz Schubert (1797-1828)
Evening Service in G Major, Op. 81 by Charles Villiers Stanford (1852-1924)
Beati quorum via, Op. 31, No. 3, by Stanford
PALE, by Simón(e) Sun (b.1989) (Guest-conducted by the composer)
The Lamb by John Tavener (1944-2013)
Fall 2010:
Christus factus est by Felice Anerio (1560-1614)
Plorate, filii Israel from Jephte by Giacomo Carissimi (c.1604-1674)
Quatre Motets sur des Thèmes Grégoriens, Op. 10 by Maurice Duruflé (1902-1986)
The Short Service by Orlando Gibbons (1583-1625)
O magnum mysterium by Morten Lauridsen (b.1943)
O nata lux by Thomas Tallis (c.1505-1585)
Locus iste by Anton Bruckner (1824-1896)
Ubi caritas et amor by Lauridsen
If Ye Love Me by Tallis