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The Schola was founded in 1975 by Dr Mary Berry, a Cambridge musician and musicologist, in order to ensure that the chant should continue to be taught, and that all those who wished to sing and study this profoundly spiritual and ancient music should be able to do so. It became a registered charity in 1984.The Schola aims to promote the teaching and singing of Gregorian chant and, whenever possible, to foster its study and research. The sung liturgical music of Western Christianity, known since the time of the Carolingian Empire as 'Gregorian Chant', represents an unbroken tradition of two thousand years of authentic Christian song. The chants, full of beauty and variety, and with a deep spiritual content, have been composed throughout the centuries, and contain music special to many regions. Since the Schola's foundation, hundreds of people from all over the world and from all backgrounds have come to the Schola's singing days, workshops and seminars, to sing and study the chant. The collection of recordings on the Herald label, sung by the Schola's professional Cantors, is bringing the chant to an even wider audience, and at the same time provides an archive of its varied use at different times and places. |
