Palestrina 500 with School Cantorum Detroit – Nov. 3, 2025

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Palestrina 500 with School Cantorum Detroit – Nov. 3, 2025

November 3 , 2025

Sacred Heart of Jesus Parish in Grand Rapids, MI will host a year-long choral festival called Palestrina 500, celebrating the quincentennial birthday of the great Renaissance composer Giovanni Pierluigi da Palestrina (1525-94). This anniversary provides our parish a lens through which we can promote the good, true, and beautiful to our greater community.

1 Year. 12 Monthly Events. Each event contains:

a Choral Meditation • Solemn Mass • Reception Afterwards

SCHOLA CANTORUM DETROIT

Missa da Requiem (with duCaurroy’s Requiem)
All Souls’ Day (transferred)

5:30 PM Choral Meditation
7:00 PM Solemn Mass
8:30 PM Reception


Help us fund Palestrina 500: https://palestrina500.org

Special nod to our festival media partner, Blue Lake Public Radio. 

Palestrina 500 is proud to partner with Blue Lake Public Radio for this year-long music festival.

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Join us TONIGHT, Monday, November 3rd for the Feast of All Souls (transferred), as we welcome Schola Cantorum Detroitensis, the ensemble-in-residence at the Cathedral of the Most Blessed Sacrament in Detroit, to sing our next installment of Palestrina 500. They will sing a choral meditation at 5:30pm and Palestrina's Missa da Requiem at 7pm. Special nod to our festival media partner, Blue Lake Public Radio. ... See MoreSee Less

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