The adult choir sings 5-part arrangements - basses, tenors, altos, sopranos, and descant sopranos. We are accompanied by guitar and piano. We encourage those age 19 or older who want to share their gift of music with the parish to join our adult choir.
We sing as small groups for each of the weekend Masses. You can pick the Mass at which you want to sing and each has thier own flavor.
We sing as a full choir for Christmas Midnight Mass, Holy Week services leading up to Easter, and several other feast days scattered throughout the year. Perhaps you have wanted a chance to sing with choir, but cannot commit to singing year-round. This is your opportunity to give it a try!
Rehearsals are Wednesdays 7:30—8:45 PM, though the end time varies as we enter busy liturgical seasons. We are always welcoming additional singers, and especially need tenors and basses at this time.
If you'd like to join us, or just have more questions, please email our music director, Mark Schmitz, at mschmitz@maryofvernon.org or come up and talk to us at Mass.
Are you a teen, 8th grade through high school senior? Singers in all voices are welcome. Guys, whether your voice has changed or not, we have a spot for you! If you sing at chorus in school, or in a show choir, why not share all you have learned by singing here at church?
Instrumentalists who play in band or orchestra at school, no matter what your instrument, you can also be a part of what we do here at church. We welcome drummers, keyboardists, flutists, clarinetists, string players of all kinds, trumpeters and horn players of every shape and size. No matter how you make music, there is a place for you here. You have the chance to be part of a smaller ensemble where you might have a chance to really show the talent God gave you! We rehearse during the school year on Sunday afternoons from 2 pm to 3 pm. There is a definite schedule, but you can come in and out of the choir as your own activities require.
We are very excited to announce the return of the Saint Mary of Vernon Children's Choir. This group is comprised of young enthusiastic singers, boys and girls, from 3rd - 7th grade, and is a wonderful opportunity for our youth to learn how to be better singers, choir members, ministers in our Church, and members of our Church as well. We learn to sing God's praises to the best of our ability, while developing care for each other and learning more about the Catholic Church and church music. Many of the children who have come though our program have gone on to be in the Adult Choir either here or elsewhere.
We rehearse every Tuesday evening from 6:30 - 7:30pm in the Church music room.
Around Christmastime, we join together with the Teen Choir to form the Saint Mary of Vernon Christmas Youth Choir. Practices are moved to Sunday afternoons to coincide with the other choir, and then the combined choir ministers at the 3pm Mass on Christmas Eve. All are Welcome!
Parent volunteers are needed to assist with Choir rehearsals and during choir liturgies. All volunteers at SMV are required to have a background check on file and attend VIRTUS training.