Escolania all-boys choir - CathNews New Zealand https://cathnews.co.nz Catholic News New Zealand Wed, 22 Mar 2023 20:06:04 +0000 en-NZ hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=6.7.1 https://cathnews.co.nz/wp-content/uploads/2020/05/cropped-cathnewsfavicon-32x32.jpg Escolania all-boys choir - CathNews New Zealand https://cathnews.co.nz 32 32 70145804 Spanish monastery admits girls to choir for first time in 700-year history https://cathnews.co.nz/2023/03/23/spanish-monastery-admits-girls-to-choir-for-first-time-in-700-year-history/ Thu, 23 Mar 2023 04:53:33 +0000 https://cathnews.co.nz/?p=156944 Women and girls are to be admitted to a choir at the Montserrat monastery near Barcelona, home to the famous Escolania all-boys choir, for the first time in its 700-year history. The new chamber choir, made up of a mix of about 25 boys and women and girls aged 17 to 24, will be separate Read more

Spanish monastery admits girls to choir for first time in 700-year history... Read more]]> Women and girls are to be admitted to a choir at the Montserrat monastery near Barcelona, home to the famous Escolania all-boys choir, for the first time in its 700-year history.

The new chamber choir, made up of a mix of about 25 boys and women and girls aged 17 to 24, will be separate from the Escolania, which comprises 45 boys aged nine to 14.

The monastery's Father Efrem de Montellà said the mixed choir would take over the Escolania's liturgical duties one weekend a month to give the boys a rest.

"We're often asked why there aren't any girls in the Escolania," De Montellà said. "It's a complex and difficult question. We follow a tradition that we would like to continue but we also realise we have to respond to demand."

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