Christmas at the Cathedral in 2022

The current schedule of liturgies and music events is as follows:

Schedule for Christmas Eve Liturgies:

4:00 p.m. Mass (with cantor, organ, Cathedral Brass (quintet) and percussion)
6:30 p.m. Mass (with cantor, organ, Cathedral Brass (quintet) and percussion)
11:00 p.m. concert with Cathedral Choir, organ, Cathedral Brass (octet) and Percussion
Christmas Eve Midnight Mass

Christmas Day

10:30 a.m. Mass (with Cathedral Choir, organ, Cathedral Brass (quintet) and Percussion)

Please visit the Cathedral’s website for the most up-to-date information on cathedral activities. The choir will be on break following Christmas and resumes their Sunday schedule on Epiphany.

Sunday, December 4, 2022 at 3:00 p.m.

The Cathedral Choir and Cathedral Brass mark the season with their annual presentation of Lessons and Carols. The afternoon will include seasonal choral works as well as familiar carols sung by all.

Sunday, December 5, 2021 at 3:00 p.m.

The Cathedral Choir and Cathedral Brass mark the season with their annual presentation of Lessons and Carols. Our afternoon program will include works by Mendelssohn, Britten, Parsons, and Byrd, among others, as well as familiar carols sung by all. We hope you will join us at the cathedral for this favorite fixture of the Advent season in central Ohio!

Admission is a suggested donation of $10 at the door.

Please note that there are not currently distancing measures in place, so capacity for this event is expected to be close to normal for the building. Masking continues to be encouraged for all indoor activities throughout the diocese.

Lessons and Carols

Sunday, December 20, 2020 at 3:00 p.m.

The Cathedral Choir and Cathedral Brass mark the season with their annual presentation of Lessons and Carols. The afternoon will include works by various composers as well as familiar carols.

*This concert has been rescheduled from December 6 to help ensure the health and safety of our musicians and patrons.

The rescheduled Lessons and Carols program on December 20 will also be live streamed on the Diocese of Columbus YouTube channel.

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Lessons and Carols

Sunday, December 8, 2019 at 3:00 p.m.

The Cathedral Choir and Cathedral Brass mark the season with their annual presentation of Lessons and Carols. Our afternoon program will include works by Mendelssohn, Britten, and Howells, among others, as well as familiar carols sung by all, accompanied by the renowned Fritts Grand Gallery Organ. We hope you will join us at the cathedral for this favorite fixture of the Advent season in central Ohio!

Organ and Brass

Sunday, September 23, 2018
at 3:00 p.m.

The Cathedral Brass joins Dr. Richard K. Fitzgerald, conductor, and Miss Nicole Simental, organist, for a presentation of music for organ and brass. The program will feature cori spezzati, a late Renaissance and early Baroque era practice involving spatially separate choirs playing in alternation. Music of Gabrieli, Litaize, Arnatt, and Bach will be played, among others, as well as new works by Tony Zilincik and Richard K. Fitzgerald.

Lessons and Carols

Sunday, December 9, 2018
at 3:00 p.m.

The Cathedral Choir and Cathedral Brass mark the season with their annual presentation of Lessons and Carols. The afternoon will include works by Poulenc, Victoria, and Lauridsen, among others, as well as familiar carols sung by all.

Lessons and Carols

Sunday, December 10, 2017
at 3:00 p.m.

The Cathedral Choir and Cathedral Brass mark the season with their annual presentation of Lessons and Carols. The afternoon will include works by Poulenc, Victoria, and Lauridsen, among others, as well as familiar carols sung by all.

Lessons and Carols

Sunday, December 11, 2016
at 3:00 p.m.

The Cathedral Choir and Cathedral Brass mark the season with their annual presentation of Lessons and Carols, including works by Langlais, Verdi, and Mathias as well as familiar carols sung by all.

Admission is a suggested donation of $10 at the door.

Lessons and Carols at the Cathedral

Sunday, December 13, 2015 at 3 p.m.

The Cathedral Choir and soloists from the ensemble will join forces with the Cathedral Brass for a program of works for Advent and Christmas. Featuring a selection of pieces by Tavener, Palestrina, Rheinberger, and more, this year’s concert has something for all lovers of great sacred music. The audience will also have the opportunity to sing the great carols of the season with orchestra and organs.

Admission is a suggested donation of $10 at the door.

Saint Joseph Cathedral Music

Cathedral Brass