The Pueri Cantores provides a comprehensive musical education for children at the primary and intermediate levels. This progressive musical training utilizes the Church’s rich treasury of sacred music to develop the child’s spiritual and aesthetic senses.
Tuition is $50 per child; maximum $100 per family.
Rehearsals will be offered on Wednesdays 6:15 – 7:45pm at Aquinas Academy in Menomonee Falls; and Thursdays at St. Stanislaus from 5:00 – 6:30pm.
Students register for one rehearsal location or the other, not both.
Rehearsals will no longer be held on Sundays
Introductory Choir, ages 7-8 (no audition required)
At this level, children develop basic vocal technique while learning to recognize musical tones through solfege and the use of the Ward Method. Children will learn to read modern and chant (square note) notation. Upon completion, students will be prepared to audition for the Boys or Girls Choir. The children sing at Christmas (10am), Easter (12pm), and Pentecost (12pm) Masses.
Boys Choir, ages 8-12, (audition required)
Girls Choir, ages 8-12, (audition required)
Children continue to develop the fundamentals of vocal technique. At this level, boys and girls sing in separate choirs to achieve maximum focus and development of the maturing voice. These choirs sing at 12pm Low Mass on a monthly basis and at Christmas (10am), Easter (12pm), and Pentecost (12pm) Masses.
After completion of Boys or Girls Choir (or successful audition) children are invited to this mixed choir of boys and girls. At this level, children will learn to sight sing and master fundamental vocal technique. This choir will explore more advanced repertoire while participating in the liturgical observances by singing at the Christmas (10am), Easter (12pm), and Pentecost (12pm) Masses. Upon graduation from this program, students are prepared to enter the Adult Choir.
ADULT CHOIR
This principal choir of St. Stanislaus regularly sings High Mass on Sundays and Holy Days. Chant and sacred polyphony form the foundation of the choir’s repertoire. People who have sung at the college level and are proficient in sight singing are usually comfortable joining this choir. We rehearse at 7:00 p.m. on Thursdays and we sing the High Mass on Sundays and the Holy Days.
Pueri Cantores and Youth Choir students register for one rehearsal location or the other, not both.
Option one: Wednesdays 6:15 – 7:45pm at
Aquinas Academy
N72W15935 Good Hope Rd
Menomonee Falls, WI 53051
St. Stanislaus Oratory
524 W Historic Mitchell St
Milwaukee, WI 53204
Tuition is $50 per child; maximum $100 per family.
Faculty: Mrs. Martha Ebent
Mr. Fabian Quamar
Mr. Christopher Berry
Important dates:
First rehearsals Sept. 18 th and 19 th
Nov. 27 th and 28 th no rehearsals (Thanksgiving Break)
Dec. 25 th Choristers sing 10am Mass on Christmas Day)
Dec. 25 th and 26 th no rehearsals
Jan. 1 st and 2 nd no rehearsals
April 20 th sing 12pm Easter Mass
April 23 rd and 24 th no rehearsals (Easter Break)
June 8 th sing 12pm Pentecost Mass
To schedule an audition, or for more information about any of these choirs, please contact
Christopher Berry at
Christopher Berry, Director of Sacred Music -- Fabian Qamar, Associate Director of Music