Mount St. Mary’s Seminary & School of Theology (MTSM) is pleased to announce that renowned organist and scholar of music history, Dr. Christopher Holman, will be joining the MTSM faculty as the new Director of Music, Assistant Professor of Music and Director of the Sacred Music Institute.

“The formation of priests is one of the most significant responsibilities in the Church today,” Dr. Holman said. “MTSM has a long-standing tradition of musical excellence, and the addition of the wonderful Pasi organ has brought renewed energy and possibility to both liturgical and academic life. Having worked across both academic and liturgical settings, I am particularly excited that my new role here will allow me to engage both teaching and practice in equal measure.”

Dr. Holman, who has served as Director of Music at St. Gertrude Church in Madeira for the last three years, established a Sacred Music Series there, which brought world-class performers from around the country to St. Gertrude for concerts, meditations and liturgies.

An accomplished organist himself, Dr. Holman was the winner of the Albert Schweitzer Organ Competition in 2010 and has gone on to perform at many of the world’s top venues for organ recitals, including the two oldest organs in the world in Sion, Switzerland, and Rysum, Germany.

Learn more about Dr. Holman here.

Join us for our sung liturgies and choral concerts in our musical home: The Chapel of St. Gregory the Great. Our performances will feature both the Athenaeum Chorale and Mount St. Mary’s Latin Schola, as well as some of the finest instrumentalists in Cincinnati. Come take in the beauty of the space and the glorious sounds we are offering this season.

Sunday, October 5, 2025
Organ Recital • 6:30 p.m.
Dr. Stella O’Neill
Director of Music, St. Rose of Lima Church

Solemn Vespers • 7 p.m.
Athenaeum Chorale
Mount St. Mary’s Latin Schola
Works by Palestrina, celebrating the 500th anniversary of his birth

Sunday, November 9, 2025
Organ Recital • 7 p.m.
Guest Organist: Dr. Kimberly Marshall
Patricia and Leonard Goldman Endowed Professorship in Organ, Arizona State University

Mount St. Mary’s Latin Schola
Pieces by J.S. Bach, Messiaen, Sandresky and more

Sunday, December 7, 2025
Solemn Vespers • 7:30 p.m.
Athenaeum Chorale
Mount St. Mary’s Latin Schola
Members of the Cincinnati Symphony Orchestra
Featuring Motzart’s Litany of the Virgin Mary and a series of patristic lessons and carols

Sunday, January 11, 2026
Organ Recital • 7 p.m.
Organist: Dr. Christopher Holman
Director of Music, Mount St. Mary’s Seminary & School of Theology

Mount St. Mary’s Latin Schola
Works spanning the last 700 years presented chronologically, including a world premiere by British composer Caitlin Harrison

Sunday, February 15, 2026
Organ Recital • 6:30 p.m.
Matthew Geerlings
Director of Music, Cathedral Basilica of St. Peter in Chains

Solemn Vespers • 7 p.m.
Athenaeum Chorale
Mount St. Mary’s Latin Schola
Baroque music from Mexico, Bolivia, and Peru
Part of the Cincinnati Early Music Festival

Sunday, March 22, 2026
Organ Recital • 6:30 p.m.
Michael Dailey
Director of Music, Our Lord Christ the King Church

Solemn Vespers • 7 p.m.
Mount St. Mary’s Latin Schola
Late medieval polyphony and plainchant from the
Roman, Ambrosian, Dominican, Mozarabic and Sarum Rites

Sunday, April 12, 2026
Organ Recital • 6:30 p.m.
Dr. John Deaver
Adjunct Assistant Professor of Organ,
University of Cincinnati College-Conservatory of Music

Solemn Vespers • 7 p.m.
Athenaeum Chorale
Mount St. Mary’s Latin Schola
Widor: Mass for Two Choirs and Two Organs, Op. 36

2026 Sacred Music Institute Conference

Bridges of Beauty and Faith: Sacred Music in the Midst of Renewal
July 22-24, 2026

Hosted by the Sacred Music Institute at Mount St. Mary’s Seminary & School of Theology (MTSM), this three-day conference welcomes priests, deacons and musicians from near and far to “sing with the spirit, and also with the understanding.” (1 Cor. 14:15)

More information for 2026 will be announced at a later date.

Blessing and Dedication of Pasi Opus 29
On October 8, 2023, Mount St. Mary’s Seminary & School of Theology (MTSM) welcomed a capacity audience into the Chapel of St. Gregory the Great for the blessing and dedication of its new pipe organ, Pasi Opus 29. The evening, with MTSM President/Rector The Very Rev. Anthony R. Brausch as presider, featured performances by The Athenaeum Chorale, The Athenaeum Chorale Chamber Orchestra and The Mount St. Mary’s Seminary Latin Schola. In addition, MTSM welcomed Dr. Michael Unger from the University of Cincinnati Conservatory of Music as the Guest Organist.

See more on the evening below!

Athenaeum Magazine | Pasi Opus 29: A New Era of Sacred Music Begins
MTSM Welcomes Pasi Opus 29 at Organ Blessing and Dedication

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