7661 Sun Nov 14, 2010 @ 4:00 PM Concert | All Souls Evening Prayer, Concert & Mausoleum Visit
featuring the Cathedral Choir performing the Durufle Requiem		 Concert Cathedral 2010-2011 Cathedral Concert Series
7662 Sun Nov 21, 2010 @ 3:30 PM Concert | Children's Concert
featuring John Burland		 Concert Conference Center 2010-2011 Cathedral Concert Series
7663 Sun Dec 19, 2010 @ 7:30 PM Concert | Christmas Concert
featuring the Los Angeles Symphony and the Cathedral Choir
Hyun Sang Joo, Conductor		 Concert Cathedral 2010-2011 Cathedral Concert Series
7664 Fri Jan 21, 2011 @ 7:00 PM Concert | Filipino American Symphony Orchestra
Robert Shroder, Conductor		 Concert Cathedral 2010-2011 Cathedral Concert Series
7670 Sat May 07, 2011 @ 8:00 PM Concert | Living Legends
The African American Diaspora
Cathedral Choir		 Concert Cathedral 2010-2011 Cathedral Concert Series
7669 Sat Mar 19, 2011 @ 7:00 PM Concert | Los Angeles Opera presents Noah's Flood
featuring Cathedral Choir, Ensemble Choir and LA Opera Cast
James Conlon, Conductor		 Concert Cathedral 2010-2011 Cathedral Concert Series
7668 Sat Mar 19, 2011 @ 4:00 PM Concert | Los Angeles Opera presents Noah's Flood
featuring Cathedral Choir, Ensemble Choir and LA Opera Cast
James Conlon, Conductor		 Concert Cathedral 2010-2011 Cathedral Concert Series
7667 Sun Feb 20, 2011 @ 7:00 PM Concert | Mark Thallander Choral Festival
featuring the Cathedral Choir and Combined Festival Choir
Mack Wilburg, Conductor		 Concert Cathedral 2010-2011 Cathedral Concert Series
7666 Fri Feb 18, 2011 @ 7:30 PM Concert | Organ Recital
featuring Frederick Swann		 Concert Cathedral 2010-2011 Cathedral Concert Series
7665 Sat Jan 29, 2011 @ 7:00 PM Concert | Organ Recital
featuring Samuel Soria		 Concert Cathedral 2010-2011 Cathedral Concert Series
7660 Sun Oct 17, 2010 @ 4:00 PM Concert | Organ Recital featuring Adam Brakel
 Organist of the Cathedral of St. Ignatius Loyola, Palm Beach Gardens, Florida		 Concert Cathedral Suggested donation $10.00 2010-2011 Cathedral Concert Series
7442 Wed Sep 01, 2010 @ 12:45 PM Music | Wednesday Organ Recital
w/Andrea Anderson, Guest Organist		 Recital Cathedral
7554 Wed Oct 13, 2010 @ 12:45 PM Music | Wednesday Organ Recital
w/David Wheatley, Guest Organist		 Recital Cathedral
7555 Wed Oct 20, 2010 @ 12:45 PM Music | Wednesday Organ Recital
w/John Cannon, Guest Organist		 Recital Cathedral
7553 Wed Oct 06, 2010 @ 12:45 PM Music | Wednesday Organ Recital
w/Samuel Soria, Cathedral Organist		 Recital Cathedral
7551 Wed Sep 22, 2010 @ 12:45 PM Music | Wednesday Organ Recital
w/Samuel Soria, Cathedral Organist		 Recital Cathedral
7549 Wed Sep 08, 2010 @ 12:45 PM Music | Wednesday Organ Recital
w/Sanghwa Lee, Guest Organist		 Recital Cathedral
7552 Wed Sep 29, 2010 @ 12:45 PM Music | Wednesday Organ Recital
w/Su-Ryeon Ji, Guest Organist		 Recital Cathedral
7556 Wed Oct 27, 2010 @ 12:45 PM Music | Wednesday Organ Recital
w/Su-Ryeon Ji, Guest Organist		 Recital Cathedral
7550 Wed Sep 15, 2010 @ 12:45 PM Music | Wednesday Organ Recital
w/Travis Baker, Guest Organist		 Recital Cathedral


Human beings sang long before they were able to express their thoughts, voicing in simple imitation sounds they heard in nature, the twitter of birds, the rustle of leaves, the howling of coyotes. Primitive man sang to invoke the gods with prayers and incantations, to celebrate rites of passage, to recount history and heroics. There is no human settlement, no matter how distant or isolated, that does not sing.

Congregations of Jews in 500 BC sang King David's Psalms and The Song of Solomon. After the 4th Century when Christianity was recognized as the official religion of the Roman Empire, the Catholic Church developed Western music for the next thirteen centuries, evolving from plainchant to highly developed polyphonic choral style.

The aim of the Cathedral of Our Lady of the Angels' music ministry, under Music Director Frank Brownstead, is to develop a sacred music program that encompasses the beautiful traditions of the Church and the multiple cultural traditions of the Archdiocese. In the Catholic context music is sung prayer, and music and liturgy are handmaidens.

Music Director : Frank Brownstead

Frank Brownstead

Frank Brownstead is the Director of Music at the Cathedral of Our Lady of the Angels. He holds the Master of Sacred Music Degree from Union Theological Seminary in New York. He has served as Music Coordinator in the Office for Worship, parish musician (most recently at St. Paul the Apostle Church in Westwood) and educator. He has been on the faculty of Mount St. Mary’s College since 1979. He coordinated and conducted the music for the visit of Pope John Paul II to Los Angeles in 1987.

Brownstead is the recipient of the Laudatus Award from the Archdiocese of Los Angeles, the Saint Andrew’s Abbey Sacred Arts Award, and the National Pastoral Musicians “Musician of the Year” Award (2001). He is also on the Board of Directors of the Shakespeare Festival Los Angeles. Mr. Brownstead has also worked extensively in the recording of liturgical music.


Cathedral Organist : Samuel Salvador Soria

Samuel Soria

Samuel Salvador Soria has been the organist of the Cathedral of Our Lady of the Angels in Los Angeles since its dedication in 2002. Prior to his appointment here in Los Angeles he was organist for nine years at Holy Name Cathedral in Chicago. Mr. Soria is a graduate of Valpariso and Northwestern Universities. In addition to study with Philip Gehring and Wolfgang Rübsam, he has been coached privately by Jean Guillou, Naji Hakim and Paul Manz; concentrating on the art of organ improvisation.

Mr. Soria is a 2nd prizewinner in the J. S. Bach International Competition at the Kennedy Center, Washington, D.C., and was also a prizewinner in the American Guild of Organists Improvisation Competition at Trinity Church, New York. The Premiere Organ Recording CD (Delos Label released in February 2004) on the Cathedral’s pipe organ has received critical acclaim from across the country.


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