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Pictured taking part in the annual archdiocesan Catholic schools’ choral festival at Archbishop Riordan High School March 21 are students from Immaculate Heart of Mary School, Belmont, at bottom, and from Our Lady of Perpetual Help School, Daly City. (Photos courtesy Debra Greenblat)
April 1, 2019
Singers from 20 Catholic schools of the archdiocese took the stage March 21 at Archbishop Riordan High School’s Lindland Theatre for the annual choral festival now in its 31st year.
“Close to 800 students participated – we had a morning session and an afternoon session,” Gustavo Torres of the Department of Catholic Schools, told Catholic San Francisco.
The concert is held in March as part of Music in Our Schools Month and this year celebrated the 334th birthday of composer Johann Sebastian Bach.
“This is a noncompetitive opportunity for everyone to hear each other sing,” Torres said.
Schools represented at the festival included Ecole Notre Dame des Victoires, Holy Angels, St. Robert, St. Patrick, St. Cecilia, St. Gabriel, St. Brigid, St. Isabella, Our Lady of Perpetual Help, St. Thomas the Apostle, Immaculate Heart of Mary, St. Philip, Our Lady of Mercy, St. Brendan, Star of the Sea, Our Lady of Loretto, St. Monica, St. James, Our Lady of Angels and the Riordan’s Crusader Mixed Choir.
