Schola Cantorum Records

Collection

Collection ID: MG 80

Staff Only

Scope and Contents

This collection contains programs, posters, audiovisual material and organizational records from the Hampton Roads a capella choir, Schola Cantorum.

Dates

1995-2016, undated
Other: Date acquired: 05/23/2008

Creator

Schola Cantorum (Norfolk, Va.) (Organization)

Extent

2.70 Linear Feet

Conditions Governing Access

Open to researchers without restrictions.

Conditions Governing Use

Before publishing quotations or excerpts from any materials, permission must be obtained from Special Collections and University Archives, and the holder of the copyright, if not Old Dominion University Libraries.

Biographical or Historical Information

Schola Cantorum is a community volunteer a capella choral ensemble which performs western vocal music ranging from middle ages to modern choral works. Schola Cantorum means a “school for song” started its concert series in the fall of 1995 and was conducted by David Clayton. The mission to teach and to perform was refined by Dr. Lee Teply, a member of the music faculty at Old Dominion University. During the marking of the four hundredth anniversary of the founding of Jamestown, Schola Cantorum welcomed Gayle Johnson, musicologist and founding director of the Williamsburg Boys choir as director. In 2007, Schola Cantorum introduced a new artistic director, Agnes Fuller Mobley-Wynne, a voice professor at Old Dominion University.

Note written by Special Collections Staff