Music Ministers

Giuliano Grisi, Director of Music 
sstm.music@gmail.com

It has truly been a blessing for me to become a part of St. Stephen the Martyr Catholic Church. Your constant kindness has made my coming very special, and I am feeling more welcome than ever in this wonderful community. I sincerely thank you all for your warm words of encouragement and praise.
I am praying that with your love and support, our music program may grow and improve so that we may continue to serve the Church through sacred music. I hope for our music to be an integral and spiritual part of St. Stephen’s. Thanks to many music’s groups that every week support the liturgy, our church has the potential to cultivate a fantastic music program, and it is with this goal in mind that I ask for your support. I would like invite everyone that like to sing to consider the possibility to become as a part of our music’s life. Is with Joy that we want to support our Ministry and thanks the Lord for the gift of the voice He have donated us, help our Parish to get closer to the word of our Lord through music.

At this time we need more voices that help us to grow the quality of the music. Your availability would ensure, first and foremost, the enhancement of sacred music during Mass: with the addition of singers and also instrumentalists to our Masses, we would be able to perform more sacred repertoire as part of worship, and also reach a wider audience so that the parish community can continue to grow.
I believe that music is one of the most personal ways of worshipping, and I hope that by inviting you to sing and play with us, our parish community will be able to connect with God in a very precious way.
It is through music that I humbly strive to worship and glorify God, and I hope that together, we will be able to spread God’s word through St. Stephen’s music program. I thank you for all of your support and hope that the St. Stephen’s music program will become as dear to you as it has become to me.

To become as new Music Minister and understand in which group you can better serve the parish with the gift of your voice, feel you free to contact me at sstm.music@gmail.com to discover the opportunities to sing or play an instument at St. Stephen.

Giuliano Grisi
 

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Joyful Sounds Chorale   (also open to young-adults)

This is the most old and traditional choir of St. Stephen. The choir started in the early 1970s and was called "The Community Choir", build with the purpose to support the liturgy at St. Stephen church. Developed during the past decades, thanks to the ongoing commitment of the members,  the choir sing every Sunday at 8:30am in addition to many solemnities during the entire year.

 

Filipino-American Choir

To sing is to pray twice! The Filipino-American Choir is an organized company of choristers who provide bi-lingual liturgical music during the year, and other community events both inside and outside St. Stephens. The Filipino-American Choir strives to share time and talent as musical messengers of the Gospel for the glory of God. Simbang Gabi is the culmination of the Choir’s annual commitment. Simbang Gabi is a beloved Filipino tradition in exultation of the motherhood of the Blessed Virgin Mary. Joining the Filipino American Choir is a great way to make music, make friends, and made a difference  - all in God’s name.

St. Stephen's Contemporary Music Group
 
 The St. Stephen’s Contemporary Music Group currently leads Mass every other Saturday evening and at 11am the first Sunday of every month. In addition they are regularly called upon to lead contemplative gatherings and various diocesan events throughout the year. They will often use original music pieces and a Mass specifically written for St. Stephen the Martyr. 



Saturday Evening Choir 

This group is an ensemble currently comprised of eleven singers/instrumentalists, along with a “tech team” of two who run sound and screens for the group. Accompany their music with piano, guitar and string bass. Most of the members have been singing together for over ten years, and all of them have been music ministers for many years. The group sing a mix of contemporary and traditional Catholic Christian music, always striving to enhance the celebration of mass and elevate our parishioner’s worship. The choir sing at the Saturday evening Vigil Mass every-other weekend, and for Midnight Mass on Christmas Eve and the Easter Vigil.
 
 

Schola    

This group of ladies sing two times per month on Sunday at 11am. Also Schola support the youth Choir during special liturgies like Christmas Ave's Mass.

 

Youth Choir   (Ages 10 to 19)

Made by two ansambles: Children and Teens. Choir involve our young people forming them as the choristers of the future, giving them the opportunity to discover the music joyning together for their weekly practice and singing one time per month every fourth Sunday at 11am.