“I really didn't know what to expect when I heard that a high school choir would be providing the music for the liturgy, but when they opened their mouths to sing the Kyrie I was amazed. They were unbelievable. They sounded like a group of adults with developed voices. Hearing the Lyceum Schola Cantorum while celebrating the Mass was a very moving experience for me.”
Fr. Samuel Weber, OSB, Director of The Institute of Sacred Music, St. Louis, MO

The Lyceum is especially proud of our Schola Cantorum, or "singing school", which serves not only our own students, but also churches and the overall community of the Cleveland area. The Schola Cantorum presently boasts a membership of 46, and they are a source of inspiration for those of us who are fortunate to hear them singing.

Every member of the student body sings in the Schola Cantorum. The Schola Cantorum's purpose is to foster a love for the treasury of sacred liturgical music and to gain the skills needed for excellence in choral-singing. These purposes enable and encourage students to go out into the world and effectively contribute to church music programs and become supporters of the Church's treasury of sacred music. Giving students an acquaintance with beautiful liturgical music is a reward in itself and certainly in keeping with the wishes of our Holy Father.

Classical Catholic education seeks to dispose each person to be a fitting vessel for Divine Grace. Following the maxim that “grace builds on nature,” The Lyceum mission assumes that by acquiring the virtues that allow us to see and respond to beauty, students are disposed to the appreciation of Him who is Beauty itself.