Who we are...

Capela Gregoriana Psalterium was founded in January 1999. It constitutes juridically a charity entity whose fundamental objectives are the study, the broadcast, and the performance of Gregorian chant. Its repertoire is therefore principally Gregorian chant, nevertheless it also includes some Renaissance and contemporary polyphony for male voices.

Since March 1999, when the first public performance occurred, the choir has been in several regions of Portugal’s mainland as well as in Azores islands, giving different types of concerts and also taking part in a few Catholic ceremonies, such as Mass and Vespers. In October 2000 it went abroad for the first time to take part in a Luso-Brazilian Gregorian chant meeting in Brasília. This was an invitation of the Brazilian Federal Government as part of the celebrations of the 500-year anniversary of the discovery of Brazil.

This is an exclusively male voice choir currently consisting of fourteen singers. It has been under the conducting of Alberto Medina de Seiça since its foundation .

A public acknowledgement must be credited to São José Parish in Coimbra (Portugal) which has been home to the choir and has been providing us with all the facilities for the rehearsals to take place since the very beginning .

Singers

Alberto Silva - Carlos Barreiros - João André Carvalho - João Nuno Ferreira - José Gonçalo da Silva - José Miguel Perdigão - José Paulo Elvas - Luís de Moura - Luís Toscano - Mário Rui Simões - Miguel Vaz - Nuno Lavoura - Rui César Vilão - Rui Saltão.

Capella Master

Alberto Medina de Seiça.