Musical Outreach at St. Brigid and St. James
Both St. Brigid and St. James actively promote the sacred arts, especially in musical outreach. Both parishes host performances by the Louisville area’s top vocal and instrumental ensembles in addition to concerts by each parish’s choirs and instrumentalists.
St. Brigid is home to concerts by the Louisville Chorus and Orchestra.
St. James is home to the Louisville Chamber Choir, an award-winning a cappella chorus. This ensemble has toured internationally, winning awards in international choir competitions. St. James is also home to the choirs of Bellarmine University. These ensembles have also toured Europe including a recent trip concertizing throughout Ireland. St. James is the host of the Sacred Heart Academy A Cappella and Madrigal Choirs annual Christmas concert. Additionally, the Madrigal Choir sings several times each year for the St. James Sunday evening 7 pm liturgy.
Both St. Brigid and St. James are blessed with excellent yet different acoustics, with St. Brigid being an ideal space for chorus and orchestra, and St. James, with its soaring dome and solid surfaces throughout, is unmatched for a cappella singing.
Bellarmine University Oratorio Chorus - October 19, 2025
Sunday October 19 at 3 pm The Bellarmine University Chorus in concert at St. James.
Louisville Chamber Choir at St. James - October 26, 2025
Sunday, October 26, 2025 - 3 pm Louisville Chamber Choir in concert at St. James. Tickets available at the door or here Get Tickets Online
Louisville Chamber Choir Facebook Page
Louisville Chamber Choir Website
Sacred Heart Academy Madrigal Chorus - October 26, 2025
Sunday, October 26 at the 7pm at St. James, the Sacred Heart Academy Madrigal Chorus will celebrate Mass with us.
University of Louisville Trumpet Ensemble with St. James Singers - November 9, 2025
Sunday, November 9, 2025, at 11 am mass at St. James, the University of Louisville Trumpet Ensemble will perform with the St. James Singers.
Handel's Messiah - November 23, 2025
Bardstown Road Aglow - "Music Under the Dome" - December 6, 2025
St. James Church will host musical acts at this year's 2025 Bardstown Road Aglow. Performances begin at 4 pm and end at 10 pm.
This year's performers are:
Ashley Lake - Harpist, The Phantom Organist, Organist Andrew Thuita & Friends, St. James Singers and St. James School Choir, The Louisville Trombone Ensemble, The Sacred Heard Academy Madrigal Choir, The Bellarmine University Schola Cantorum, & Organist Phil Hines, St. James Church.
Visit the Bardstown Road Aglow official website at the link.
Louisville Chorus Christmas "Canticles of Christmas" - December 21, 2025
St. Brigid Church will host the Louisville Chorus for a Christmas concert on Sunday, December 21 at 3pm. Louisville Chorus Website
Sacred Heart Academy All Choirs Christmas Concert - December 21, 2025
Sunday, December 21, 2025, at 3pm Sacred Heart Academy All Choirs Christmas Concert.
Christmas Eve Music at St. Brigid Church - December 24, 2025 - 3:15 pm
The St. Brigid Choir will present their annual Christmas Concert beginning at 3:15 pm on Christmas Eve night, followed by Mass at 4pm. All are welcome!
Christmas Eve Music at St. James Church - December 24, 2025 - 10:15 pm
The St. James Singers Choir with organ, flute, brass, strings and percussion will present their annual Christmas Concert beginning at 10:15 pm on Christmas Eve night featuring music spanning four centuries. The program ends with the sung Proclamation of Christmas followed by Mass at 11 pm. All are welcome!
Louisville Chamber Choir "Winter Concert" - February 22, 2026
Sunday, February 22, 2026 - 3 pm the Louisville Chamber Choir "Winter Concert" is at St. James. Tickets available at the door or here Purchase Tickets
Pipe Organs at St. Brigid & St. James
St. Brigid Church boasts not one but two independent pipe organs, a 1917 Henry Pilcher’s Son’s (Louisville) in the choir loft and a 1995 Webber-Borne organ (Louisville) in the chancel. Both instruments may be played from either of two twin organ consoles.
The pipe organ in St. James, third largest in the Archdiocese of Louisville, was constructed in 1885 and installed in St. James in 1914. It was rebuilt by Henry Pilcher’s Sons in 1931. Between 2009 and 2012, Webber-Bourne Organ Co. began a restoration of the 41-rank instrument which continues to this day as funds or gifts permit.
Both the St. Brigid organs and the St. James organ have been featured in recitals for the National Association of Pastoral Musicians National Conventions (2011 and 2020) as well as recitals by the Louisville American Guild of Organists and out-of-town guest artists.
