News Regarding David Hughes

We received word that David Hughes will be moving out of Connecticut to the Denver area soon.

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It is a tragic loss for the Catholic Church in this region. David Hughes was instrumental in creating a culture of musical excellence, especially for the celebration of the Traditional Mass, in Fairfield County and surrounding areas. He was an early, passionate advocate of the Traditional Latin Mass and of the music written for it. For many years he directed the music of St. Mary’s Norwalk, where he led a professional schola, the parish choir, a men’s schola, children’s choirs–I think at one time there were 5 or 6 groups simultaneously under his direction. He travelled around to other churches, helping to establish in the Catholic Church a new level of outstanding musical performance. He provided the music at many masses and events this society sponsored (you can find the exhaustive photographic record posted on this site). David also has had national and international success – for example, he led a large schola of children to sing at World Youth Day. More recently, he formed and directed the Viri Galilei, a group of men who sing chant all over the region.  

Since 2019 our contacts with David have diminished. A whole new set of great musicians has appeared at local Catholic churches. Yet David was the first – and he demonstrated the greatest flexibility of all in leading every kind of musical group. We will miss him here – but we wish him luck and hope to welcome him back often!