The Madeleine Choir School

We had a very special Principal of the Day join Principal Kristin Kladis and Principal Matthew Douglas for our morning announcements! Our new Principal Isa read the morning prayer and announced the summer birthdays. Thank you for showing us what it means to be a leader, Isa! ❤️💛

Welcome to our new staff and faculty! 📒 We are blessed to have an exceptional team of educators who are called to teach and support the education of our students. Say hello to the new faculty joining us for the 2026-2027 school year, along with some whose positions have shifted or are re-joining us! We are thrilled to have these amazing people serving at the heart of MCS! 👏

Welcome, new families! 🌼 We had so many friends new and old join us for our back to school picnic on the quad today. With music, dancing, bounce houses, games, and snacks, it was a perfect day to gather and celebrate the school year ahead! 🌟

What’s summer without a little singing? 🎶 We recently returned from choir camp, where 106 kids, 19 chaperones, and 5 staff members gathered for a week in Logan, Utah. 🏔️ Students started preparing music for the upcoming school year, as well as for our winter performance tour to Italy! Along with all of that hard work, choristers also created new friendships and made memories with their classmates! ❤️💛

It is with great sadness that I inform you of the tragic death of Dale Schultz, a beloved alumni parent, gifted artist, and member of our extended Choir School family. Dale and his wife, Reinette, were among those involved in the Twin Falls, Idaho, shooting. While we mourn the loss of Dale, we continue to pray for Reinette, who remains hospitalized as she recovers from her injuries.

During this difficult time, we invite our school community to continue to pray for the Schultz family as they traverse this horrific loss and injury. The St. Olaf’s parish community will be hosting a Rosary on Tuesday, August 4, at 5:00 p.m. at St. Olaf’s church, 315 E 1800 S, Bountiful. You are also warmly invited to a 6:00 p.m. Rosary for the Schultz family immediately following the 5:15 p.m. Mass on Thursday, August 6, at the Cathedral of the Madeleine. Please continue to keep the Schultz family, their loved ones, and all those affected by this tragedy in your prayers. —Gregory Glenn, Pastoral Administrator

Announcing New Assistant Principal of Student Life! 📚
We are delighted to announce that Dr. Kristen Stokes Fuoco has been named the new Assistant Principal of Student Life at The Madeleine Choir School. ➡️ Scroll to read more about this exciting evolution in our student support offerings! Please join us in congratulating and welcoming Dr. Fuoco as she begins this exciting new chapter. 🥳

Today is the Solemnity of St. Mary Magdalene, the day on which the entire church remembers our great patroness of The Madeleine Choir School and The Cathedral of the Madeleine.

She was not some mythic creature, floating luminously in an eternal transcendent state, but rather a flesh and blood human being who knew all of the sorrows, joys, frustrations and weakness that we experience. Three items of note stand out about her.

Firstly, she was a faithful disciple of Jesus of Nazareth. She travelled with him for a better part of his three-year ministry in Galilee and Judea learning the core behaviors of his teachings: to love, to forgive, to be merciful, to give, and not to judge.

Secondly, she was loyal to the end, staying with Jesus through the horrifically painful and humiliating suffering on the cross. Most of the disciples abandoned him – she was present through his painful death.

Finally, Mary Magdalene was given the ‘Paschal Privilege’, the first human being to encounter Jesus risen from the dead, acting then on his invitation to “go and tell” the other disciples of the resurrection.

We are the People of St. Mary Magdalene, and we are struggling today with injustice, economic worries, incivility, an indifference to care for those in need, and the stark realization of troubling mindsets deeply ingrained in our nation’s core. On this great feast day, let us ask her prayers that we might live the behaviors Jesus taught and modeled for her, that we might be loyal companions with all who struggle or suffer, and that we might be people of hope, finally acknowledging the saving power and love of God who raised Jesus from the dead.

St. Mary Magdalene, Apostle to the apostles, pray for us.

🫐 You are invited to the world premiere of our new opera Blueberries & Brine Shrimp! Madeleine Summer Experience Campers spent this week writing and composing an opera, working with both our music faculty and guest artists! Students also learned all of the music, created the set and learned the staging in one week. Let’s celebrate their creative development! 🦐🧂🎶

Congratulations to MCS alumnus Jonas Malinka-Thompson '16 on his promotion to Demi-Soloist with Ballet West! 🤩

The Madeleine Choir School seeks a Director of Advancement to secure financial support for the school’s unique mission from individuals, foundations, and corporations. The position also involves leadership in marketing student enrollment efforts and in advocating for and championing the school’s gift to our community in service to the Cathedral, the annual concert series, and collaborative performances with other professional arts organizations. Managing a small staff, the Director will focus on Annual Giving, a major yearly fundraising event, and major gift cultivation. Reporting to the Pastoral Administrator, this position is an active and collaborative member of the MCS Leadership team and serves as a strategic partner to the Madeleine Choir School Board’s Finance Committee, setting goals for yearly revenue, expenses, and program/portfolio development.

Applications will be accepted through July 6, 2026. Visit our Employment Opportunities page to learn more about the position opening: https://www.utmcs.org/apps/jobs/show_job.jsp?REC_ID=43504
We kindly ask that you share with anyone in your circle who may be a qualified candidate. Thank you!