There are many ways to get involved with Mass at Boston College. The Chapel Choirs & BC Bells of the Liturgy Arts Group serve the Boston College community by sharing gifts of music. Our student liturgies are enhanced by the talents and gifts of many people. We invite all students to participate and hope you will find a home here with us.
Contact
For questions and how to get involved
Blake Bruchhaus
Campus Minister for Music Ministries
617-552-1398
blake.bruchhaus@bc.edu
McElroy 213
Chapel Choirs
As subsets of the Liturgy Arts Group, our three Chapel Choirs serve the Boston College community by sharing the gift of music at Sunday liturgies and University Masses throughout the year. Our Chapel Choirs are committed to enriching the University’s worship experience. We welcome vocalists and orchestral instrumentalists (winds and strings). No auditions are required.
Sunday Masses with music:
St. Joseph Chapel Choir: 5:00 p.m. Mass on Upper Campus
St. Ignatius Chapel Choir: 8:00 p.m Mass on Lower Campus
Trinity Chapel Choir: 9:15 p.m. Candlelight Mass on Newton Campus
Rehearsals:
Wednesdays 4:00 p.m. - 6:00 p.m. in St. Joseph Chapel on Upper Campus
Make up rehearsals are available to those unable to attend Wednesday rehearsals.
For more information, contact Blake Bruchhaus, Campus Minister for Music.
BC Bells
As a subset of the Liturgy Arts Group, BC Bells serves as Boston College’s premier handbell ensemble, playing three octaves of Malmark handbells. This ensemble seeks to create a welcoming space for all individuals, regardless of background or experience, to explore and share the beauty of music. BC Bells collaborates with our Chapel Choirs to enhance our University liturgies. Additionally, the group independently performs concerts throughout our BC community. No experience is needed. No auditions are required.
Rehearsals:
Tuesdays 8:00 p.m - 9:00 p.m. in McElroy 213
For more information, contact Blake Bruchhaus, Campus Minister for Music.
Additional Information
Executive Board
2026-2027
President: Brendan Appert
Vice President for BC Bells: Brianna Wood
Vice President for Chapel Choirs: Sofia DiMascio
Outreach Coordinator: Sarah Hobbie
Secretary: Spencer Eng
Trinity Representative: Jason Wang
St. Joseph Representative: Clare Megahey
St. Ignatius Representative: Gabriel Sintas
Learning Outcomes
After participating in the Liturgy Arts Group (LAG), students will be able to:
- 1. Participate as a fully functioning member of a church music ministry, both during their college years and beyond, on several levels: vocal or instrumental, cantor or psalmist.
- 2. Develop leadership skills as members of the Executive Board, Retreat Planning Committee, or Liturgy Planning Committee. These skills transfer to lifelong participation and or leadership in parish, diocesan, national, or international music ministry upon graduation.
- 3. Because LAG is an “ensemble”, their four pillars of Faith/Spirituality, Service, Community, and Social Justice inform their holistic approach to their formation, i.e., cura personalis and becoming men and women for others. The empirical evidence can be found in the vocations that many of them have chosen as professions. Very often they are dedicated to “Faith, Service, Community” or some combination of all four.
