Singers and Musicians

The members of this choir sing and play at the 8:45 a.m. Mass on Sundays September through May, and rehearse on Thursday evenings at 7:30 p.m.
Director: Bob Valle

Contact the Parish Center or sjdgliturgymusic@catholic.org

The Festival Choir includes the members of the Parish Choir and the Singers and Musicians and sings for special feasts and several Sundays throughout the year.

The members of this choir sing and play at the 8:45 a.m. Mass on Sundays September through May, and rehearse on Thursday evenings at 7:30 p.m.
Director: Bob Valle

Contact the Parish Center or sjdgliturgymusic@catholic.org

The Festival Choir includes the members of the Parish Choir and the Singers and Musicians and sings for special feasts and several Sundays throughout the year.

Bob Valle is Director of Music/Liturgist.

Robert J. Batastini is Music Director Emeritus of St. Joseph Parish. Bob is the senior editor of GIA Publications, Inc., of Chicago, and has been a parish musician since 1955. His travels as clinician and conductor have taken him to nearly every state in this country and beyond. Bob is past president of the Hymn Society in the United States and Canada and served on the National Association of Pastoral Musicians Council. In 1993 he was awarded the first Father Lawrence Heiman Citation for lifetime achievement in liturgical music given by St. Joseph College, Rensselar, Indiana. In addition to his duties at GIA and St. Joseph Parish, he currently serves as the musician for the United States Conference of Catholic Bishops, providing music for the liturgies at the American bishops' semi-annual meetings, and is a member of the Bishops' Subcommittee on Music.