J. Michael Thompson is the founder and director of the Schola Cantorum. He is a pastoral musician and liturgist, as well as a composer, and an author. The Schola is made up of professionally trained musicians dedicated to the principles enshrined in the documents of the Second Vatican Council.

Christmas Through Candlemas contains music for four feasts: Christmas, Epiphany, Baptism of the Lord, and Presentation of the Lord.