St. Cecilia Schola Cantorum: 02/01/2005 - 03/01/2005 St. Cecilia Schola Cantorum
Saturday, February 26, 2005

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Wednesday, February 23, 2005

Order the materials featured at the Sacred Music Workshop.

The Liber Cantualis is available from the Oregon Catholic Press at a competitive price; they also provide excellent customer service. A Gregorian Chant Masterclass can be ordered directly from the Abbey of Regina Laudis in Bethlehem, Connecticut.

Watch for additional resources coming soon.

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Sunday, February 20, 2005

The workshop was a glorious success! This very nice (and mostly accurate!) story ran on the front page of the Opelika-Auburn News. And here is a version in pdf that you can print.

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Thursday, February 17, 2005

To be distributed at the workshop: the world's shortest guide to Latin chant.

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Thursday, February 10, 2005

Below are common questions about and objections to the use of Gregorian chant and polyphony in liturgy. We'll address these in a discussion forum at the Sacred Music Workshop next week.

Authority
  • Is this music even allowed anymore?
  • What about the impression that chant is outmoded?
  • Isn't this all a throwback to days before Vatican II?
  • What does the General Instruction on the Roman Missal say?
  • There are so many documents, so which ones should we follow?
Pedagogy
  • What is the best way to learn the basics?
  • How can I teach myself advanced material?
  • How much time should I expect to spend on learning a single chant?
  • Are we asking people to learn Latin?
  • Why not just sing chant in English?
Parish Life
  • We don't have any money!
  • Our parish has one Mass on Sunday, so there's no room!
  • Our hymnal is hopeless!
  • We don't have an organist!
  • What if people complain?
Strategy
  • I can't make a difference, so why should I try?
  • How can I convince my pastor, who is chant skeptic?
  • Can I start a group without a liturgical venue at which to sing?
  • What is the next step I should take to help revive sacred music?
  • How fast or slow should our choir go in integrating this tradition into parish life
Style
  • Why is chant so beautiful?
  • Must it be sung with a certain style and what is that style?
  • What about vibrato?
  • What is the relationship between polyphony and chant?
  • Can young people relate to this music?
  • Why must we never think of our contribution as a "performance"?
  • Is there a standard by which the appropriateness of music can be evaluated?
Liturgical
  • What about the question of mixing styles in liturgy?
  • What if the congregation isn't singing?
  • Must the chant be easy enough for everyone to sing?
  • What should we do about the Psalm?
  • Must we sing a communion hymn?
  • Are we permitted to do a polyphonic Sanctus?
  • How does chant affect what we sing at the rest of liturgy?

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Monday, February 07, 2005

There is still time to register for the second annual Sacred Music Workshop to be held on Saturday, February 19th. Help us insure an efficient, productive and spiritually uplifting day by informing us of your plans in advance.

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Thursday, February 03, 2005

The Hotel at Auburn University will be offering Sacred Music Workshop participants a special rate on rooms for the evenings of February 18 and 19. If you plan on staying overnight in Auburn and would enjoy the amenties of a larger hotel, simply mention "Sacred Music Workshop" when calling to make your reservation. (334) 821-8200 or (800) 228-2876.

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Wednesday, February 02, 2005

For our workshop attendees, here is some information about shuttles from the Atlanta airport.

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