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Summer Sacred Music Workshop 2016

Andrew Leung · May 19, 2016

UILDING ON THE SUCCESS of the 2015 workshop held at Our Lady of the Mountains Church in Jasper, Ga, Southeastern Sacred Music invites you to join them again for the 2016 workshop in Chattanooga, Tennessee. Southeastern Sacred Music is the newly founded chapter of the Church Music Association of America for church musicians in the southeast region of the country.

This year’s workshop is extended to one-and-a-half day long from July 22 to July 23. Participants will have to opportunity the study Gregorian chant and polyphony under the directions of Dr. Jennifer Donelson and other faculty members. The workshop, including a Solemn Vespers and a Novus Ordo Solemn Mass, will be held at the historical and beautiful Basilica of Sts. Peter and Paul in Chattanooga, TN.

REGISTRATION IS NOW OPEN! The registration fee is $60 per person which includes all materials, access to the full program, lunch, and snacks. The cost will rise to $75 for late registration after June 30. The discounted price for full-time students and seminarians is $25. Dormitory rooms at the nearby University of Tennessee at Chattanooga campus will be available, as will lodging in hotels.

Full details will be available soon. For more information, visit the Southeastern Sacred Music website, or contact Maria Rist at music@stspeterandpaulbasilica.com | 865-335-0588.

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About Andrew Leung

Andrew Leung currently serves the music director of Vox Antiqua, conductor of the Cecilian Singers, and music director at Our Lady of China Church.—(Read full biography).

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