A Couple of Recent Podcast Appearances
I’ve participated in some recent conversations about chant that might be of interest to our readers.
Gregorian Chant
Summer Ward Method Courses • CUA 2024
Teaching Children the Fundamentals of Music
Book Review: Good Music, Sacred Music, and Silence
Becoming Missionaries for the Beautiful
Report • “Musical Shape of the Liturgy Conference”
This week I attended part of an excellent academic conference in honor of William Mahrt.
PDF • Draft Booklet “Couture Chant” (255 Pages)
This is very much a “work in progress”…
Summer Ward Method Courses • CUA 2023
The Ward Method is a classical pedagogy designed for pre-K through eighth grade music classes in Catholic schools.
Beauty Ever Ancient, Ever New
Every Gregorian melody is a precious gift, and every time we meet a melody again, we have a chance to consider some new aspect.
Greatest Choral Piece Ever Written? • It Might Be Marenzio’s “Salve Regina”
By March 1596 Marenzio had arrived in Poland. In October of that year, he directed a Mass he’d written in the form of an “echo.”
What is the Tonic Accent?
We should define our terms. What makes a syllable accented, and what makes an accent a tonic accent?
Recent Book! • “The Politics of Plainchant”
Fascinating details from never-before-seen letters recently discovered in southern France!
PDF Download • 1915 “Gregorian Vesperale” … Printed On Five Lines! (651 Pages)
Father Weinmann placed plainsong on five (5) lines, yet still used Gregorian notation—including chord symbols!
Summer Ward Method Courses • CUA 2022
Study the Ward Method this summer in Washington, DC.
The Responsa ad dubia and the Solesmes Chant Restoration
The early history of Solesmes plainchant research provides a historical parallel for responding to current Vatican liturgical rules.
PDF Download • “Did Vatican II Reform The Mass?”
Three (3) bullet points, written on a single sheet of paper.
Summer Course in the Ward Method
CUA is pleased to announce that this week-long intensive course will be offered in person this summer.