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.
Gregorian Chant
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” • What Is It?
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!
“Guillaume Couture Gregorian Chant” • (Plainsong)
This is very much a “work in progress”…
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.
Solmization from the Inside
What if we take medieval music pedagogy seriously? Do its methods have anything to offer us today?
Musical Notation for New EF Prefaces
Facilitating the chanting of the seven prefaces permitted by “Quo magis”
Thou Hast Saved the Good Wine until Now
Reflections on the communion chant for the Second Sunday after Epiphany
Start the New Year Right with a Spectacular Alleluia
If you attend the Extraordinary Form, the Alleluia for the Octave of the Nativity will enable you to start the New Year with a bang.