Events in Sacred Music

Upcoming Events

• SING LIKE A CATHOLIC WORKSHOP at St. Ann’s Catholic Church in Charlotte, North Carolina; August 6-7, 2010. Lectures and Chant Instruction by Jeffrey Tucker and Arlene Oost-Zinner. Mass in the EF to be celebrated on Saturday, August 7;  Rev. Timothy Reid, Celebrant. View the Preliminary Schedule. Workshop Packet.

• CMAA 2010 Fall Practicum: Gregorian Chant at the Houston Cathedral; Houston, Texas, October 21-23. Faculty includes Scott Turkington (Gregorian chant for men), Arlene Oost-Zinner (Gregorian chant for women), Dr. William Mahrt, CMAA President, (Advanced chant for men and women), and Rev. Robert Pasley (Training for priests, deacons, seminarians and those who train them to sing the Mass). Talks by Dr. William Mahrt and Jeffrey Tucker (Managing Editor, Sacred Music; Sing Like a Catholic). The Program includes Solemn Vespers on Friday evening and concludes with a Missa Cantata in the Ordinary Form on Saturday evening; Dr. Crista Miller, Organist. Cost: $165 (includes instruction, materials, 3 meals and reception). Preliminary Schedule. This event is co-sponsored by the CMAA Houston Chapter, Co-Cathedral of the Sacred Heart, and St. Theresa Catholic Church — Sugar Land, Texas

The CMAA is pleased to post information about your sacred music event. Contact us for details and fees. See the forum for more events. If you are thinking of organizing a workshop, here are some practical suggestions, including a link to information on how to create your own online registration form.

Past events

• Sacred Music Colloquium XX. Duquesne University, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania. June 21-27, 2010
• Summer Chant Intensive with Scott Turkington at Duquesne University, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania. June 14-18, 2010
• Gregorian Chant Conference at Ave Maria University. Sponsored by Musica Sacra Florida. Dates: March 19 and 20, 2010. Faculty includes Jennifer Donelson, Susan Treacy, Michael O’Connor, Mary Jane Ballou, Jeffrey Tucker, and Timothy McDonnell. Registration closes March 5, 2010.
• Winter Chant Intensive at the Cathedral of St. John the Baptist in Charleston, South Carolina. Instructor: Scott Turkington. January 4-8, 2010.
• Traditions in Western Plainchant, sponsored by the Gregorian Institute of Canada, August 13-16, 2009.
• CMAA Fall Pilgrimage: Gregorian Chant at the National Shrine of the Immaculate Conception, co-sponsors: St. John the Beloved Church in McLean, Virginia, and John Paul II Cultural Center, September 25-26, 2009. Chant instruction: Scott Turkington; lectures by William Mahrt (Stanford and CMAA); Final Mass in the Extraordinary Form, celebrated in the Crypt Church of the National Shrine, in the Year of Jubilee of the Basilica of the National Shrine (with conditions for gaining the Jubilee Year Plenary Indulgence), Washington, D.C.
• Chant Classes in San Diego. Wednesdays Sept. 9- Nov. 11, 7:30-9pm at St. Anne’s parish in Logan Heights (621 Sicard St., San Diego, CA, 92113). Instructor: Mary Ann Carr Wilson.
• Lauda Sion: Catholic Liturgy in Time of Reform, June 13, 2009, St. Mary’s Parish, Kalamazoo, Michigan, chant instruction and lectures with Fr. John T. Zuhlsdorf (“Ask Father” and “What Does the Prayer Really Say?”), Jeffrey Tucker (New Liturgical Movement, Sacred Music, and author of Sing Like a Catholic), Fr. Robert J. Johansen (St. Stanislaus Catholic Church), and Fr. David Grondz (Parochial Vicar of St. Mary Catholic Church).
• CMAA Chant Intensive, with Scott Turkington, June 15-19, 2009, Loyola University, Chicago.
• Mid-Western Chant Workshop, June 18-20, 2009, Benedictine College, Fr. Samuel Weber, O.S.B., Chant Master
• Sacred Music Colloquium, Sponsored by the Church Music Association of America, June 22-28, 2009, Loyola University, Chicago.
• Gregorian Chant Workshop, Sugar Land, Texas. February 13-14, 2009, directed by Scott Turkington, St. Theresa Church, Sugar Land, Texas
• Renaissance Polyphony Weekend, February 20-22, 2009, University of Dallas, William Mahrt conducting.
• Gregorian Chant Workshop, Fort Lauderdale, Florida, March 6-7, 2009, Musica Sacra Florida
• Kingston Chant Workshop, March 20-21, 2009, Kingston, Ontario, directed by David Hughes
• Chant Workshop, San Juan Bautista, April 25-26, 2009, directed by Kathy Rheinheimer, at the San Juan Bautista mission, founded 1797, San Juan Bautista, California.
• Sung Extraordinary Form: A Workshop for Priests and Seminarians, April 28-30, 2009 (Tuesday through Thursday), St. John the Evangelist Church, Stamford, Connecticut, taught by Fr. Scott Haynes (St. John Cantius) and Scott Turkington.
• Winter Chant Intensive, University of San Diego, January 5-9, 2009, taught by Scott Turkington (limited to 50).
• Gregorian Chant Workshop, Institute of Christ the King, Chicago, Illinois, January 9-11, 2009, directed by Canon Wulfran Lebocq
• Sacred Music Workshop, McLean, Virginia. Oct. 17-18, 2008. Scott Turkington, director.
• Chant Study Tour, Sponsored by Fr. Robert Skeris, July 21-August 1, 2008, Switzerland, Italy, Germany.
• Mid-western Chant Workshop, July 10-12, 2008, Directed by Andrew Mills, Benedictine College, Atchison, Kansas.
• Conductors Seminar sponsored by Pueri Cantores, Mount St. Mary’s College, August 2-4, 2008, Los Angeles, CA.
• Pope Benedict XVI and the Sacred Liturgy, St. Augustine Liturgical Atelier of Hungary, August 21-24, 2009, Budapest, Hungary. Speakers: Conrad, S. FSSP; Dobszay, L.; Földváry, M. I.; Hemming, L. P.; Hoping, H.; Kolinski, D. CJC; Kocik, Th. M.; Kubilius, M. (AD FONTES); Pristas, L.; Reid, A.; Rihmer, Z.; Schmitz, R. M. ICRSS; Skeris, R.A.; Tanoüarn, Guillaume de IBP; Ullmann, P. Á. OPraem (StAugustie Liturgical Atelier).
• Third Gregorian Institute of Canada Annual Colloquium, August 22-24, 2008, Benedictine Abbey, Saint-Benoit-du-Lac, Quebec, Canada.
• Gregorian chant basics, St. Michael’s Parish, Miami, Florida, September 27, 2008, conducted by Jenny Donelson.
• At the Lamb’s High Feast: A Liturgical Seminar on Music and Theology, June 7, 2008, Kalamazoo, Michigan, with Fr. J.T. Zuhlsdorf and Jeffrey Tucker.
• Gregorian Chant Workshop: an introduction to sung prayer, Saturday, May 17, Oceanside, California, with Mary Ann Carr and Fr. Stephanos Pedrano, O.S.B.
• Rocky Mountain Region Sacred Music Workshop, St. Mary’s Cathedral, January 18-19, 2008, Colorado Springs, Colorado.
• Sacred Music: A Workshop in Gregorian Chant, November 9-10, 2007, St. John Beloved Parish, McLean, Virginia, led by Scott Turkington
• Sacred Music Workshop, November 9-10, 2007, St. Michael’s Catholic Church, Woodstock, Georgia, led by Arlene Oost-Zinner and Jeffrey Tucker
• Gregorian Chant in Indiana, November 9-10, 2007, St. Patrick’s, Kokomo, Indiana, led by Amy Zuberbueller
• Sacred Music Shreveport, November 30-December 1, 2007, Cathedral of St. John Berchmans, Shreveport, Louisiana, led by Kurt Poterack.
• Gregorian Chant Workshop, San Diego, December 1, 2007, Mission San Diego de Alcala, led by Mary Ann Carr Wilson and Kathy Reimheimer.
• Introduction to Parish Chant, Salinas, California, September 14-15, 2007, led by Kathy Reinheimer, at Madonna del Sasso Parish, 320 E Laurel Dr, Salinas, CA 93906.
• Symposium on the Motu Proprio, Stamford, Conneticut, September 14-15, 2007, led by Scott Turkington.
• Missa in Cantu: Priest Training in the Sung Mass, October 17-19, 2007, sponsored by the Church Music Association and St. John Cantius, Chicago, Illinois, held at the parish in Chicago.
• Sacred Music Workshop, Sponsored by the St. Cecilia Schola and led by Wilko Brouwers, February 1-2, 2008, St. Michael’s Catholic Church, Auburn, Alabama.