January 5-9, 2009
University of San Diego
Instructor, Scott Turkington
This in-depth course will give you the confidence you need to be an excellent singer of Gregorian chant, or become a director of a chant schola that you can start in your parish. It goes far beyond a workshop or home-based tutorial to provide in-depth teaching and experience with a master and other students, with the practical goal in mind of singing at liturgy.
Do you find the Graduals and Alleluias in the Liber Usualis daunting? In 1926, the Society of St. John the Evangelist worked with Desclee, printer for the Solesmes monastery, to produced this wonderful book of reduced Graduals, Tracts, and Alleluias. They are for singers who find the full versions daunting, but don’t want to resort Psalm tones. Their level of difficulty is more along the lines of the Introit or Communio, so they are approachable. This makes this book invaluable for scholas without decades of experience. It includes chants for the entire liturgical year. The original is in French, as are the titles, but the index is complete so you can easily find the chant you need to sing. The typeface is flawless.
