Chant & Polyphony workshop in La Crosse October 19-20

Gregorian Chant & Polyphony Sacred Music Workshop

October 19-20, 2012

Hosted by Saint James the Less Catholic Church
1032 Caledonia Street
La Crosse, WI 54603

Patrick Burkhart lead choir singing in Rome at St. Peter's Basilica
Advanced Chant with Aristotle Esguerra
Music Director at the Catholic Churches of St. Ignatius, Mount Horeb, WI
and St. Mary in Pine Bluff, WI.
Beginning Chant with Patrick Burkhart
Director of Sacred Music, St. James the Less Catholic Church, La Crosse, WI.
The Propers in Liturgical Prayer with Christopher Carstens
Director of Sacred Worship for the Diocese of La Crosse


3:00 P.M.……………………..Registration
3:30 P.M....The Place of the Propers in Liturgical Prayer
4:00 P.M……………………...Session One
5:00 P.M………………..Choral Rehearsal
6:00 P.M…………...Dinner On Your Own
Saturday, October 20
7:30 A.M……………………….Holy Mass
8:00 A.M…………..Continental breakfast
9:00 A.M……………………Session Three
10:30 A. M…………………...Session Four
12:00 P.M. …………………………Lunch
1:00 P.M.…………………......Session Five
2:30 P.M……………………….Session Six
3:30 P.M………………..Choral Rehearsal
4:30 P.M………………………..Holy Mass

Participants will:
 Become more familiar with the church’s rich patrimony of Gregorian Chant
Learn practical ways to introduce chant into their own parishes
Conclude the workshop singing the Proper and Ordinary Chants for Sunday Mass

Chant Workshop details [pdf]

2 comments:

Anonymous said...

And, when will the class for Diocesan priests be held? You know, the one that instructs them on the reasons they should be encouraging such music in their parishes (versus discouraging it.)

You see, that beautiful choir pictured above was actually let go (disbanded) by their parish priest before (yes, right before) they left for Rome to sing for the Pope.

Badger Catholic said...

Great point! ...email me the details and I'll do a post on it(and you can remain anonymous).

I've heard that the priest that came to Stevens Point basically gutted a vibrant and orthodox parish, and shut down the signing of sacred music. It is bizarre that something like that can happen without the bishop intervening.