Happy Memorial of the Queenship of the Blessed Virgin Mary! It is such a great day to begin our Intro to Chant series; under the heavenly mantel of our Blessed Mother. We will finish the evening singing the Salve Regina – you can practice…
I am currently preparing for the Communion chant during the Easter Vigil (you may have noticed the Latin/English translation on the Easter Vigil handout) and stumbled across this fun find. First, here is the video that I am using to help prepare: As I…
I mentioned a little about the development of notation last week and thought you might find this video interesting. Keep in mind that chant existed through oral tradition before notation was created, so listening to chant is very important to learning. (side note: some…
We will be using solfege throughout the course in order to warm up our voices and to become comfortable with the melodies (though probably not as thoroughly as we did on the first day). With that, you may be interested in learning a little…
