Teach Children Gregorian Chant:
A course of instruction for Parents and Teachers, Musicians and Non-Musicians
The Ward Center of San Antonio, in collaboration with the International Center for Ward Method Studies at The Catholic University of America, is pleased to offer on three weekends in Houston, Texas, a basic workshop study course in music pedagogy for elementary schools or home schooling according to the Ward Method.
The course will be offered at Cardinal Newman School in Houston, TX on three weekends throughout the year beginning October 21/22, 2005. The final class will be taught on June 19/20, 2006 at the Ward Center in The B.T. Rome School of Music the Catholic University of America in Washington, D.C. in conjunction with the Sacred Music Colloquium co-sponsored by the Church Music Association of America and the Ward Center. For those unable to attend in DC, this final session can also be taken in Houston on June 9/10, 2006.No previous musical training is necessary, although students must possess the ability to sing on pitch.
The Ward Method of Music Instruction is a progressive method of teaching elementary school children - through vocal instruction - music theory, composition, and conducting. The method was developed to teach American Catholic school children the fundamentals of music so that they would be able to sing the vast repertoire of sacred music which is a part of the Roman Catholic Church’s tradition. The Method is unique in that it has a basis in Gregorian chant.
The last Council called for the preservation of the Church’s treasury of sacred music. Parents and teachers, as well as church musicians, can help pass on to future generations this wonderful music through the Ward Method of Music Instruction. In the music lesson information is presented in a manner which conforms to the child’s developmental stages. Subject matter is broken down into fundamental principles and each lesson includes the process of relating the known to the unknown. The child is stimulated to use these new truths through personal experience. Musical elements are studied separately.Children discover vocal and intonation exercises, count meter and experience rhythm as movement. They creatively use each musical element through exercises, games and their owncompositions. At the end of each lesson the children are able to sing a new song, hymn or chant.
For more information and to register, contact:
Amy Zuberbueler, Director
Ward Center of San Antonio
14500 Blanco Rd. #324
San Antonio, TX 78216
or
skeris@cua.edu
The Ward Center of San Antonio, in collaboration with the International Center for Ward Method Studies at The Catholic University of America, is pleased to offer on three weekends in Houston, Texas, a basic workshop study course in music pedagogy for elementary schools or home schooling according to the Ward Method.
The course will be offered at Cardinal Newman School in Houston, TX on three weekends throughout the year beginning October 21/22, 2005. The final class will be taught on June 19/20, 2006 at the Ward Center in The B.T. Rome School of Music the Catholic University of America in Washington, D.C. in conjunction with the Sacred Music Colloquium co-sponsored by the Church Music Association of America and the Ward Center. For those unable to attend in DC, this final session can also be taken in Houston on June 9/10, 2006.No previous musical training is necessary, although students must possess the ability to sing on pitch.
The Ward Method of Music Instruction is a progressive method of teaching elementary school children - through vocal instruction - music theory, composition, and conducting. The method was developed to teach American Catholic school children the fundamentals of music so that they would be able to sing the vast repertoire of sacred music which is a part of the Roman Catholic Church’s tradition. The Method is unique in that it has a basis in Gregorian chant.
The last Council called for the preservation of the Church’s treasury of sacred music. Parents and teachers, as well as church musicians, can help pass on to future generations this wonderful music through the Ward Method of Music Instruction. In the music lesson information is presented in a manner which conforms to the child’s developmental stages. Subject matter is broken down into fundamental principles and each lesson includes the process of relating the known to the unknown. The child is stimulated to use these new truths through personal experience. Musical elements are studied separately.Children discover vocal and intonation exercises, count meter and experience rhythm as movement. They creatively use each musical element through exercises, games and their owncompositions. At the end of each lesson the children are able to sing a new song, hymn or chant.
For more information and to register, contact:
Amy Zuberbueler, Director
Ward Center of San Antonio
14500 Blanco Rd. #324
San Antonio, TX 78216
or
skeris@cua.edu
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