Guide to Gregorian Chant CD
A new Gregorian Chant CD has been released to help average parishioners, choir directors and choir members, and music teachers and their students learn some of the basic chants of the Church.
The CD was first developed as part of a workshop for music teachers in the Arlington Diocese to assist them with teaching chant in their classrooms. Many of them have found it very helpful to have a resource that provides spoken pronunciation tracks, as well as the sung chants. The accompanying CD booklet also lists keywords (words in English that are related to the Latin words used in the chants) and the lyrics and translations of the twenty-five chants on the CD. The CD was developed by Rosemary Reninger, the music director for St. Veronica Catholic Church in Chantilly, VA, who was also the music teacher for the parish school during its first two years.
The CD is available at http://store.stveronica.net. The description lists the chants included on the CD, along with a sample track. While it costs $21.95 for those not in the parish boundaries, there is a 30% discount for CMAA members. To receive the discount, register to use the store and e-mail rreninger@stveronica.net to have your membership status changed to CMAA member (otherwise, you will see the out-of-parish price). Funds from the project benefit the music program at St. Veronica Catholic Church (http://www2.stveronica.net).
