MusicaSacra

Fall Pilgrimage: Gregorian Chant at the National Shrine, Washington, D.C.

CMAA — Wed, 01 Jul 2009 20:29:25 +0000

Details and registration information here

Report from Chicago

CMAA — Fri, 26 Jun 2009 18:06:44 +0000

New Music Reading Session deadline extended

David J. Hughes — Wed, 10 Jun 2009 21:59:55 +0000

Given the many obligations facing musicians in the midst of preparing for Corpus Christi, the Feast of the Sacred Heart, and the end of the parish choral season generally, the submission deadline for the New Music Reading Session has been extended by one week, to June 17th. If you are a composer with works to submit — a motet or two, a Mass movement or two, or some combination thereof, as long as it totals 15 pages or fewer — please send them to newmusic@musicasacra.com in PDF format. When doing so, please be sure to include your contact information (e-mail address, website, etc.) for inclusion in the table of contents — important information for prospective performers and commissioners of your works!

Composers with Finale or Sibelius who may be confused as to how best to produce a PDF of their works should consider installing CutePDF, a free program that acts as a printer driver. The software and download instructions are available here. If you have a handwritten score, you can bring it to a local copy center (Kinko’s, Staples, OfficeMax, etc.) and have them scan it for you. As previously noted, the PDF requirement and $20 submission fee — payable through PayPal or by check to our programs office (address in the footer of this page), and which covers the cost of printing the volume — saves you from having to make 200 copies of each of your submitted compositions.

Caecilia Archives

CMAA — Wed, 03 Jun 2009 13:44:37 +0000

Monteverdi Motets, Vocal Pedagogy, and what, Chironomy?

CMAA — Sat, 30 May 2009 02:39:30 +0000

It’s all part of Sacred Music Colloquium XIX, coming up in a few weeks at Loyola University. Aside from daily chant (five scholas!) and polyphony (five choirs!) rehearsals, this year we’re featuring breakout sessions that go into more depth in the areas you’ve asked for. The difficulty for most of us will be deciding which to attend. More details can be found here.

Amazon Store

CMAA — Tue, 19 May 2009 22:00:59 +0000

New products at our Amazon storefront, including the classic Richard Terry book Catholic Church Music.

New Music Reading Session

CMAA — Tue, 19 May 2009 17:24:10 +0000

There is a new music reading session on Saturday of the Sacred Music Colloquium. If you have a piece of music you would like to submit for inclusion in the 2009 new music volume, please send it to newmusic@musicasacra.com in PDF format by June 10. Each composer may submit up to two pieces, for a total limit of 15 pages. A piece is either a motet or a Mass movement, Latin- or English-texted; hymns are permitted but not encouraged. In your e-mail, be sure to include your contact information for inclusion in the book. As this is a composers’ forum as much as a reading session, participation is limited to registered Colloquium participants. There is a $20 submission fee, paid through paypal or by check to our programs office (address in the footer of this page). The fee covers the cost of printing the volume, and saves you from having to make 200 copies of each of your submitted compositions.

Colloquium XIX poster

CMAA — Tue, 12 May 2009 16:47:26 +0000

Winter 2008 and Spring 2009

CMAA — Tue, 12 May 2009 16:19:52 +0000

Two new issues of Sacred Music are now online for the viewing and downloading, in the archives.

There’s still time to donate

CMAA — Wed, 06 May 2009 20:26:43 +0000

We have been receiving requests for scholarship assistance for the Summer Chant Intensive and Sacred Music Colloquium since last November. Thus far the the donations that have come in have enabled us to assist 85% percent of the people who have sought help. But we still have a waiting list of humble and patient souls - most of whom have asked for just enough to help them make one of these programs part of their summer - and their musical formation. All are worthy candidates.

Our goal every year is to help everyone get to the Colloquium who has the desire to attend. This isn’t always going to happen, and maybe its not realistic, but it remains our goal - that will not change.

If you are coming yourself and think you could help someone else with a gift of $20, $50, or even $150 or more, please make a donation today. If you are not going to be attending, but you value the work the CMAA is doing in changing the landscape of liturgical music in our country, one parish at a time, please consider making a donation - in time for someone to benefit from your gift this coming June. It will help make that individual’s dream come true - but more importantly, it is an investment in the restoration of beauty and solemnity in the heavenly liturgy.