CMAA Chant Intensive, with Scott Turkington
Scott Turkington
Loyola University
Chicago, Illinois
June 9-13, 2008
UPDATE 5/15/08: five spots have opened up as of today. Registration closing May 15.
Scott Turkington (Stamford Schola Gregoriana) is the living heir to the classical Solesmes chant method, the author of The Gregorian Chant Masterclass, and a marvelous teacher.
For a full week prior to the Colloquium, you can study Gregorian chant with him in this program. His classes are famously engaging, with the teacher assisting students of all ages making a contribution. Turkington is a student of Theodore Marier, who was, in turn, a protege of Dom Gajard, the successor to Dom Mocquereau, the great chant scholar who, with Dom Pothier, fathered the Liber Usualis and the early scholarly publishing efforts of Solesmes. Thus is Turkington a direct intellectual descendant in this tradition and the leader of the revival in the United States.
It is called an intensive because it permits students to live and breath the art of chant like no other program. You will study the basics, yes, but move into into a detailed exploration of the wonderful world of modes, interpretation of neumes, rhythm, and the style required by chant. Special evenings sessions cover chironomy (conducting) and the fine art of pointing and singing the Psalms.
It is intended for people who desire something more than a weekend workshop. It will be quite technical, to be sure, but not inaccessible to the musician who is just approaching this music. It takes place the week before the Colloquium so that the people who attend this intensive will be prepared to be leaders and mentors to the others (many of them beginners) who will attend. (It is note necessary to attend both programs, however.)
This is the one week you will need to set you on the path toward full mastery of this art form that is sweeping through the United States in a full-scale restoration. But rather than looking back, this intensive prepares a bright future of beautiful singing in every parish, with everyone taking part.
Textbooks: Textbook of Gregorian Chant by Dom Gregory Sunol; The Parish Book of Chant by Richard Rice (not yet published); and the Graduale Romanum or the Gregorian Missal.
Classes begin on Monday afternoon and continue through Friday noon, culminating in a 2:00pm Mass with fully sung Gregorian propers in Loyola’s Madonna Della Strada Chapel. Students are eligible for a certificate of completion, issued by the CMAA and signed by Maestro Turkington.
Materials included as part of registration (excluding Graduale and/or Gregorian Missal). Total price, which includes housing and meals, is $521. Tuition only, without room and board, is $230. (pay now).
Take note: enrollment is strictly limited to 50 students and we can only accept people on a first-come-first-serve basis. So no deadline will be posted for this.
ADDITIONAL DETAILS
- Some scholarships for Church musicians may be available. Write us with all relevant details, including your financial need. If you would like to assist a musician to acquire the skills and inspiration needed to restore sacred music to an honored place in Catholic liturgy, and earmark your payment to scholarships.
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