Presenting the CMAA Fall Pilgrimage: Gregorian Chant at the Basilica of the National Shrine of the Immaculate Conception.

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This tutorial and liturgical event occurs in the Year of Jubilee of the Basilica of the National Shrine, and is co-sponsored by St. John the Beloved Church in McLean, Virginia and the John Paul II Cultural Center.

The dates are September 25-26, 2009.

This Fall Pilgrimage features chant instruction by chant legend Scott Turkington, lectures by renowned scholar William Mahrt (Stanford University and president of the CMAA), and a final Mass in the Extraordinary Form, celebrated in the Crypt Church of the National Shrine, with fully chanted ordinary and propers. The Organist will be David Lang, Organist and Choirmaster at St. John the Beloved in McLean. Choral motets will be sung by the Choir of the National Shrine directed by Dr. Peter Latona.

The trip also includes conditions for gaining the Jubilee Year Plenary Indulgence.

Participants may also take the opportunity to offer a Novena in Honor of the Immaculate Conception of the Blessed Virgin Mary. Begin the novena on Friday, September 18th. The final two days of the novena will be prayed by all in the Basilica of the National Shrine of the Immaculate Conception on September 25th and 26th.

Tuition is $110 for all sessions and materials, including a copy of the Parish Book of Chant, compiled and edited by Richard Rice, composer-in-residence at St. John the Beloved. You will receive all materials upon arrival. Minimum age for registrants: 15.

The conference is for beginning chanters, advanced chanters, or anyone in between, including those who love and appreciate the central role that chant plays as the prayerful song of the Roman Rite – not only at cathedrals and Basilicas but also in every parish. The conference will both train and inspire toward the goal of continuing the renaissance of sacred music in our time, both in the ordinary and extraordinary form of the Mass.

SCHEDULE

Friday, September 25
12:30pm -1:30pm: Registration; JPII Cultural Center
1:30pm-1:45pm: Welcome; JPII Cultural Center Auditorium
1:45pm – 2:45pm: Chant rehearsal; JPII Cultural Center Auditorium
2:45pm – 3:00pm: Break
3:15pm – 4:30pm: Chant rehearsal resumes at the National Shrine, Upper Church, Blessed Sacrament Chapel
4:45pm – 6:00pm: Reception; JP II Cultural Center, Rotunda
Dinner on your own

Saturday, September 26
9:00am – 9:30am: Coffee and Pastries; JPII Center Auditorium
9:30am – 10:45am: Chant rehearsal; JPII Center Auditorium
10:45am-11:00am: BREAK
11:00am – 12:00pm: Chant rehearsal; JPII Auditorium
12:00pm – 12:45pm – Catered Lunch; JPII cafe
1:00pm – 1:45pm – Lecture: “Active Participation and Listening to Chant,” Dr. William Mahrt; JPII Auditorium
2:00pm – 3:45pm – Chant rehearsal; Crypt Church, National Shrine
3:45pm – 4:00pm: BREAK
4:15pm: Recitation of the Rosary; National Shrine, Upper Church, Blessed Sacrament Chapel
5:00 pm – EF MASS; Crypt Church, National Shrine

Suggested Hotels

• Bloomingdale Inn, close by, charming, affordable
• Howard Johnson Express Inn Washington, 600 New York Avenue NE, 202-546-9200
• Days Inn Washington DC/Gateway, 2700 New York Avenue NE, 202-832-5800
• Days Inn Washington DC Connecticut Avenue, 4400 Connecticut Avenue, 202-244-5600.

Registration deadline is Monday, September 14th. Your registration will be considered complete after following the two-step process: 1) registration (done when you click on “send email”) and 2) fee payment (done when you have visited the Pay Pal page and submitted a payment or have paid with a check by mail) .

• Pay $110 plus any added donation for scholarships

Payments in the mail: Please submit online registration, indicating in the notes section that you will be paying by mail. Make checks payable to “CMAA Fall Pilgrimage” and mail to: CMAA PROGRAMS, 166 North Gay St, #19, Auburn, AL 36830