CMAA is offering a “Sacred Music Boot Camp” October 15-17, with live internet presentations on sacred music starting at 5 pm Eastern Time Thursday and Friday and 11:30 am Eastern Time on Saturday.
Basic registration is free, and includes the daily Spiritual Reflection and daily Night Prayer.
Registration for breakout sessions (indicated in bold below) is $10 per day, or $30 for the entire workshop. (Note: registration for the Spanish-language sessions on Thursday is free of charge.)
Thursday, October 15, 2020
- 5:00 pm (ET) Welcome and Spiritual Reflection (Rev. Robert Pasley)
- 5:40 pm (ET) The Hierarchy of the Sung Liturgy: When and What to Sing – Fr. Michael Connolly (Spanish)
- 5:40 pm (ET) Breakout Session The Hierarchy of the Sung Liturgy: When and What to Sing – Dr. William Mahrt (English)
- 7:15 pm (ET) How to Read Square Notes – Jose Ballon (Spanish)
- 7:15 pm (ET) How to Read Square Notes Dr. Lucas Tappan (English)
- 8:50 pm (ET) How to Start a Chant Choir – Jose Ballon (Spanish)
- 8:50 pm (ET) How to Start a Chant Choir – TBD (English)
- 10:10 pm (ET) Night Prayer, Dr. Nathan Knutson
Friday, October 16, 2020
- 5:00 pm (ET) Spiritual Reflection (Rev. Robert Pasley)
- 5:40 pm (ET) Breakout Session Style and Function of Gregorian chant – Mahrt (English)
- 7:15 pm (ET) Breakout Session The Basics of Conducting Chant – Dr. Jennifer Donelson-Nowicka (English)
- 8:50 pm (ET) The Role of the Organ in the Liturgy: When and What to Play + To Accompany Chant or Not?, Dr. Horst Buchholz (English)
- 10:10 pm (ET) Night Prayer (Mary Ann Carr Wilson – Youth Schola)
Saturday, October 17, 2020
- 10:00 am (ET) Mass (Intentions of CMAA donors) Rev. Robert Pasley [live-streamed from St. John the Baptist Parish in Allentown, NJ]
- 1:15 pm (ET) How Did We Get Here? The History of Sacred Music after Vatican II in the U.S. – Dr. Susan Treacy
- 2:50 pm (ET) Breakout Session COVID-19 Research and Risk Mitigation in Choral Singing, Dr. Jennifer Donelson-Nowicka
- 4:25 pm (ET) Breakout Session Building a Music Program Budget – David Hughes
- 5:15 pm (ET) Night Prayer, Dr. Horst Buchholz, St. Louis, MO
