Upcoming Workshop for Priests and Seminarians

Sung Extraordinary Form: A Workshop for Priests and Seminarians

April 28-30, 2009 (Tuesday through Thursday)
St. John the Evangelist Church
Stamford, Connecticut
Faculty: Fr. Scott Haynes (St. John Cantius) and Scott Turkington

This from the website of the Church Music Association of America:

“Here is a wonderful opportunity to learn the Extraordinary Form of the Mass in its normative form: the sung Mass. Many priests are working toward saying the EF, especially in many seminaries, but so far it is the “Low Mass” that has predominated parish celebrations. The liturgy is far more beautiful and noble when sung with Gregorian chant in the dialogues and readings, but it requires training to do this.

This seminar features the best of the best teachers in this very area. Fr. Haynes is associate pastor at St. John Cantius in Chicago, where the ordinary and extraordinary forms live side by side. Scott Turkington is an internationally renowned expert in Gregorian chant, and a masterful teacher. Together they will teach priests and seminarians how to sing the Mass in its older form. They are both friendly, accessible, and have long experience in training in singing the Mass.

This is the first time these two giants have come together for this purpose, and it promises to be a wonderful experience. At the conclusion of the seminar, there will be a sung Mass.

To attend and benefit, it is not necessary to have already learned the Low Mass. It is not necessary that you already know Latin. It is not necessary that you already sing the Mass. All of these skills will be taught.

At the end of the workshop, you will have advanced very far in your ability to sing the Mass in the Extraordinary Form. While it cannot substitute for years of training that were once offered, this “crash course” will address most all the main issues and put you on the way towards mastery in the fastest possible way.

The seminar runs from 1:00pm on Tuesday through 3:00pm on Thursday. The seminar fee, which includes all sessions, course materials, morning coffee, catered lunches on Wednesday and Thursday, and cocktail receptions on Tuesday and Wednesday evenings, is $155.”

Please see full information here: http://www.musicasacra.com/stamford/