I am looking for someone who is well-versed or an expert in vernacular plainsong who may be available to hold a training workshop for a group of musicians in the Dayton, Ohio area at some point this coming year. I am working with another person to secure a grant for a Lenten Vespers series in 2019, and part of the grant money will be set aside for training purposes. Does anyone have any recommendations on who I may be able to contact? I thought about contacting St. Meinrad Archabbey, but wasn't sure if they traveled outside of their community to hold training sessions. Any suggestions would be greatly appreciated.
Adam Bartlett, the author of CMAA's "Simple English Propers" and publisher of his own "Lumen Christi" series, is a fine teacher who studied under Fr. Columba Kelly of St. Meinrad's. You can contact him through his site, illuminarepublications.com.
Fr Columba would be very good, but he has finally reached the point (very late eighties!) at which he cannot travel. In addition to the others listed above, I would be available for such a workshop.
Many MD's would drive to their own church to hear themselves speak... What has our world become! I believe St. Joseph's in Streetsville had Adam Bartlett run a workshop a number of years ago.
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