Applications are open for the ICA Spring 2024 quadrimester.
To ensure each student receives the personalized attention deserved, no more than 5 students will be received into each course. Apply early.
Online Chant Course - Level I Learn how to read and sing a chant from chant notation. Lesson 1: Pitch and Rhythm Lesson 2: Neumes Lesson 3: Chant Preparation Lesson 4: Modes, and Chant Resources Lesson 5: Chant and the Liturgy Lesson 6: Private One Hour Lesson
Online Chant Course - Level II Learn the skills of excellent chant musicianship. Lesson 1: The 8 Church Modes Lesson 2: Chant, the Vehicle of the Word Lesson 3: Psalm Tones Lesson 4: The Liturgy of the Hours Lesson 5: Communal Dimension of Chant Lesson 6: Private One Hour Lesson
The Exceptional Cantor Wednesdays 2-4 pm CST Level I ~ 1/10 - 2/7 Lesson 1: A liturgical foundation Lesson 2: The inestimable treasure of sacred song Lesson 3: Sing the Mass Lesson 4: Music every cantor should know Lesson 5: Seven habits of the exceptional cantor
Level II ~ 2/20 - 3/20 Lesson 1: Liturgical musicianship Lesson 2: "When in Rome, do what the Romans do.” Lesson 3: The primary liturgical instrument Lesson 4: Liturgical music planning and the antiphons Lesson 5: Weddings and funerals
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