Clergy Chants of Holy Week - English Topic #4 of Spring 2025 Workshop Series of the Catholic Institute of Sacred Music Monday, April 7 – 4:30 – 6:30 p.m., PDT
Are you ready for Holy Week? Are you a priest, deacon, or musician who trains clergy and who would benefit from understanding the chants of the clergy? Join us for this timely session to head into Holy Week well prepared to sing the sacred liturgies of this most holy time of the year. The chants covered will be in English, according to the settings in the 2011 Roman Missal (ICEL) and the Passion narrative settings in English by Jennifer Donelson-Nowicka according to the traditional chant tone, including the concluding planctus tone.
The chants included in the workshop are: - The gospels of Palm Sunday (before the procession), Holy Thursday, and Easter Sunday - A short review of the “solemn tone” for presidential prayers - The prefaces of Palm Sunday, Holy Thursday (Evening Mass of the Lord’s Supper), and Preface I of Easter - Good Friday petitions - The Exsultet - Easter Vigil blessing of water - Easter dismissal - Passion narratives, according to St. Luke and St. John
Instructor: Dr. Jennifer Donelson-Nowicka Live via Zoom
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