Applications for FALL 2025 Online Chant Courses are OPEN! Limit 5 seats per course.
"I arranged for five of my Cappella students to enroll in a specially-designed summer class in the International Chant Academy with Angela. The class was designed to meet the student where they were, ranging from beginning to advanced concepts. Angela hit this mark beautifully, expertly balancing the individual needs of each student, both musically and personally. She checks in to make sure that everyone is following and gently encourages students to go beyond their expectations and reservations. I highly recommend Angela for any of her acclaimed programs as well as for customized options! Angela is a gem!"
Dr. Rebecca Raber, DMA Director of Choral Studies Cappella & Concert Choir University of Mary, North Dakota
LEVEL I For serious musicians. Establishes a thorough foundation for reading chant pitch and notation on the four line staff. By the end of this course you will be able to prepare and sing a chant from chant notation, without outside assistance.
Class 1 | Pitch Class 2 | Neumes Class 3 | Rhythm, Performance Practice, and the Text Class 4 | Modes, and Chant Resources Class 5 | Chant and the Liturgy Private One Hour Lesson
5 group classes + 1 private lesson (two options): ~ Sept 8/9 thru Oct 13/14: Mon 7 pm Chicago | Tues 11 am Sydney, Australia ~ Tues, Sept 16 thru Oct 14: 11 am Chicago | 5 pm London
LEVEL II For musicians fluent in chant notation. Learn the skills of excellent chant musicianship, with study of the eight church modes, structural pitches, and the relationship of melody and text. Culminates in a group singing of Vespers via Zoom, with each student leading a portion of the liturgy.
Class 1 | The 8 Church Modes Class 2 | Chant, the Vehicle of the Word Class 3 | Psalm Tones Class 4 | The Liturgy of the Hours Class 5 | Communal Dimension of Chant Private One Hour Lesson
5 group classes + 1 private lesson Thursdays, Oct 16 thru Nov 13: 1 pm Chicago | 7 pm London
LEVEL III For skilled leaders of Gregorian chant. Learn how to analyze a chant via its mode, and enjoy sight singing with greater ease, increased musicality, more productive schola rehearsals, and a whole new lens through which further to explore and appreciate this singular genre of music.
Class 1 | Word & Song, Cantillation, and the Archaic Modes Class 2 | The True Modes Class 3 | Oral Tradition and the role of memory Class 4 | Principles of the Gregorian Octoechos (8 mode system) Class 5 | Ethos of the Eight Modes Class 6 | Usefulness of the Octoechos Class 7 | Limitations of the Octoechos, and alternative approaches Class 8 | Structural Pitches: a melody beneath the melody Optional One Hour Private Lesson
8 group classes + 1 optional private lesson Oct 14/15 thru Dec 2/3: Tues 7 pm Chicago | Wed 11 am 10/15 - 10/29 | 12 noon 11/5 - 12/3 Sydney, Australia
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