Gregorian Chant Masterclass
with Dr. Jennifer Donelson
Assistant Professor of Music at Nova Southeastern University

Saturday, March 6
8 AM to 2 PM
Spalding Pastoral Center
419 NE Madison Ave
Peoria, IL 61603

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8:00 – 11:30
Rehearsals of Repertoire for Mass
and
Talk: “An Interior Silence: The Purifying Work of Gregorian Chant in the Soul”
Exploring the spiritual qualities of Gregorian Chant, as well as its spiritual fruits

11:30 – 12:00
Catered Lunch by Kickapoo Creek Winery

12:00 – 12:50
Final Rehearsal for Mass

1:00
Mass in Saint Mary's Cathedral
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COST: $20 per person (includes fee for catered lunch)
RSVP (necessary for lunch) by WEDNESDAY, MARCH 3
309.672.6447 ext. 22 or sherryseckler@hotmail.com

Dr. Jennifer Donelson is an assistant professor of music at Nova Southeastern University where she teaches piano, music theory and directs the Chorale. She received her DMA in Piano Performance from the University of Nebraska-Lincoln and has studied with Paul Barnes, Mark Clinton, and Quentin Faulkner. A specialist in the piano works and writings of Olivier Messiaen, she has lectured on and given performances of portions of the Vingt Regards sur l’Enfant-Jésus throughout the United States, France and Mexico. Dr. Donelson has been awarded numerous academic fellowships, as well as a grant supporting her research at the Bibliothèque Nationale de France on the controversy surrounding the premiere of Messiaen’s Vingt Regards. She is the founding director of the Cor Immaculatae Schola Cantorum, a professional vocal ensemble dedicated to the performance of Gregorian chant and sacred polyphony. She also currently directs scholae cantorum for both the extraordinary and ordinary forms of the Mass at St. Michael the Archangel and Ss. Francisco y Clara parishes in Miami.