carljn

Choir Loft Flooring Help
I'm curious. How would a reflected wave of relatively low intensity (I.e. The human voice) be at all affected by the composition of the substrate? It should stand to reason that unless you are aiming an amplified wave directly at a surface, thu…

Comment by carljn February 2014 permalink
Choir Loft Flooring Help
Missed the low cost! The insulation is cheap, and get salvaged hardwood to refinish. That way it is reflective and has a beautiful historic patina!

Comment by carljn February 2014 permalink
Choir Loft Flooring Help
Rip out the subfloor to the joists and use insulation or other sound deadening material like crazy between the joists (just make sure there are no moisture problems and everything is done to code). Then get good thick plywood (as thick as you can g…

Comment by carljn February 2014 permalink
FREE Introductory Workshop on Gregorian Chant, Severna Park, MD, February 22 (Baltimore/Annapolis)
Reminder, the workshop is tomorrow morning at 9AM. Looks to be very well attended, and there is certainly room for more!

Comment by carljn February 2014 permalink
Free Materials for Introductory Gregorian Chant Workshop
NEW UPDATE!!!! My wonderful bride (the same one who created the beautiful materials for the workshop) has now created a Children's Companion book to the workshop! Let us know what you think! Thanks, and reminder, the workshop is tomorrow. …

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Chant Workshop - Fresno, CA, Sat. Jan. 18
The best of luck! I wish I could be there, but its a bit of a long haul back to LA from Maryland!

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FREE Introductory Workshop on Gregorian Chant, Ventura, CA, July 13, 2013
Quick bump since the workshop is this Saturday!

Comment by carljn July 2013 permalink
FREE Introductory Workshop on Gregorian Chant, Ventura, CA, July 13, 2013
I now have a Google+ site for the event! https://plus.google.com/u/1/events/cmncm3b50mtvs7kst0mek5ll390

Comment by carljn June 2013 permalink
New Tool for Gregorian Propers
This is phenomenal! Thanks!

Comment by carljn June 2013 permalink
End of choir season: how was your choir season?
End?? We don't really end! More like adapt and overcome vacation schedules season begins!

Comment by carljn June 2013 permalink
How did you hear about chanted liturgical music? what got you going?
Never read it or had any interest in it until 2009, and then life completely changed! Decided to join an EF choir after a move West that chanted ordinaries and a couple simple hymns to go with psalm tone propers, nice polyphony and such. Still did…

Comment by carljn April 2013 permalink
Singing Gregorian Chant? Add your location, where and when to the map!
Blast! I can't find my link nor will it let me add a new entry! We just moved down the street to a different Church!

Comment by carljn April 2013 permalink
Assistance sought - TI or TE in Offertory verse for 2nd Sunday
Out of curiosity, how do you determine where the holds, breaks and lengthenings go in these verses? We've been doing them by what seems right and similar to the rythmic markings in the Liber.

Comment by carljn January 2013 permalink
Vernacular Hymnody at Extraordinary Form Masses? English Hymns sung at the Latin Mass?
The way I have read the documents and practiced it was that during High Mass, Latin only between the Introit and the Communion chants, and English is permissable on either side of that.

Comment by carljn January 2013 permalink

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