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St William of York, at the recent visit of Bishop Schneider |
Starts at 10:45am; concludes at 5:30pm.
Cantemus Domino, gloriose enim magnificatus est. (Ex 15:1)
The Young Adults Group (YAG) at St James's, Spanish Place, is dedicated to promote the Catholic faith among young adults through activities such as the Faith Clinic, social events, and most notably, a Sung Mass held on the last Sunday of each month.
The YAG has recently formed a young adults choir under the
direction of a skilled Gregorian singer, and a few talented members have
already joined. The group is now looking to expand the choir with additional singers
of a similar calibre who share their commitment to sacred music and would be
interested in rehearsing and singing with them regularly.
If you might be interested in joining St James's YAG choir in their efforts to enrich the liturgy, or if you simply have any questions, please contact the YAG leader, Maryam Hoarau, at stjamesyamw1@gmail.com .
Mass will begin at 14:30, preceded from 11:00 a.m. by a study of the sublimely-beautiful Missa pro Defunctis and general coaching in the singing of the Chant under the Schola's Musical Director, Iain Simcock. Singers should arrive at the rehearsal room by 10:55 a.m. to ensure a prompt start.
Since the various sung sections of the Mass vary in difficulty, whilst some will wish to approach the most challenging sections, it is anticipated that all course attendees will at the very least wish to sing the Ordinary and perhaps also participate in singing the Sequence, Dies Irae, antiphonally.
For full details see the Schola Gregoriana website. To allow preparation of enough copies of the singing material etc, please indicate your interest at this stage by contacting info@scholagregoriana.org
Find out more and sign up on the RSCM website.
The GCN is not currently organising training events for the general public, but thanks to the sponsorship of the Latin Mass Society we have been arranging tuition for particular groups of singers, most recently in Withermarsh Green and Lanherne Convent in Cornwall.
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The Latin Mass Society's Southwell Consort singing chant and polyphony at Corpus Christi Maiden Lane in London. |
If you are part of a chant group singing for the Traditional Mass, and are interested in such help, please get in touch through the Latin Mass Society: info@lms.org.uk, marked 'Gregorian Chant Training'.
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Corpus Christi, Maiden Lane, London |
It has been a long winter for Gregorian Chant, but we can finally announce that the Houghton Schola, the Latin Mass Society's all-male training schola for London, will resume rehearsing and singing in September.
They will be singing at Corpus Christi Maiden Lane, two Monday evening Masses a week, and as a rule they will have one rehearsal a month to prepare both Masses, in the office of the LMS itself, which is in Macklin Street, Holborn.
To register your interest in singing, please email southwell@lms.org.uk
The Director, Dominic Bevan, is also leading a new, mixed, polyphonic consort, the Southwell Consort, which you can also enquire about through this address.
The Houghton Schola trains chant singers who may or may not have previous experience. The Southwell Consort provides an opportunity to sing in a liturgical setting for people with musical training but who have not become professional musicians.
The first rehearsal of the Houghton Schola will be on Friday 10th September.
Booking open for the Gregorian Chant Network Chant Training Weekend |
5-7th April
Oratory School, Woodcote, near Reading RG8 0PJ
Registration is from 4pm to 4.45pm on Friday 5th April.
There is a Sung Mass at 5pm followed by dinner.
Late registrations are possible from 7 to 7.30pm, after which the course begins.
The course ends after Mass and lunch on the Sunday (lunch at 1.10pm approx.).
The weekend is being led by Fr Guy Nichols and Dominic Bevan.
Deep discounts for two, three, or more members of a single choir or schola!
I look forward to seeing many of you there!
Joseph Shaw
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