by Jenny | Jun 4, 2022 | Episodes
How did the Franciscan missionaries of California engage the people they were evangelizing through music? How did their training in music enable their missionary work? What were the forms of music the missionaries used? What were the artistic cultures of the...
by Jenny | May 22, 2022 | Episodes
A leading expert in the work and approach to singing chant of Dom Eugène Cardine, Dr. Edward Schaefer (Collegium Sanctorum Angelorum) joins us to discuss the basics of semiology, the older styles of neumes, and how reading from these neumes can inform our singing of...
by Jenny | May 22, 2022 | Episodes
What are the limits of music in conveying meaning? Can one “do theology” musically? Join Dr. Robert Sholl (Royal Academy of Music) as we discuss Olivier Messiaen’s search for a musical language which could convey the truths of the Catholic faith....
by Jenny | May 16, 2022 | Episodes
Focusing firstly on the Psalms of Sunday vespers, Dr. Mahrt takes us through a tour of the Psalms and their antiphon pairings and how this helps us to understand the typological fulfillment of the Psalms in Christ, as well as the feasts of the liturgical year. We...
by Jenny | May 12, 2022 | Episodes
What can a parish music director take away from historical research in terms of performance practice? Join Prof. Charles Weaver (Juilliard, CUNY) as we discuss phrasing, rhythm, vibrato, pitch, tuning, and other issues which inform the performance of Renaissance...
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