Chant Practicum Schedule
21 June 2010
Monday:

07:00 a.m. – 3:00 p.m. …… Arrival and check-in
12:30 p.m. – 1:00 p.m. …… Lunch (for those who have arrived)
3:00 p.m. – 3:45 p.m. …… Lecture: Role of Gregorian Chant in the Liturgy
3:55 p.m. – 4:40 p.m. …… Lecture: The knowledge & skills needed to sing Gregorian chant
4:45 p.m. – 5:20 p.m. …… Preparation for Office of Vespers
5:30 p.m. – 6:00 p.m. …… Vespers
6:00 p.m. – 6:30 p.m. …… Dinner
7:00 p.m. – 7:45 p.m. …… Practicum: Latin Pronunciation
7:50 p.m. – 8:20 p.m. …… Practicum: Preparation for office of Compline
8:30 p.m. – 8:50 p.m. …… Compline

22-26 June 2010
Tuesday—Saturday:
8:00 a.m. – 9:00 a.m. …… Missa Cantata
9:00 a.m. – 9:30 a.m. …… Breakfast
9:30 a.m. – 9:40 a.m. …… Terce
9:45 a.m. – 10:30 a.m. …… Solfège exercises
10:45 a.m. – 12:10 p.m. …… Practicum
12:15 p.m. – 12:30 p.m. …… Sext
12:30 p.m. – 1:00 p.m. …… Lunch
1:30 p.m. – 2:50 p.m. …… Practicum
3:00 p.m. – 3:15 p.m. …… None
3:30 p.m. – 5:15 p.m. …… Practicum
5:30 p.m. – 6:00 p.m. …… Vespers
6:00 p.m. – 6:30 p.m. …… Dinner
7:00 p.m. – 8:15 p.m. …… Practicum (optional)
8:30 p.m. – 8:50 p.m. …… Compline

27 June 2010
Sunday
10:00 a.m. Mass at St. Francis of Assisi (Lincoln)
12:30 Brunch (OLG Seminary)/Departure

Syllabus

Chant Practicum
Syllabus

1. Purpose of Liturgy, Chant
2. Pronunciation of Latin
3. Breathing
4. Legato sound
5. Uniform Sound
a. Breathing (how, when)
b. Head sound
c. Group sound (listening, blending)
6. Neums
7. Interpretation
8. Solfège
a. Reading proficiency
b. Intonation
9. Rhythm
a. Definition
i. Platonic
ii. Aristotelian
b. Application
i. Rules for counting
ii. Manipulation of tempo, dynamics
iii.Greater rhythm (phrasing)
c. Chironomy
10. Phrasing
a. “Greater rhythm” structure
b. Dynamics
c. Tempo
d. Adjustments to standard interpretations
11. Schola practice procedure
12. Psalmody
a. Praying the Psalms with Chant
b. General structure/mechanics
c. Rules for fitting cadences to recitatives
d. The tones in particular