Online Chant Class

Spot the similarities! This weeks online lesson serves double duty as a bit of preparation for a homeschool camp including five sung Masses next week. More information on preparing for that here under “Online Choir”.

Confirmations are approaching, plus we have a Votive Mass of the Holy Spirit planned in the preceding week. So, the Votive Mass actually uses a more elaborate melody, but I usually go for this simpler tune, adding in the extra words in a psalm tone.

This term the online chant class is working from materials over at A New Book of Old Hymns Closer to home, however, we have preparation for things we’re singing at Lawson.

Preparing for an online chant class thing for Friday 15th December 2023 Here’s the video I made earlier And a list of better videos: Verbum Gloriae with Spanish transaltions Rebecca Gorzynska with shruti box drone in the background Words on a painting of the Magi Westminster Cathedral Choir The New Book Old Hymns Puer Natus Page has some more resources.

Preparing for an online chant class thing for Friday 1st December 2023 O Antiphons Minibook More usual A4 pages Harpa Dei have a fantastic recording - their pronunciation is a bit Spanishish but they are beautiful.

Preparing for an online chant class thing for Friday 24th November 2023. Here’s the video I made earlier The New Book Old Hymns Rorate Page has some more resources. It has a longer vocab list and an enormous crossword puzzle.

Preparing for an online chant class thing for Friday 17th November 2023. Here’s the fairly long-winded description of the hymn. Skip to 6:40 for the actual hymn being sung. The New Book Old Hymns Conditor Page has some more resources.

and the New Book Old Hymns Dies Irae Page

Okay, this is the plan for Friday 3rd November 2023. Get Worksheet and a last minute wordsearch Here is the vocab list: LUX : light AETERNA : eternal PERPETUA : perpetual LUCEAT : may it shine EIS : on them / to them DOMINE : O Lord SANCTIS : Saints / holy ones (abl pl) DONA : grant / give QUIA : because PIUS : loving / pious ES : you are / thou art REQUIEM : rest Hope this works!

Here is Corpus Christi Watershed’s post Here is a local copy of their pdf I’m kinda hoping everyone knows the meaning of the words of the Ave Maria.

Work in progress. Puzzle Sheet Colouring Page Sheet music Solfege Chorus I should really do up a solfege sheet before the Zoom call.

See the lesson for the First Verse for more printables Puzzles

Here are the printables: Colouring page Puzzles Just the chant And here is the catch up video: And here is the kahoot (an online quiz)

here is the gregobase link Printables: Colouring in page Puzzles Just the chant Sol-fa version

We have embarked on a project of making a weekly chant class. This is actually the second lesson - I had made a recording for the first lesson, but it was even more embarrassing than this one, so I’ll need a bit more time to work on it.

I thought I’d combine these two, as we have a busy week approaching, plus the book of illustrations doesn’t cover these readings directly. Christ the King recounts the conversation of Jesus Christ with Pontius Pilate, and there is an illustration of this in Fr Nadal’s book.

Weekly Gregorian Chant Session live over Zoom