This is going to be unbelievable

Oh man, this going to be a treat.

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Learning in a different way

I just got done hiking back from the north end of the campus where we had today’s Gregorian Chant rehearsal.  Last year I was in Wilko Brouwer’s polyphony choir group and was incredibly impressed with his teaching style.

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The angels rejoice

Not to leave you in suspense about what happened to our polyphony choir which sang the music for the Holy Hour Service this afternoon.  If you remember, I talked about it yesterday.

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Time in Purgatory

Today was a most challenging practice.  Here’s the setup:

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Sing. Pray. Repeat.

The music.  Ah, the wonderful music.

Here’s how the Colloquium runs:  Prayer.  Eat.  Music. Mass. Eat. Music. Music. Eat. Learning. Music. Prayer.  Fall into a heap and do it all again tomorrow.

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A day of beginnings and endings

It’s a day of great movement in my life, many things are in flux.

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Corpus Christi brings chant year to a close

What an absolutely great bunch of guys to work with.  Since September we’ve been chanting for one Mass a month, and yesterday’s Mass was the last before heading off to a well-deserved summer break.  And more important, to the Sacred Music Colloquium in Chicago next week.

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Gregorian Chant rocks!

So far I’ve focused on blog posts relating to my book and to my career coaching.  Today’s a great day for launching into a totally different area of my life, sacred music.

For the last 3+ years, I’ve been leading the Gregorian Chant Schola (choir) at St Elizabeth Ann Seton parish.  I have to admit that this is a tremendous journey of discovery and learning.

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