Adventide: 6 ancient choral works for modern-day choirs
This blog post is dedicated to a few musical gems of the ancient past which are suitable especially for Adventide.
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angelamrocchio
- Sep 7
- 3 min
5 reasons to plan a Festival of Lessons and Carols
It's going to be several more weeks before radio stations start to broadcast Christmas music, and the new choir year is only just...
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angelamrocchio
- Aug 29
- 5 min
Marcel Pérès and Saint Louis IX: Royal French chants for a Royal French saint
Image: Marcel Pérès and the Cantores Sancti Ludovici singing for Mass in February 2023 August 25th is internationally observed as the...
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angelamrocchio
- Jul 29
- 3 min
"Margarita" Sunday? The Latin language and Gregorian chant
When studying Gregorian chant in its liturgical context, we discover that many feasts are named after the chants they contain. Laetare...
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angelamrocchio
- Jun 29
- 3 min
Too many notes?! Structural and ornamental pitches in Gregorian chant.
When first singing a new chant, sometimes the succession of pitches seems random, as though the composer picked up a paintbrush and...
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angelamrocchio
- Sep 16, 2022
- 16 min
5 Short Lessons on Reading Chant Notation
Welcome to the International Chant Academy's first blog post. Our mission is to keep the beauty and meaningfulness of Gregorian Chant and...
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