Detroit Chant Workshop

If you live near Detroit and want to learn chant... then you are in luck this Saturday. (H/T: Musings of a Pertinacious Papist):

The second Chant Workshop: The Modes

with Wassim Sarweh

(Organist and Choir Director at St. Josaphat,Detroit)

Saturday, March 20, 2010

9:00 a.m. to 4:00 p.m.

St. Joseph Church Hall,1828 Jay St.,Detroit

No experience necessary! Open to anyone interested in chant in any way, from amateur singers and/or curious observers to choir masters and/or professional musicians

Topics include:

The 8 modes of Gregorian Chant

Understanding rhythms

Brief history

Singing/conducting chant

Understanding the many methods of chant

And more...

Materials will be provided

2:00 p.m. Private sung mass in the Extraordinary Form at St. Joseph Church

Registration: $30 (includes simple lunch); $15 students

Free for priests and clergy

Materials and a cold lunch will be provided

Contact info:

Email: wassim_9@sympatico.ca

Email: info@stjosaphatchurch.org,

or Call Mr. Sarweh at 519-259-7569, or

Call Mr. Begin at 248-250-2740.