Live Webinar Series:
“Chant Hacks for Building Your Chant Habits”
Not currently being offered. Email allanna@vocalart.org or mark@vocalart.org if you are interested in this series being offered again!
These sessions cover the most foundational habits for singing Gregorian Chant WELL:
#1 The Old Solesmes Method’s “Rules of Style”
#2 Sight-Singing
#3 Letting the Music Form Your Prayer
These can get you started on the right foot in your Chant-singing, OR, if you’ve been singing the Chant for a long time already, this gives you the opportunity to take your Chant-singing to the next level!
Lower on this page is a more detailed outline of what the series will cover.
SPECIAL BONUS: If you sign up for the webinar series, you can also get a 1-hour PRIVATE Chant session with me, at the special price of $49. That’s a 40% savings from my regular private lesson price of $85!
EXTRA BONUS: You can ALSO refer a friend to the webinar, and both you and he will get an ADDITIONAL private Chant session at this discounted price of $49! Your friend just needs to provide your name when signing up for the webinar.
Quick Info
- This is a series of 3 Zoom sessions (once a week for 3 consecutive weeks).
- Each session is 60 minutes, with Q&A for the last 15 minutes.
- Sessions will be recorded and available for a limited time afterwards.
- Space is limited, so sign up soon! Discounted price for signing up by Jan. 18th (see below)!
DATES & TIME (note the time zone):
Option #1 – Jan. 23rd, Jan. 30th, & Feb. 6th @7:30 p.m. CST (U.S. Central)
Option #2 (NEW DATES) – Jan. 31st, Feb. 7th, & Feb. 14th @12:00 pm CST (U.S. Central)
COST: $129 for whole series $99 USD for whole series, if you sign up by the end of Jan. 18th
Normal price of $129 for signups after Jan. 18th
BONUSES: A private session at $85 $49 for attendees of the webinar, and an ADDITIONAL private session at $49 if you refer an attendee or are referred yourself!
Email allanna@vocalart.org to claim and schedule your private lesson.
REGISTRATION: Email allanna@vocalart.org with the following information:
- Your name
- Webinar time (Option #1 or #2)
- Name of who referred you (if applicable, for your discounted PRIVATE session; see bonuses above!)
- A brief note of your experience with Gregorian Chant
You will then be emailed confirmation within 24 hours. The Zoom link will be sent the day before the first session.
Webinar Outline
Preface: For those who are new to the music notation of Gregorian Chant, there will be a brief handout to study beforehand:
“The Few Quirky Things to know about Gregorian Chant Notation so you can be reading it in no time!”
Session 1: “The Rules of Style”
- The Solesmes Method’s general guidelines for singing Chant, so you can be performing it Beautifully & Prayerfully sooner rather than later
- Gives freedom to your expression, while preventing it from becoming too overwrought
- unites the expression of all the singers in a group
Session 2: Sight-Singing
- How to easily develop the habit & flexibility necessary to sing Chant REALLY well!
- Sight-Singing is LITERALLY the ability to sing written music without having heard the melody before or having an instrument (or other singer) help you
- in other words, YOU ARE AN INDEPENDENT SINGER. AND YES, THIS CAN BE LEARNED!
- The consequences of sight-reading’s neglect and the rewards of its practice
- Ways to begin practicing sight-reading
Session 3: Letting the Music Form Your Prayer
- How you can use the melodies of Gregorian chant as commentary on the text
- Uniting the words and the music in your prayer
Whether you are new to Gregorian Chant or you have been singing it for years, anyone will have something to gain from this series! If you are already singing the Chant, these sessions will give you the opportunity to take your Chant-singing to the next level! And if you are making your first step into the Chant, putting these 3 sessions into practice can get you on your feet to sing musical, prayerful renditions of the Chant RIGHT AWAY, whether by yourself or in a group!