Arlene Oost-Zinner, Author at Chant Café

April 26, 2013 by Arlene Oost-Zinner

Chant Class Today at 2:00pm CDT

April 18, 2013 by Arlene Oost-Zinner

Online Course Friday Afternoon – The Minor Modes

I just added a class for tomorrow afternoon, 1:00pm CDT. What could be more fun than taking an online class on Friday afternoon? Learn more here.

April 16, 2013 by Arlene Oost-Zinner

Learn About the Gregorian Modes

I’m teaching an online class on the Gregorian modes tonight at 8:00pm, CDT. This time we’ll look at the structure of the major modes. My goal is to remove the mystery and make things comprehensible. Learn about the course here.

April 12, 2013 by Arlene Oost-Zinner

The Follies

The Follies are making their comeback at Sacred Music Colloquium XXIII in Salt Lake City.

April 12, 2013 by Arlene Oost-Zinner

Online Class Friday Afternoon

April 9, 2013 by Arlene Oost-Zinner

But, but…where is the treble clef?

I’m teaching a first course in reading Gregorian notation tonight at 8:00pm CDT. Online. This is for anyone who wishes to know: why four lines and not five? How can I read this if there is no treble clef? Give me thirty minutes and you’ll see how easy it is. Two spots left in tonight’s class.

April 5, 2013 by Arlene Oost-Zinner

So That’s Why Gregorian Chant Sounds Different

If the Gregorian modes remain a mystery to you and you’d like to understand how they differ from our modern scales, join me this afternoon online. I’ll be teaching a primer in the major modes at 4:00pm CDT.

About

Catholic liturgical music is serious, solemn, transcendent, but Catholic musicians are never more fun and inspiring than when they are talking about what they love most. This is what happens at sacred music events around the world: the social and intellectual are critically important elements. The musicians (and music enthusiasts) at the Chant Café, a project of the Church Music Association of America, bring that sense of life and love to the digital world. As St. Augustine said, "Cantare amantis est."

Among the contributors:

Mary Jane Ballou, D.S.M., harpist, organist, director of the women's schola Cantorae, and specialist in sacred repertoire for women's voices | archive
Charles Cole, director of the Schola Cantorum of the London Oratory School | archive
Jennifer Donelson, D.M.A., managing editor, Sacred Music, associate professor and director of sacred music at St. Patrick's Seminary, Menlo Park | archive
G Hildreth is an erstwhile Catholic music director and cantor who now sings where she may and blogs at scelata.blogspot.com | archive
Nathan Knutson, D.S.M., sacred music director at St. Charles Borromeo Seminary, Philadelphia. Admin with wife Lisa, domenicozipoli.org.| archive
Kathleen Pluth (kathleenpluth.com), S.T.L., is the Hymn Consultant for Word on Fire’s Liturgy of the Hours. Her composition Let The Earth Acclaim Christ Jesus won the songwriting competition of the 2024 National Eucharistic Revival. Her texts and translations appear often in Magnificat, and she has written commissioned hymns for dioceses, seminaries, and parishes. | archive
Fr. Christopher Smith, S.T.D., pastor of Prince of Peace Catholic Church in Taylors, SC | archive
Mary Ann Carr Wilson, director of the youth music program Canticle and of the San Diego summer Chant Camp | archive
Adam Wood, church musician and writer | archive

Also past contributors:

Charles Culbreth, "Mr. C" (1951-2018), longtime parish music director in Visalia, CA | archive
Jeffrey Tucker, writer, editor, entrepreneur, musician | archive
Nick Gale (1975-2015), organist, choral director, for 13 years Master of the Music at the Cathedral of St. George in Southwark | archive
Ben, schola director and organ student | archive

e-mail: contact@chantcafe.com