The Church Music Association of America is pleased to announce that its 36th annual Sacred Music Colloquium will be held at the St John Newman Center, at the University of Illinois in Champaign (located at 604 E. Armory Ave.), from June 22-26, an opportunity for beginner to advanced singers, conductors, and clergy to experience and learn about the beauty of sacred chant, polyphony, and organ repertory.
- Extensive training in Gregorian chant under a world-class faculty, with choices of chant classes for beginners to advanced, for men and women.
- Music specialty breakout sessions for organists and sessions on new music, vocal pedagogy, education, and building chorister programs, among others.
- Choral experience with one of two choirs singing sacred music of the masters such as Palestrina, Marenzio, Gombert, Isaac, Guerrero, Severac, La Rocca, as well as a newly composed Mass Ordinary by composer Chris Mueller.
- Plenary talks on timely and relevant liturgical topics.
- Individual training in vocal production and technique (by appointment only)
- A one-of-a-kind Book of Scores for participants, including chant and polyphony, along with a copy of the Mozart Requiem Choral part.
- Book sales from the CMAA warehouse, with discounts on our books to CMAA members.
In addition, all attendees will sing in the Grand Choir for the Mozart Requiem. You’ll learn with our gifted faculty; daily liturgies are offered with careful attention to musical settings in English and Latin.
For more information about the Colloquium faculty, schedule and repertory, and information about registration and accommodations, see the following page of the CMAA website:
