The final Mass of the CMAA Colloquium took place yesterday at St Mark’s Church, St Paul Minnesota. Solemn Mass for the Feast of the Nativity of St John the Baptist was celebrated by the CMAA Chaplain, Fr Robert Pasley. Amongst the choir directors pictured are Jonathan Ryan, Mary Ann Carr Wilson, Jeffrey Morse, Wilko Brouwers, David Hughes and Melanie Malinka.
Yesterday evening at the CMAA Colloquium, First Vespers of the Sacred Heart was sung at the St Thomas University Chapel in the Extraordinary Form. The choir, directed by Jonathan Ryan, sang a 17th century setting of the Magnificat attributed to Buxtehude, accompanied by strings. The celebrant was Fr Robert Pasley, chaplain to the CMAA.
This article by Janet Gorbitz is cross-posted from The Chant Café.
CMAA Board Member and Colloquium Faculty member Jonathan Ryan announces the release of a new solo organ recording available now!
Recorded on a specifically chosen European pipe organ famous for its brilliant fusion of German, French, and English Romantic styles, the repertoire centers around music with significant influences from another style or nationality, and which additionally makes strong connections between North America and Europe.
Included are major works by Healey Willan and Marcel Dupre: the German-inspired Introduction, Passacaglia, and Fugue, Op. 149 and Gregorian-chant based Symphonie-Passion, Op. 23 respectively.
Also featured is a commissioned piece by renowned English composer Philip Moore, and the recording premiere of Ride in a High Speed Train by contemporary Dutch composer Ad Wammes.
Colloquium attendees heard two of these works in Jonathan’s 2015 Colloquium recital at St. Paul Cathedral in Pittsburgh, PA.
In addition, a special Recording Release and CD Signing Reception is to be held Tuesday, December 22, 2015 at 7:30 pm at Christ Church (Episcopal) in Greenwich, CT. Special guest, renowned English composer Philip Moore: Featuring the premiere performance of his commissioned piece. (map).
Archbishop Tobin celebrated the closing Mass of the CMAA Colloquium this morning at St John the Evangelist in Indianapolis. The organ was played by Jonathan Ryan and the conductors shown below are Jeffrey Morse, Mary Jane Ballou, Paul Weber, Melanie Malinka and Horst Buchholz.
Here are photographs of today's Requiem Mass celebrated in the Extraordinary Form by Fr Robert Pasley, Chaplain to the CMAA, at the CMAA Colloquium in Indianapolis. The Requiem was for deceased members of the Church Music Association of America. The conductors in the photographs below are Horst Buchholz, Jonathan Ryan and Melanie Malinka.
The Church Music Association of America's 2014 Colloquium is now underway in Indianapolis. This evening's opening Mass at St John the Evangelist was celebrated by the CMAA's Chaplain, Fr Robert Pasley. The photographs also show some of the conductors: Scott Turkington, Melanie Malinka, Jonathan Ryan and Horst Buchholz. Further photographs will follow over the course of the week. [Photographs: Charles Cole]
