St Cecilia Feast Day Celebration 2016
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The Feast day of our patron Saint Cecilia is fast approaching! Actual day: 22nd November. This year, we are hosting it on Saturday 19 November, and we are pleased to include on that day, a Recital on the Pipe Organ by various organists in our diocese. “The pipe organ is to be held in high esteem in the Latin Church, since it is its traditional instrument, the sound of which can add a wonderful splendor to the Church’s ceremonies and powerfully lift up men’s minds to God and higher things.” [#62: Musicam Sacram, 1967] We are also most honoured and privileged to have His Grace Archbishop William Goh to celebrate Mass for us on this special day. This great celebratory event is for ALL CHOIR MEMBERS & MUSICIANS. We encourage all those who have choir robes to bring them along and to be well-vested for Holy Mass. The Programme for the day is briefly as follows: DATE: SATURDAY 19 NOVEMBER 2016 VENUE: CHURCH OF THE HOLY CROSS (450 Clementi Avenue 1, (129955)) TIME OF REGISTRATION: 8.30am 9 am – 9.45 am: A Talk by Sir Dr Peter Low on “How should a good church choir be formed?” (This is held in the auditorium) 9.45 am: Participants to adjourn to Church 10 am – 10.40 am: Organ Recital (LMC Choir will present 2 pieces together with Organ accompaniment) 10.40 am – 11 am: Teaching of * music for the Mass 11 am – 12 pm: Mass (Celebrant: His Grace Archbishop William Goh) – Pipe Organ Prelude – * Propers will be used for the Entrance, Offertory and Communion processions – Odinaries: Missa XII Pater Cuncta in Latin (Click to access videos) – Pipe Organ Postlude * music resources will be attached for your own perusal, but do take note that Mass booklets with music scores will be printed for all attendees. You may click here to access a copy of the Antiphons and Ordinaries in pdf for your reference. Please click REGISTER if you wish to attend. Attendance is necessary to help us know how much to print and to cater adequately for refreshments. After Mass: Please adjourn to the foyer for light refreshments and fellowship. (Do indicate ‘Yes’ or ‘No’ if you are staying for refreshments when you REGISTER to avoid over-catering and wastage.) Let us make time to come together for this great celebration of thanksgiving, using the gifts and talents God has bestowed upon us as choristers and musicians. May we continue to glorify the Lord by our lives in dedicated service within our ministries. Looking forward to seeing each one of you in this diocesan celebration. |
Choral Night at the Asian Civilizations Museum
Since May this year, we’ve been trying to work in collaboration with the Asian Civilizations Museum (ACM) for their ongoing exhibition “Christianity in Asia”.
And we’re stoked to share that 6 groups will be performing selections of their repertoire to allow the public to appreciate the spectrum of Christian Sacred Music.
Carillon Techonologies has also kindly sponsored the use of the Harmoni Organ (Johannes), a chance to be up close & explore for those curious about the instrument.
Activities to engage the kids will also be set up on level 1.
Come on down for an evening with the family: discovery activities, art, music and an enriching experience!
Saturday, 6th August 2016
Admission is Free
ACM, Level 2
6pm Our Lady Star of the Sea Tamil Choir
630pm Sts. Peter & Paul Cantonese Choir
7pm Schola Cantorum Sancti Gregorii Magni
730pm Cappella Martialis
830pm LMC Choir
9pm HALMM (Church of the Holy Spirit)
http://acm.org.sg/programmes/general-programmes/choral-night
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2-Day Workshop: Ordinaries & the Propers
The Liturgical Music Committee (LMC) is organizing a 2-day Choir Workshop and we wish to extend the invitation to all choir members in your Parish. We would appreciate if you’re able to forward this email to all Choir Directors.
Title: Discovering New Mass Settings and Antiphons
Synopsis: Come and discover new English settings of the Mass for congregational use, as well as antiphonal singing for Entrance and Communion. This workshop will take place over two Saturday morning sessions and will mainly be practical, with some explanation of the importance and use of chant at Mass at the beginning of each. The practical components include learning the new Mass settings and antiphons, including some antiphons in harmony, learning how to interpret chant, and rehearsal techniques for singing in chant and harmony.
Session 1: The Ordinaries – Something Extraordinary
Date: 30 July 2016
Time: 9am – 12 pm
Venue: The Church of the Holy Spirit, Room #03-07
Practical: This session will cover new English settings of the Kyrie, Gloria, Sanctus, and Agnus Dei in chant style, appropriate for congregational use, and also how to read and interpret chant
Session 2: The Propers in their Proper Place
Date: 06 August 2016
Time: 9am – 12 pm
Venue: The Church of the Holy Spirit, Room #03-07
Practical: This session will cover antiphonal singing during the Entrance and Communion, some settings in harmony, and also rehearsal techniques for chant and harmony
Please REGISTER if you wish to attend. REGISTRATIONis necessary as there are limited seats available.
Cost per person: $20 for both sessions. Church Choristers are encouraged to sign up for both sessions.
Holy Week Spirituality: Part 2
Tonight’s session started with 15 minutes of going through the chants that were covered in last week’s session.
The following chants in English were re-visited:
- Palm Sunday Chants: “As the Lord entered the Holy City…” (settings by Fr. Samuel F. Weber)
- Holy Thursday Chants: “Mandatum novum” (settings by Fr. Samuel F. Weber) and Psalm 118 (adaptation in English & settings by Kenneth Wee)
- Good Friday Chants: “The Reproaches” (settings by Fr. Samuel F. Weber)
Father JJ then proceeded to explain the liturgy of Easter Vigil.
The following chants were presented for the purpose of Easter Vigil:
Easter Vigil Chants – Latin & Vernacular
Special mention were the music accompanying:
- the antiphon for the gathering of the people
- the Lumen Christi
- Exsultet
- Triple Alleluia chant and the corresponding Psalm 117 after the Epistle
- the Litanyof Saints
- “Springs of Water” after the dipping of the Paschal Candle in the Blessing of the Water
- “Vidi Aquam” or “I Saw Water” to accompany the Sprinkling Rite
- the Dismissal for Eastertide (Ite missa est, Alleluia)
- Marian Antiphon Regina Caeli
Easter Sunday Chants – Latin & Vernacular
For further resource on the music provided by the International Commission on English in the Liturgy Corporation (ICEL), click here.
Introduction to the Organ
This is a wonderful resource for anyone new to the pipe organ or have an interest in learning the pipe organ.
For parishes that do not yet have a pipe organ, feel free to read this to help bridge the GAP for the time being. As always, taking lessons from a competent teacher usually helps, and never be disheartened or tire from practising 🙂
Holy Week Spirituality Talk: Part 1
Tonight, Fr. JJ shared about the spirituality of Palm Sunday, the Last Supper of the Lord, and Good Friday. He also spoke about how the liturgy is celebrated for these events and gave numerous references to the bible.
Music accompanying Holy Week was also presented, albeit briefly.
Please find the compilation of chants that would accompany the Roman Missal for Palm Sunday, Holy Thursday Mass of the Lord’s Supper, and Good Friday.
See you again next Wednesday, 24 February, 8pm, at the Church of Our Lady of Lourdes (Singapore), where Fr. JJ will talk about Holy Saturday, the Easter Vigil and Easter Sunday.
Palm Sunday Chants – Entrance & Propers
Holy Thursday Chants – Propers & Mandatum Options
Mandatum novum verses- Psalm 18 – English
Good Friday Chants – Adoration of the Cross, Reproaches, Crux Fidelis
Talk on Holy Week – 17 & 24 Feb
Dear friends
Fr. JJ Fenelon is giving a talk on Holy Week Spirituality. The focus is on the liturgy & suggestions for music appropriate to accompany the various celebrations in that period.
The sessions will be:
17 & 24 Feb @ Church of Our Lady of Lourdes
We’d be delighted to welcome you & your friends 🙂
Click on the link to register (as you go through the form, click on the “subscribe” button):
http://wordpress.us7.list-manage1.com/subscribe?u=1d8a0518d74bdd91ee14aa8d4&id=2267e8be0f
Hope to see you there. Do come & say “hi” to any of us 🙂
Feast of St. Cecilia – A Celebration of Choirs
The Feast day of our patron Saint Cecilia on the 22nd of November is fast approaching and this year, we are giving thanks to God through a pre-Mass concert of Sacred Music culminating with Mass in her honour.
Date: Saturday, 21st November 2015
Venue: St Francis Xavier Major Seminary, 199 Ponggol 17th Avenue, Singapore 829645
9-9.30am : Registration
9.45am to 10.45am : Repertoire
Featuring: The LMC Choir, Schola Cantorum Sancti Gregorii Magni Choir, and guest organists.
11.15 am – 12.15pm : Mass
There will be a short run-through of the Order of Mass and Ordinaries before Mass begins.
For: ALL MEMBERS IN CHOIRS and music ministries
Please click REGISTER if you wish to attend. Attendance is necessary to help us cater enough for refreshments.
After Mass: please adjourn to the canteen below for a light refreshments and fellowship after Mass.
Let us come together for this year doing what we know best: sing praise to the Lord with the gifts and talents He has bestowed upon us!
May we continue to glorify the Lord by our lives in dedication in our ministries.
Looking forward to seeing each one of you in this diocesan celebration.
In the Gaze of the Beautiful
“Beauty in the Liturgy” and A Choral Workshop
Church of St. Ignatius
120 King’s Road, Singapore 268172
11 & 12 August 2015 (Session 1 & 2 for the General Public)
17 & 18 August 2015 (Session 3 & 4 for Choristers with practical exercises)
7:30pm – 9:30pm
$40 for 2 sessions, or $70 for 4 sessions
Click to REGISTER
Limited to 150 participants only.
Speaker: Ms Audrey Seah
Audrey Seah is Singaporean pursuing a Liturgical Studies Ph.D. at the University of Notre Dame in Indiana, USA. Prior to her studies in the U.S., Audrey served in various Catholic ministries in Singapore as a volunteer, and worked as youth coordinator at the Church of St. Ignatius.
In the U.S., Audrey is active in various aspects of liturgy and liturgical music—her Mass setting entitled Mass of the Resurrection was awarded honorary mention in the 2010 international Sacred Music competition organized by the Foundation for Sacred Arts; she attended the 2011 Hymn Society conference as a Lovelace Scholar; she has worked as a camp leader, cantor coach, and chant director for the National Catholic Youth Choir, she has taught hymnology and theory at St. Paul Cathedral’s choir school in Minnesota, and will be the scholar-in-residence at St. Michael’s Catholic Church in Duluth, Minnesota, this summer.
She holds a B.A. in music composition from Fresno State University, an M.A. in Theology (Liturgy) from Saint John’s School of Theology-Seminary, and a Th.M. from the same, where she studied Gregorian Chant under Fr. Anthony Ruff, OSB, and Pipe Organ from Dr. Kim Kasling. Her current research interests are postmodern sacramental theology and the 17th century Chinese liturgy.
More information on the sessions:
In the Gaze of the Beautiful: the Theological and Liturgical Aesthetics of the Roman Rite
“Our situation today shows that beauty demands for itself at least as much courage and decision as do truth and goodness, and she will not allow herself to be separated and banned from her two sisters without taking them along with herself in an act of mysterious vengeance. We can be sure that whoever sneers at her name as if she were the ornament of a bourgeois past — whether he admits it or not — can no longer pray and soon will no longer be able to love.”
– Hans Urs von Balthasar, The Glory of the Lord
Beauty is one of three transcendentals by which Christians throughout the ages have used to contemplate the mystery of God, and in doing so, render the infinite and invisible discernable to our finite natures. Beauty has a special place in the liturgy where the worldview of our Christian identity is expressed through ritual. When beauty is neglected in the liturgy, our rites no longer communicate the fullness of the Christian vision. How do we ensure that beauty is kept alive in our worship?
Join us to discover beauty through sights, sounds, smells, tastes, and touch in the liturgical traditions of the Roman Rite. Learn how Christians have interpreted beauty in the liturgy throughout the ages so that we, too, may stand in the gaze of the Beautiful and be converted by it.
This workshop is open to the public and highly recommended for clergy and those serving in liturgical ministries.
Dates: August 11 and 12
Venue: Saint Ignatius Church
Time: 7:30 – 9:30 p.m.
Beauty Ever Ancient, Beauty Ever New: A Choral Workshop
Reach into the church’s treasury of sacred music and uncover the many layers of beauty in sound. This two-day workshop supplements the history and theory of liturgical beauty proposed in the workshop, “In the Gaze of the Beautiful” with practical ideas for liturgical musicians. Come and discover creative beauty in the craft of liturgical music composition, rehearsal techniques, and diverse genres through choral repertoire, both old and new.
This workshop is recommended for those serving in music ministries.
Dates: August 17 and 18
Venue: Saint Ignatius Church
Time: 7:30 – 9:30 p.m
Registration QR Code:
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