I will not be able to attend, but this may be of interest to someone. (I loved my short time in Renssalaer, at "chant camp.")
http://www.saintjoe.edu/academics/liturgy/2008flyer.pdf
The four-day Gregorian Chant Institute is designed for beginners as well as for those with previous experience. For the first segment of the institute, participants will be divided into two tracks: "Fundamentals," with Prof. Sandra Hobbs, and "Seminar" with Fr. Anthony Ruff. O.S.B. Both groups will come together for the second segment, led by Fr. Ruff. Topics include: reading 4-line notation, pronunciation of Latin, chant books and resources, modality, psalm tones, programming in the reformed liturgy, interpretation of Mass Propers based on lineless notation of the 10th-11th centuries, rehearsal and performance techniques. Participants will receive a handout before the course and will be asked to spend a few hours of preparation before the course begins. Principal text: Graduale Triplex.
Fr. Anthony Ruff, O.S.B., monk of St. John's Abbey in Collegeville, Minnesota, and Associate Professor at St. John's School of Theology, continues the tradition of the Rensselaer Gregorian Chant Institute begun by Fr. Lawrence Heiman, C.PP.S. Fr. Ruff is Chair of the Ad Hoc Subcommittee on Chant of the National Association of Pastoral Musicians and serves on the executive committee of the Hymn Society in the United States and Canada.
Sandra Hobbs, M.M.E., M.A., is Director of Choral Activities, Music Theory, and Handbells at Lake Central High School, St. John's Indiana. A longtime student of Fr. Lawrence Heiman, C.PP.S., she also has studied Gregorian Chant with Fr. Columba Kelly, O.S.B., and at the Abbey of Solesmes, France.
Fees
Gregorian Chant Institute fee: $195 ($365 for one semester credit)
Housing and meals: $155
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