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This is Part 2 of my interview with Charles Weaver, who teaches at the Julliard School of Music in New York. In this episode, Charlie and I discuss the importance of sight-singing.
See Charlie's bio on Julliard: https://www.juilliard.edu/music/faculty/weaver-charles
Leave a comment if you're going to practice sight-singing or want to know how to start!
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You'll receive a separate email with FREE sheet music for TWO Regina Caeli's that you can sing for the rest of Eastertide!
2) You can also commission a composition (like the ChantHacks extro music) for your parish or for a special occasion! Email [email protected] to schedule a video call for discussion, and see the link below for more info.
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In this episode, Mark discusses why he arranged Francesco Soriano's "Regina Caeli". Give a listen to hear this unique piece, which you can sing for the rest of Easter!
1) To support this podcast and other projects, go to https://www.lifefunder.com/mdonnellymusic
2) You can commission a composition (like the ChantHacks extro music) for your parish or for a special occasion! Email [email protected] to schedule a video call for discussion, and see the link below for more info.
https://markemersondonnelly.com/music/sacred-compositions/
3) Schedule a FREE 25-minute intro voice lesson! Email [email protected]
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Happy Eastertide! -
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In this episode, Mark discusses further the Rules of Style and re-visits Ep. 5 about his Organum Novi Mundi of the simple Regina Caeli. You also hear an inspiring recording of the Regina Caeli by the monks of Solesmes directed by Dom Gajard (1885-1972), the model of the Solesmes method!
1) You can commission a composition (like the ChantHacks extro music) for your parish or for a special occasion! Email [email protected] to schedule a video call for discussion, and see the link below for more info.
https://markemersondonnelly.com/music/sacred-compositions/
2) Schedule a FREE 25-minute intro voice lesson! Email [email protected]
https://markemersondonnelly.com/private-voice-lessons/
You can get CD's by Fontgambault and Clear Creek at Clear Creek Abbey's gift shop!
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Happy Eastertide! -
This is Part 1 of my interview with Charles Weaver, who teaches at the Julliard School of Music in New York. In this episode, Mark and Charlie discuss "informed" performance practice and the "Old" Solesmes Method.
See Charlie's bio on Julliard: https://www.juilliard.edu/music/faculty/weaver-charles
1) Subscribe to our mailing list for upcoming special announcements about my work at https://markemersondonnelly.com/get-involved/
2) You can also commission a composition (like the ChantHacks extro music) for your parish or for a special occasion! Email [email protected] to schedule a video call for discussion, and see the link below for more info.
https://markemersondonnelly.com/music/sacred-compositions/
3) Schedule a FREE 25-minute intro voice lesson! Email [email protected]
https://markemersondonnelly.com/private-voice-lessons/
I was just at Clear Creek Abbey assisting in their preparations for the Triduum!
Support the brothers at Clear Creek Abbey, and purchase their latest CD:
https://clearcreekmonks.org/gift-shop/rorate-coeli-marian-sounds-of-advent/
A blessed Holy Week and Triduum to you all! -
Click the link below to sign up for our new webinar series Chant Hacks for Building Your Chant Habits! All the information in the episode is there. Email [email protected] with any questions!
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In this episode, Mark focuses on the most frequent congregational response at Mass, "Amen," discussing WHY we should try to SOUND like we mean what we're saying, how we ought NOT to sound, and how we CAN sound as sincere and inspiring to others as possible, using the Old Solesmes Method.
Here's the link to the article from the "Catechism of the Council of Trent" on the importance of the "Amen." https://cloud.fidei.xyz/s/ActI68y1nmIe2fU
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Please support these podcasts and our other Church music projects. Go to https://LifeFunder.com/mdonnellymusic
You can also commission a composition (like the ChantHacks extro music), or host/sponsor workshops for a choir, parish, or diocese. If you’re a choir, schola, or parish music director, I am also available for mentoring. Please contact us either at [email protected] or [email protected]
Happy New Year & God bless! -
Here's the link to the motet I mention towards the end of the podcast "Laetatus sum" by Alessandro Scarlatti.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XiOPqLsv_UA
In this second installment of the "Let the Music Speak" series, Mark again demonstrates how we can look at the music of Gregorian Chant as Commentary on the text.
This episode looks at the "jubilus" of the Alleluia chant for the 2nd Sunday of Advent! Listen to learn about this centuries-old practice of joyful Catholic worship!
Subscribe to our mailing list for upcoming special announcements about my work at https://markemersondonnelly.com/get-involved/
Please support these podcasts and our other Church music projects. Go to https://LifeFunder.com/mdonnellymusic
You can also commission a composition (like the ChantHacks extro music), or host/sponsor workshops for a choir, parish, or diocese. If you’re a choir, schola, or parish music director, I am also available for mentoring. Please contact us either at [email protected] or [email protected]
Merry Christmas & God bless! -
This is the Grand Launch of ChantHacks, and is the first installment of "Let the Music Speak" series.
In the this episode, Mark demonstrates how we can look at the music as a means of commenting on the text or lyrics.
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[Update 1: Video of Ep5 now on VocalArt.ca (Youtube) & ChantHacks (Rumble). ChantHacks (Youtube should be up tomorrow.]
[Update 2: LIfeFunder.com/mdonnellymusic is back working! Please consider supporting our work producing Music for God, for Souls!]
This is Part 1 of 2 on the Regina Caeli. In this episode, I present the Organum Novi Mundi of the simple Regina Caeli. Along the way I discuss the similarities and difference of ONM as compared to Anglican Chant.
Regina Caeli (chant)
Regina Caeli (ONM) -
There are three melodic movements in music: go up... go down... stay on the same pitch. On the last episode of ChantHacks, we discuss the going up neum of two notes: the Podatus. In this episode we discuss the going down neum of two notes: The Clivis.
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Also, if you would like me to compose a Mass, motet or hymn for a special occasion, or simply as a gift for a loved one; or come in to work with your choir or schola for a weekend, email me at [email protected].
God bless! Mark
links to graphics:
The Clivis
https://markemersondonnelly.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/05/Laus_Lesson-11_clivis01.pdf
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Tolite hostias
https://markemersondonnelly.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/05/Tolite_crop.pdf -
In episode 3 of ChantHacks, Mark discusses one of the most common neumes, the Podatus, and how it's more than just two notes. He also introduces Sanctus "ad libitum" IV, to demonstrate how to sing the podatus in action. (Sorry about the slight echo. The compressor made the singing sound odd, so I left the audio unprocessed.)
PDF link to Sanctus "ad libitum" IV
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In this episode, Mark explains the different types of "singing together", and shares his Organum Novi Mundi of Ave Regina Coelorum.
A PDF version of the score (sheet music) is available at
https://www.cpdl.org/wiki/images/d/d4/Ave_Regina_ONM_medM004-1b.pdf
Note: There are two notations for the vowels E & O. An explanation of this International Phonetic Alphabet (IPA) notation will be the subject of a future ChantHacks. For now, here's what you need to know:
e = ā (as in skate)
ε = ĕ (as in wet)
o = ō (as in snow)
ͻ = ŏ (as in top)
God bless! MED
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This is the introductory episode to the new podcast "ChantHacks" with singer, conductor, composer & teacher Mark Emerson Donnelly.
Mark will share with you the Gregorian Chant and Polyphony "hacks" he's picked up over the years, as well as his thoughts and philosophy of music.
Please help Mark continue composing and sharing his musical experience. Go to www.lifefunder.com/mdonnellymusic
