 Gregorian Chant Workshops
A school
based Gregorian Chant / Early Sacred Music Workshop was developed
by Jack Ho and Lindy Marsden soon after Musica Sacra was established.
The first workshop was held in Jones Hill State School in July. This
workshop saw Jack Ho working with Jones Hill Boys Choir (the
only boys choir in a state primary school in Queensland and possibly
further) and the Main Choir of Jones Hill State School. This was the
first workshop of its kind conducted at a state school in Queensland.
The workshop ended with the students performing in front of selected
classes in the school. They also sang the service of Compline at St
Patrick's Catholic Church with more than 200 people from the community
(not just Catholics!) attending.
Musica Sacra
workshops are focused mainly at school age children / young people. This
is to allow us to bring better understanding and appreciation to this
wonderful style of music in our schools.
 Some areas focused in the Gregorian Chant Workshop are:
- The
history of Gregorian Chant and development of
Western sacred music up to around the 16th Century.
- Latin as
a language, its usage and its pronunciation
- Early
chant notation: Neums and the "square notation"
with the 4 lines stave - the different styles of interpretation
- The use
of Sol-Fa in relation to Gregorian Chant
- Other
early sacred music up to around the 16th Century
Jack Ho has taught music
workshops of different kinds in schools in Queensland and other states.
He is an active composer of Gregorian Chant and other sacred music.
Musica Sacra also offer
workshops in sacred
music in general, voice techniques &
development,
and many other
music workshops of different kind.
We also offer follow up workshops for those schools, churches and
communities after the initial workshop.
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