{"id":426,"date":"2009-06-15T17:54:07","date_gmt":"2009-06-16T00:54:07","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/dierschow.com\/wordpress\/?p=426"},"modified":"2009-06-15T17:54:07","modified_gmt":"2009-06-16T00:54:07","slug":"corpus-christi-brings-chant-year-to-a-close","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/dierschow.com\/wordpress\/sacredmusic\/corpus-christi-brings-chant-year-to-a-close","title":{"rendered":"Corpus Christi brings chant year to a close"},"content":{"rendered":"

What an absolutely great bunch of guys to work with.\u00a0 Since September we’ve been chanting for one Mass a month, and yesterday’s Mass was the last before heading off to a well-deserved summer break.\u00a0 And more important, to the Sacred Music Colloquium<\/a> in Chicago next week.<\/p>\n

Here’s what we’re struggling with right now.\u00a0 This Schola has been in existence since 2005, yet we struggle to maintain a loyal membership of half a dozen.\u00a0 We’ve tried approaching people in a number of ways, mostly using 1-on-1 contact, but the total seems to be flat or slowly declining.\u00a0 I’m a little worried that we may dip below critical mass (har har) on any particular Sunday.<\/p>\n

I’d like to get your thoughts on another couple of matters, things I’m working on over the summer.\u00a0 First, we’ve never been able to attract any women to our little Schola – they appear to be intimidated by the thought of being the first woman in a bunch of men.\u00a0 And I don’t think many women have ever heard the glorious polyphony that we could do with a wider range of voices.<\/p>\n

I was thinking of just putting together a single “special occasion” – where we could invite men and women from various places to just have a few practices to sing at a Mass next fall.\u00a0 No permanent obligation, just a chance to try something new.\u00a0 New to them, I mean. \ud83d\ude09<\/p>\n

Your thoughts?\u00a0 How do you think I can make this more attractive?<\/p>\n

The other thing I’d like to put together is a cross-parish activity, where we can chant with the other two scholas in town.\u00a0 Maybe we could do one Mass at each of the three parishes?\u00a0 It could be challenging because two would be Ordinary Form and the other Extraordinary Form, but probably quite rewarding if we could pull it off.<\/p>\n

Your thoughts and observations?\u00a0 I’m including those of you who don’t profess to be Chant Geeks also, because maybe some other points of view might help us to explore new avenues.<\/p>\n

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