Gregory Who? Gregorian Chant

Led by the guiding hand of William Tortolano, it will be no mystery how to read square note notation, sing in Latin, and direct the chant using chrionmony (the art of gesture and hand movement). Congregations, choirs and scholars all can sing Gregorian chant. Handouts will be available: neumes, modes, pronunciation, chrionomy as well as style and interpretation. The session will include singing a useful chant repertoire. "The person who sings, prays twice."

Dr. William Tortolano serves as Professor Emeritus of Music and Fine Arts at Saint Michael's College, Vermont. He earned his Bachelor of Music at Boston University, Master of Music from the New England Conservatory of Music, and his licentiate in Sacred Music and Doctor of Music from the Université de Montréal. He has been a Visiting Fellow at Trinity, St. Catherine's, and King's Colleges in Cambridge, England. He has also held a Fellowship from the National Foundation for the Humanities at Yale University and researched Gregorian chant at Solesmes. Dr. Tortolano is the author of Samuel Coleridge-Taylor: Anglo-Black Composer, Original Music for Men's Voices, The Mass and the Twentieth-Century Composer, as well as numerous music editions from GIA Publications.

Dr. Tortolano is the author of Samuel Coleridge-Taylor: Anglo-Black Composer, Original Music for Men's Voices, The Mass and the Twentieth-Century Composer

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