Students will learn how to read Gregorian notation and how to sing the major chants used most often for the liturgy. Different genres, styles, forms, and practices of chant, hymnody, polyphony, and instrumental music are studied in relation to theological and liturgical developments, and in relation to Church documents from the Patristic era to the present. Schola sings for Latin and other liturgies at the University. This course may be taken for credit or for no credit and may be repeated. FCMS comprises small chamber ensembles from a single soloist to four or five musicians.
Ensembles perform at least once per semester.
This course may be taken for credit or for no credit and may be repeated. Chorale has two rehearsal sessions per week and performs for University functions. Admission by audition and permission of the director. Repeatable to a maximum of six credit hours. The orchestra performs at least once per semester.