Seminary of the Immaculate Conception

Huntington, New York

June 23-28, 2013

“Pastoral musicians should receive appropriate formation that is based on their baptismal call to discipleship; that grounds them in a love for and knowledge of Scripture, Catholic teaching, Liturgy, and music; and that equips them with the musical, liturgical and pastoral skills to serve the Church at prayer.” - Sing to the Lord: Music in Divine Worship (#50).

Overview

The Liturgical Music Institute is a five day comprehensive program whose aim is to offer musical, liturgical and pastoral formation for both new and experienced liturgical musicians. Participants will take part in a ten hour liturgy course (The Liturgical Year for Pastoral Musicians or The Liturgy Documents) as well as applied music workshops in organ, piano, harp, voice, guitar and conducting and plenum sessions that will focus on specific pastoral dimensions of liturgical music ministry. Participants will also attend daily spiritual conferences, morning and evening prayer and daily Eucharist. In addition to the varied workshops and presentations, they will interact with other liturgical musicians from around the country to share ideas, concerns and best practices. The Institute will culminate with a concert on Thursday evening. A certificate of completion will be given to those who attend the Institute.

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Plenum Sessions

The Plenum sessions will cover a variety of topics applicable to music ministers:

· Rediscovering the Treasure of Chant in the Post-Vatican II Liturgy

· Resources and Tools for Preparing Sunday liturgies

· Embracing Cultural Diversity in the Liturgy

· Running an Effective Music Program on a Shoestring Budget

· Using Handbells to Attract Old and Young

Additional plenum sessions will be announced at a later date

Setting

The Seminary of the Immaculate Conception, situated on 215 acres close to the Long Island Sound, provides a unique and tranquil setting for the Institute. Liturgies will be held in the historic monastic chapel with its three manual E.M. Skinner organ. Classrooms and meeting rooms are equipped with state of the art technology. Accommodations consist of single bedrooms with private bathrooms and showers. Air conditioned bedrooms are available on a first come, first serve basis.

Costs

Institute Tuition - $420

Meals - $150

Room (optional) - $270

Required Books: The Liturgical Documents Volumes 1 and 2 from LTP Publications - $50

1 Graduate Credit (optional) - $450 plus $50 registration fee

We encourage all applicants to seek financial assistance from the church or institution where they work.

One Graduate Credit Available

One graduate credit in theology is available for those who take the Liturgical Year or the Liturgical Documents course.

Registration

Those who wish to register for the Institute should fill out and return the registration form (click here) along with a non-refundable deposit of $100 made payable to the Seminary of the Immaculate Conception. The registration deadline is May 24, 2013. The balance of the fees will be due on June 15, 2013.

Participants

Liturgical musicians of varied skill levels and backgrounds will be encouraged to attend the Institute with the hopes of enhancing their musical, liturgical and pastoral skills. Participants will be encouraged to take up residency at the seminary for the entire week so that they can be free of the distractions of traveling and can interact on a deeper level with the other participants and the faculty. All participants are expected to take part in all the sessions.

Faculty

The Institute faculty will consist of experts in the field of liturgical music from around the country.

Sr. Sheila Browne, RSM has been involved with music and liturgy for many years, on both the parish and diocesan levels. Her articles on the catechumenate, pastoral music and parish liturgy have appeared in various national journals. She is the founding director of the Rockville Centre Chapter of NPM. Recently retired as Director of the Office of Worship of the Diocese of Rockville Centre, she continues to lead workshops in parishes, teach in diocesan pastoral programs, and act as organist for a local parish. Sr. Sheila’s academic background includes degrees in music from Manhattanville College and Queens College (CUNY) and in liturgy from the University of Notre Dame. Her current interests include the revised Grail Psalms as well as a study of the Post-Communion prayers of the Roman Missal.

Monsignor Joseph DeGrocco is a priest of the Diocese of Rockville Centre and is currently Pastor at Our Lady of Perpetual Help Church in Lindenhurst, NY. Formerly he was Professor Liturgy and Director of Liturgical Formation at the Seminary of the Immaculate Conception in Huntington, New York, and has also taught as a summer visiting professor at the Catholic University of America in Washington D.C. He earned a Master of Arts in Theology (Liturgical Studies) from the University of Notre Dame and a Doctor of Ministry degree from the Seminary of the Immaculate Conception. Msgr. DeGrocco is the author of The Church at Worship: Theology, Spirituality, and Practice of Parish Liturgy, and A Pastoral Commentary on the General Instruction of the Roman Missal, both available from Liturgy Training Publications; Take and Eat: Living Eucharistically, from Catholic Book Publishing; and a Dictionary of Liturgical Terms, coming soon from LTP. He has also co-authored A Ministry of Consolation: Involving Your Parish in the Order of Christian Funerals, writes the “Q & A” column in the journal Pastoral Liturgy, and was a contributing author to Celebrating Good Liturgy: A Guide to the Ministries of the Mass. He is a member of the Diocesan Liturgical Commission for the Diocese of Rockville Centre. Msgr. DeGrocco can be seen weekly on television networks throughout the country as the host of the award-winning show Divine Intervention, produced by Telecare, the television station of the Diocese of Rockville Centre. In addition to giving many parish talks and workshops in liturgy throughout his own and other dioceses, he is also part of a four-priest Parish Mission team.

Christopher Ferraro is the Pastoral Associate for Liturgy and Spirituality and Director of Music at Christ the King Church, Commack, NY. He is also the director of the Rockville Centre Chapter of the National Association of Pastoral Musicians. He serves as an organist, adjunct instructor and director of the Liturgical Music Institute at the Seminary of the Immaculate Conception. He is a member of the Diocesan Liturgical Commission and the Belong More Deeply Committee, is a consultant and presenter for the Office of Worship and the Office of Faith Formation, and was a member of the Roman Missal implementation team for the Diocese of Rockville Centre. Mr. Ferraro holds Masters Degrees in Theology and Pastoral Studies as well as an Advanced Certificate in Pastoral Liturgy from the Seminary of the Immaculate Conception in Huntington. He also attended the SummerSong program and studied in the liturgical studies program at the University of Notre Dame. His articles on liturgical theology have been published by AIM: Liturgy Resources. He recently led a webinar on the Rite of Marriage for the National Association of Pastoral Musicians.

Susan Hugelmeyer has a busy career which is equally divided between work in liturgical music, teaching and performing. A graduate of the Manhattan School of Music, Ms. Hugelmeyer is also a certified Somatic Voicework™ instructor. She has worked as a cantor, conductor and Director of Music for parishes throughout the Diocese of Rockville Centre, as well as a cantor in the Diocese of Brooklyn and the Archdiocese of New York. As a soprano soloist, Ms. Hugelmeyer has performed in music festivals in Europe and the United States as well as in Lincoln Center, Kennedy Center, the “Listening Room” on WQXR and CBS Records. Ms. Hugelmeyer performs regularly as a recitalist with pianist and collaborator Jonathan Bley and with the Gold Coast Chamber Ensemble. She appears in opera aria and scenes concerts throughout the tri-state area and is a frequent soloist with area choral societies. She is director of Singing Star School of Vocal Arts and on the Steering Committee of the Rockville Centre Chapter of the National Association of Pastoral Musicians. Ms. Hugelmeyer is a regular speaker/presenter at workshops and meetings for cantors, choral singers and music directors in the art of liturgical music performance for the various dioceses in the tri-state area.

Lisa Evard Kelly is Director of Music at Our Lady of the Snows, Floral Park, NY and The Cathedral Seminary Residence in Douglaston, NY. Having earned a B. A. in Music at Queens College, she continued to study organ with William Whitehead, piano with Dr. David Gagne and harp with Jean Goldstein. Lisa is co-founder and artistic director of “Musical Themeworks”, a cultural enrichment program for children. As a free lance harpist, Lisa performs regularly with a chamber ensemble, “Trio Fantasie.” The trio, an elegant combination of harp, cello and flute, recently performed at Avery Fisher Hall in Lincoln Center with the Glenn Mohr Chorale. In October, 2009, Lisa travelled to Rome and was organist at three basilicas: St. Mary Major, St. Paul Outside the Walls and St. John Lateran for the Masses celebrating the canonization of St. Jeanne Jugan. Also a music educator, Lisa teaches grade K-8 at St. Joseph School in Garden City and gives piano, organ and harp lessons privately. Lisa has recently been appointed a member of the music commission for the Diocese of Brooklyn.

John J. Miller serves the Archdiocese of Newark as the Director of Music Ministries for the Cathedral Basilica of the Sacred Heart, Music Coordinator for the Office of Worship, Artistic Director of the Cathedral Concert Series, and chapter director for the Newark Chapter of the National Association of Pastoral Musicians. As a frequent recitalist and clinician, John is in demand as both a performer and clinician in the areas of choral conducting and organ performance. He maintains a busy schedule of concerts and workshops as a speaker in the field of liturgical music.

As both an active choral conductor and organist, his European performances have taken him to Rome, Venice, Leipzig, Prague, Salzburg, and Vienna. Locally he has been featured as solo organist as well as a guest conductor with the New Jersey Symphony, and is the conductor of the Cathedral Symphony and Chorus. Recent engagements include conducting chorus and full orchestra in performances of Beethoven NINTH SYMPHONY, Mendelssohn ELIJAH, Verdi REQUIEM, Duruflé REQUIEM, as well as a fully staged production of Poulenc’s DIAGLOGUES OF THE CARMELITES. He is also featured as conductor on the recordings “With Songs of Jubilation” under the GIA label, and “A Christmas Carol Sing” under the Pro Organo label, and “Salve Mater” under the DMAS label. Mr. Miller holds a Bachelor Degree of Music, cum Laude, in organ performance and sacred music at Duquesne University in Pittsburgh, where he was the first recipient of the Jean Langlais Sacred Music Award. He graduated from Westminster Choir College (Princeton) with a double Master of Music degree with distinction in organ performance and choral conducting. Additionally, he was awarded the highest honor from the American Guild of Organists with the conferring of the Fellowship Certificate. John was given the honor of “Full-time Pastoral Musician of the Year” in 2001 by the National Association of Pastoral Musicians. He is co-author of the publication: A Qualifications Statement and Bibliography for the Parish Musician, published by the National Association of Pastoral Musicians. He lives in West Orange, New Jersey with his wife, Mary Clare McAlee and their son, Alex.

Dr. Jennifer Pascual is the Director of Music at Saint Patrick's Cathedral in New York City. Jennifer earned a Doctor of Musical Arts Degree in Organ Performance from the Eastman School of Music in Rochester, NY and holds a Master of Music Degree in Piano Performance from the Mannes College of Music in New York City. She received the Bachelor of Music Degrees in Piano and Organ Performance, magna cum laude, and Music Education from Jacksonville University in Florida. She has served as an organist and choir director in the Dioceses of St. Augustine, FL and Rochester, NY, and the Archdioceses of Newark, NJ and New York City, NY, and has served at three Roman Catholic Cathedrals. She conducts the New York Archdiocesan Festival Chorale and is Professor and Director of Music of St. Joseph’s Seminary and College in New York. Dr. Pascual is a member of the American Guild of Organists, NY Archdiocesan Music Commission and Chair of the Organ Committee, Steering Committee Member of the Conference of Roman Catholic Cathedral Musicians, Liturgical Organists Consortium, EastWest Organists, and National Association of Pastoral Musicians, where she serves on the National Board and is a frequent recitalist and clinician at national conventions.

Steve Warner (B.A., Religious Studies, St. Michael's College, 1977; M.A., Liturgical Studies, Notre Dame, 1980) is the founder and Director of the Notre Dame Folk Choir and Director of Liturgy Resources for Residence Halls at the University of Notre Dame. He has been a member of the Campus Ministry staff since 1979. Under his direction, the Folk Choir has continued to assist in the development of ritual song throughout the English-speaking world. The ensemble has toured extensively throughout the United States and Canada; in 2008, they celebrated 20 years and nearly a quarter of a million miles of journeying, both on the North American continent and to Ireland and Scotland. Mr. Warner’s liturgical music compositions are published exclusively through World Library Publications of Chicago. Songs of the Notre Dame Folk Choir, their repertoire series, includes such standards as “Set Your Heart on the Higher Gifts,” “Lead, Kindly Light” and “The Lord’s Prayer.” In the past three years, WLP released two recorded collections of sacred music by the Folk Choir, Songs of Saints and Scholars – their celebration of a generation of Irish travels; and From Gethsemani to Galway – a live recording that featured more than fifteen hundred singers at the Louisville NPM convention in 2011. In anticipation of the changes to the liturgy, Mr. Warner developed a new liturgy planning site, www.newmanhymnal.org; this site is now the teaching tool for residence hall liturgy at the University of Notre Dame and her overseas academic programs. In 2011, with longtime collaborator and colleague Karen Kirner, the score for Mass for Our Lady was produced: a comprehensive new setting for the liturgy written specifically for both organ and guitar. It has been chosen as one of World Library’s principal mass settings following the introduction of the new Roman Missal.

Traveling to the Seminary

The Seminary is located approximately 40 miles east of New York City. It is about a 50 minute drive from both JFK and LaGuardia airports and about a 45 minute drive from Long Island MacArthur Airport. For those traveling by plane or rail (via The Long Island Railroad, Huntington Branch), arrangements can be made for shuttle service to the seminary. Participants who attend from out of the area may wish to extend their stay to take advantage of the proximity of the Seminary to New York City, the Hamptons or the pristine beaches of Long Island.

Schedule

All participants are expected to take part in all the sessions.

Sunday, June 23

5:45pm Dinner - optional

6:00pm Room check in

6:30pm Orientation, Ice Breaker

7:15pm Solemn Vespers

8:00pm Spirituality Session

9:00pm Social

Monday, June 24

7:45am Breakfast

8:15am Morning Prayer

8:45am Liturgy Classes: The Liturgical Year /The Liturgy Documents

11:15am Break

11:45am Eucharist

12:30pm Lunch

1:00pm Break

2:00pm Music Workshop/Plenum

3:15pm Break

3:45pm Spirituality Session

4:45pm Break

5:00pm Vespers

5:30pm Dinner

6:45pm Choral Rehearsal

7:30pm Spirituality Session

8:30pm Eucharistic Adoration with Night Prayer

Tuesday, June 25

7:45am Breakfast

8:15am Morning Prayer

8:45am Liturgy Classes: The Liturgical Year /The Liturgy Documents

11:15am Break

11:45am Eucharist

12:30pm Lunch

1:00pm Break

2:00pm Music Workshop/Plenum

3:15pm Break

3:45pm Musical Skill Master Class (Organ/Guitar/Voice/Conducting/Piano)

5:00pm Break

5:15pm Vespers

5:45pm Dinner

7:30pm Spirituality Session

8:30pm Taizé Prayer Around the Cross

Wednesday, June 26

7:45am Breakfast

8:15am Morning Prayer

8:45am Liturgy Classes: The Liturgical Year /The Liturgy Documents

11:15am Break

11:45am Eucharist

12:30pm Lunch

1:00pm Break

1:45pm Choral Rehearsal/Concert Preparation

3:15pm Break

3:45pm Musical Skill Master Class (Organ/Guitar/Voice/Conducting/Piano)

5:00pm Break

5:15pm Vespers

5:45pm Dinner

6:45pm Musical Skill Master Class (Organ/Guitar/Voice/Conducting/Piano)

Thursday, June 27

7:45am Breakfast

8:15am Morning Prayer

8:45am Music Workshop/Plenum

10:00am Break

10:15am Choral Rehearsal for Eucharist

11:00am Eucharist with Bishop Murphy and the Diocesan Pastoral Center Employees

12:00pm Barbecue Lunch with Pastoral Center Employees (Outside Picnic Area)

1:00pm Break

1:00pm Break

1:45pm Musical Skill Master Class (Organ/Guitar/Voice/Conducting/Piano)

3:00pm Break

3:30pm Choral Rehearsal/Choral Festival Preparation

5:45pm Dinner

6:30pm Choral Festival Warmups

7:30pm Choral Festival

Friday, June 28

7:45am Breakfast

8:15am Morning Prayer

8:45am Liturgy Classes: The Liturgical Year /The Liturgy Documents

11:15am Break

11:45am Eucharist

12:30pm Lunch

1:00pm Break

1:30pm Music Workshop/Plenum

2:45pm Break

3:00pm Wrap Up Session

4:00pm Departure