2010 ColloquiumCMAA Colloquium XX 2010 from Corpus Christi Watershed on Vimeo.
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Yesterday was a challenge! Up at 3:00AM, to drive to Denver, grab a flight. Then hang around in Milwaukee for 4 hours, and finally on to Pittsburgh. OK, that’s enough whining. Meeting up with all my great Colloquium buddies was wonderful, as expected. I started out tired, but when we got to singing … heaven! It’s just such [...]  Colorado's state flower Summer is my time to reflect and renew my commitments for the coming year. I talked about this some last June, when I was struggling with whether our schola would achieve critical mass. Looking back on the progress, we now have grown to a dozen loyal and talented members, now including women as well as men. We really are quite blessed. Despite challenges and frustrations, it’s wonderful to be bringing this traditional music back to our parish. If you want the audio recordings from the 2008 or 2009 Sacred Music Colloquiums in Chicago, drop me an email. They’re available on the website at music.dierschow.com/2008Colloquium and music.dierschow.com/2009Colloquium, but the recordings are pretty huge if you want to download ALL of them. I’ll also be making recordings next week of Colloquium XX in Pittsburg, so let [...] For the third time now, we pulled together all the chant choirs from the parishes in Fort Collins to do a single Mass. Or in this case, two: one at my home parish, and one next Sunday at the most traditional church building in town. I’m glad that this one wasn’t the first time we got together, [...] There was an interesting piece on a local news channel about a teacher at the University of Northern Colorado who uses the Ward Method to successfully teach music. I haven’t met her yet, although I’ve been interested to attend one of her workshops. The reason for mentioning it here is that our chant schola is featured – [...] I absolutely love this time of year. Easter is a chance for a deep spiritual renewal – in so many ways. I’m heavily involved with the RCIA program in our parish, which builds toward the Night of All Nights that we just experienced yesterday. A three hour Mass brings into clear focus how we are to act as believers, and to help others on their paths toward redemption. I had a chance to sing in a Compline service last night at Blessed John XXIII parish in Fort Collins, Colorado. What really made this special was the addition of a talented local harpist, Alaina Bongers. I managed to capture the recordings, which you can find here on my website. Check it out! It just goes to show [...]
It was a truly fantastic evening, in so many ways.
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