Participants will learn how to read the four-line staff, the names of the neumes, and how to navigate the intervals with solfege. Rhythm will be introduced. Course material will include the Ordinaries of the Mass and one Proper.

This is an intermediate course whose primary aim, like the foundation course, will not be performance during the liturgy. Participants will be responsible for singing the Ordinaries of the Mass and will be prepared to sing four chant Propers during the week in addition to the Mass Ordinaries.

The two scholas (men, women) will be responsible for the bulk of the more difficult Mass Propers sung during the week.

This choir will prepare four Mass Propers for liturgies during the week.
NOTE: A quick review of Gregorian notation will be offered, but it is expected that the singer will have a good basic understanding and ability to read Gregorian square-note notation.

Prices include all classes, liturgies, and sessions plus dinner on June 24, 2024, and lunches Tuesday – Friday. The closing lunch is optional and is offered as a separate item on the registration. Evening meals on Tuesday – Friday are provided for those staying in dormitory housing. Commuters may also register for these dinners separately.

With a current CMAA membership, the members’ rate is available to you; it is not transferable to another person. If your parish has a CMAA parish membership, please contact your Director of Music for the discount code.

Not yet a member? Join now and receive the benefits of membership for a full year.

Note: All registrants must be eighteen (18) years old on or before June 24, 2024, unless accompanied by a fully-registered parent. If a parent does not want to participate in choirs, the parent may register as a companion with a lower rate.

Requests received in writing at the CMAA Office emailed or postmarked on or before June 10 will receive a refund less the non-refundable $75 deposit. After that date, partial refunds are given only in the form of a credit toward registration for the 2025 Colloquium. Credits are not carried forward for more than one year. Refunds may be processed after the Colloquium. All requests for credit must be received by email by June 23 to be considered for any credit (gm@musicasacra.com). Requests after June 10 may only receive partial credit, depending on charges to the CMAA for meals, housing, and other expenses.

All scholarships are made possible by generous CMAA donors. If you are interested in sponsoring a musician, priest or seminarian’s attendance, please write to us at gm@musicasacra.com or make a donation to our Scholarship Fund.

Scholarship Assistance may be available for partial tuition for persons or parishes of limited means. To apply for a scholarship, please see information about scholarship applications or request a packet from the CMAA office by calling (505) 263-6298. The application deadline is April 15. To apply for a CMAA Colloquium scholarship, please fill out the application form and Scholarship recommendation form and submit them to us (email preferred) prior to April 15, 2024. All applications and recommendations must be received at our office by April 15, 2024.

APPLICATION FORM

SCHOLARSHIP RECOMMENDATION FORM

Send applications to us at CMAA, 322 Roy Foster Rd., McMinnville, TN 37110 or you may email the completed forms to us at gm@musicasacra.com. In order to process your application, we must have both forms received by the deadline. If you have not received confirmation that your application was received in our office by April 15, please email us at gm@musicasacra.com to ensure you don’t miss the deadline.