Attention Catholics in Michigan and Beyond!
An Introductory Chant Workshop
Presented by Fr. Rob Johansen and Fr. David Grondz.
The Workshop will include presentations on:
Reading Chant Notation
History and Spirituality of Chant
Some Fundamental Chants of the Roman Rite
No previous knowledge of Chant required - This is truly for beginners!
9:00 AM - 3:00 PM
St. Therese Catholic Church
128 Cedar Street
Wayland, Michigan
(Wayland is located approximately 30 minutes North of Kalamazoo, right off of US -131.)
Cost: $20.00 per person (includes lunch)
Co-sponsored by the Diocese of Kalamazoo: Office of Christian Worship, St. Philip Neri House, and St. Therese Catholic Church.
For more information e-mail Fr. Rob.
Fr. Rob Johansen has an extensive background in music, having studied voice, ‘cello, and conducting at the University of Illinois. He studied Chant at the Catholic University of America, and continued his Chant studies at Sacred Heart Major Seminary under Calvert Shenk. He has degrees in Religious Studies, Classics, and Patristic Greek and Latin. He currently serves as Pastor of St. Stanislaus parish, Dorr.
Fr. David Grondz received his S.T.B. from the Pontifical Gregorian University in Rome and was ordained to the Priesthood in 2006. Fr. Grondz has studied Chant for 13 years, and served as assistant organist at the Pontifical North American College. He is currently the Parochial Vicar of St. Mary Church, Kalamazoo, where he regularly celebrates the Sung Mass in the Extraordinary Form of the Roman Rite.