Winter Workshop 2018:
Proclaiming the Psalms with Heart, Mind and Voice

2018 Winter Workshop

Proclaiming the Psalms
with Heart, Mind and Voice

Dr. Steven R. Janco, keynote presenter

 Saturday, February 3, 2018
8:30 am — 3:00 pm

 The Empress Room at the Church of Saint Helena
1489 DeKalb Pike, Blue Bell

A continental breakfast, all-day coffee service and a hot buffet lunch is included!

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8:30 – 9:00 AM: Registration and Breakfast

9:00 – 9:30 AM: Morning Prayer

I. 9:30 AM - 10:30 AM: History and Literary Analysis of Psalms

- Their place in the history of Israel;

- Connections to the different Liturgical Seasons;

- How the psalms were chosen for the Lectionary

II. 10:45 AM – 12:00 Noon: Different Musical Styles

Gelineau, Guillmont, Respond & Acclaim, Through-Composed

Demonstrations of different styles

- With cantor alone

- With a schola

12:00 – 12:45 PM: Lunch

III. 12:45 PM – 1:30 PM: Proclaiming the Psalms

- Vocal Issues

- Musicality

- Pacing, phrasing, breathing, support

- Presence (e.g., dignified, confident)

IV. 1:45 PM – 3:00 PM: Cantor Critique Masterclass

Master Class Opportunity

Cantors attending the Winter Workshop are invited to take advantage of the master class offered by our presenter, Stephen Janco. This opportunity for improvement will be made available to 8 cantors and their accompanists.  In order to be considered, please contact Cally Welsh at callywelsh@msn.com and provide the following information:

• your name and e-mail address
• number of years as a cantor
• the name of the church where you cantor
• the name of your accompanist 
• the titles and composers of three (3) responsorial psalms you would like to sing

One of the three submitted psalms will be chosen so that there is a variety of styles and composers.  All of the submitted names will be put into a “hat” and chosen in a random order.  You will be contacted ahead of the workshop so that you and your accompanist can prepare the psalm.  All requests should be received by December 31^st, 2017.

Dr. Steven R. Janco

Steve Janco served for eleven years as Director of the Rensselaer Program of Church Music and Liturgy at Saint Joseph’s College in Rensselaer, Indiana.  He continues to serve as part-time Director of Liturgy and Music at Saint Eulalia Parish, a multicultural community in Maywood, Illinois. 

Steve is a composer of liturgical music, perhaps known best for three widely used Mass settings: Mass of the Angels and Saints (GIA), Mass of Redemption (WLP), and Mass of Wisdom (WLP). He has written numerous journal articles, as well as introductions for four music documents found in The Liturgy Documents, Volumes One and Three, and is a frequent conference and workshop presenter.

He earned the Master of Church Music degree in composition from Concordia University Chicago and the Doctor of Ministry degree in liturgy from Catholic Theological Union.

An active member of the National Association of Pastoral Musicians, Steve is also a life member of the Hymn Society in the United States and Canada and convener of the Liturgical Music Seminar of the North American Academy of Liturgy.

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