ChantHacks Mark Emerson Donnelly

Share and subscribe to the ChantHacks channel! This is Part 2 of my interview with Charles Weaver, who teaches at the Julliard School of Music in New York. In this episode, Charlie and I discuss the importance of sight-singing. See Charlie's bio on Julliard: https://www.juilliard.edu/music/faculty/weaver-charles Leave a comment if you're going to practice sight-singing or want to know how to start! 1) Subscribe to our mailing list for upcoming special announcem...

Subscribe to our newsletter to receive the sheet music for Mark's arrangement of Francesco Soriano's "Regina Caeli" https://markemersondonnelly.com/get-involved/Leave a comment below and like this episode if you thought Mark's "hack" was successful!In this episode, Mark discusses why he arranged Francesco Soriano's "Regina Caeli". Give a listen to hear this unique piece, which you can sing for the rest of Easter!1) To support this podcast and other projects, go to https://www.lifefunder...

Subscribe to our newsletter to receive the sheet music for Mark's "Organum Novi Mundi" (ONM) of the Regina Caeli! https://markemersondonnelly.com/get-involved/In this episode, Mark discusses further the Rules of Style and re-visits Ep. 5 about his Organum Novi Mundi of the simple Regina Caeli. You also hear an inspiring recording of the Regina Caeli by the monks of Solesmes directed by Dom Gajard (1885-1972), the model of the Solesmes method!1) You can commission a composition (like th...

This is Part 1 of my interview with Charles Weaver, who teaches at the Julliard School of Music in New York. In this episode, Mark and Charlie discuss "informed" performance practice and the "Old" Solesmes Method.See Charlie's bio on Julliard: https://www.juilliard.edu/music/faculty/weaver-charles1) Subscribe to our mailing list for upcoming special announcements about my work at https://markemersondonnelly.com/get-involved/2) You can also commission a composition (like the ChantH...

Click the link below to sign up for our new webinar series Chant Hacks for Building Your Chant Habits! All the information in the episode is there. Email allanna@vocalart.org with any questions!https://markemersondonnelly.com/live-webinar-series/In this episode, Mark focuses on the most frequent congregational response at Mass, "Amen," discussing WHY we should try to SOUND like we mean what we're saying, how we ought NOT to sound, and how we CAN sound as sincere and inspiring to o...

Here's the link to the motet I mention towards the end of the podcast "Laetatus sum" by Alessandro Scarlatti. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XiOPqLsv_UAIn this second installment of the "Let the Music Speak" series, Mark again demonstrates how we can look at the music of Gregorian Chant as Commentary on the text.This episode looks at the "jubilus" of the Alleluia chant for the 2nd Sunday of Advent! Listen to learn about this centuries-old practice of joyful Catholic worship!Subscribe t...