Psalms, Hymns, and Songs: Composing Music for the Church (Via Zoom)

March 25, 2:00pm-4:00pm (Central Time)

$20 preregistered/prepaid.

Registration Deadline: March 23 (A link will be sent to you one day prior to the event)

The psalms and canticles are among the best-loved texts in scripture. This session intends to explore insights into these texts from contemporary scripture study and explore how as an artist and composer, Father Jan Michael Joncas has tried to foster these insights by means of musical settings befitting these texts. He will also share the processes involved in creating these musical settings.

Father Jan Michael Joncas was ordained a priest in The Archdiocese of St. Paul-Minneapolis, MN in 1980. He holds degrees in English from the College of St. Thomas in St. Paul, MN and in Liturgical Studies from the University of Notre Dame in Notre Dame, Indiana and the Pontificio Istituto Liturgico at the Ateneo, St. Anselmo in Rome, Italy. He has served as parochial vicar, a campus minister and a pastor. He is author of six books and more than two hundred fifty articles and reviews in journals. He has composed and arranged more than 300 pieces of liturgical music. He is currently Artist-in-Residence and Research Fellow in Catholic Studies at the University of St. Thomas in St. Paul.

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