When I was seven, I had my first introduction to Gregorian Chant. My mom enrolled me in a small children’s choir as an extracurricular. The choir was run by a kind woman with unbounded enthusiasm. Armed with several copies of “The Parish Book of Chant,” a pitch pipe, and some colorful stickers to reinforce good behavior, she aspired to initiate our motley crew of half tuneful, half tone-deaf singers into the art of traditional liturgical chant. I was one of the youngest in the group, and I will admit I never actually figured out how to read the chant notation. Instead, I grew proficient at copying the movements of the older children as they followed along in their hymnals, and I simply memorized the songs from repetition.
I love this post - I too am working to teach Gregorian chant to my own children and as many others as I can get interested. In fact, the video you linked to at the end was one of my attempts to do just that - to teach the Anima Christi to children. ☺️
Oh my goodness, thank you for your beautiful work! Your video brought me back to my schola days. 😊 I was so happy to find it because I didn't see anyone else teaching the Mode VIII version of the Anima Christi, which is the one I learned as a child. May God bless you!
I am so glad it was there! I have been learning and teaching chant simultaneously, so that was the day I learned the Anima Christi chant. I have been singing it with my choir ever since. ☺️
I love this post - I too am working to teach Gregorian chant to my own children and as many others as I can get interested. In fact, the video you linked to at the end was one of my attempts to do just that - to teach the Anima Christi to children. ☺️
Oh my goodness, thank you for your beautiful work! Your video brought me back to my schola days. 😊 I was so happy to find it because I didn't see anyone else teaching the Mode VIII version of the Anima Christi, which is the one I learned as a child. May God bless you!
I am so glad it was there! I have been learning and teaching chant simultaneously, so that was the day I learned the Anima Christi chant. I have been singing it with my choir ever since. ☺️
Your video is beautiful. May God bless you in your work teaching Gregorian Chant!
Thank you! You too!