[ 27 September 2008; 10:00 am to 12:30 pm. ] The morning will begin with a talk by Toby Huitson who has worked in the Archives and has reconstructed whole pieces of music from mediaeval fragments. He will describe the music fragments he used and discuss their origin and history leading to their discovery as well as the process of reconstructing the music and text. […]

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[ 18 October 2008; ] Tim (our Chair) tells us that ‘101′ is how colleges in America denote a course that covers the absolute basics of a subject. A direct English translation would be ‘everything you ever wanted to know about chant but were afraid to ask’! A number of you have mentioned that you would welcome just such a […]

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The weather was not at its best, but our visit to the Benedictine Community at Minster Priory was a most engaging and enjoyable afternoon. Thirty of us plus the sisters from the Community and a few of their guests rehearsed and sang the second Vespers of the day. Being a Sunday there were four psalms […]

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