Steven C Warner solid a profitable sacred music profession within the years following Vatican II, however the longtime choir director and composer suspects job alternatives for in the present day’s younger musicians are severely missing. Supply: ACU.
The American musician, greatest identified for founding and directing the Notre Dame People Choir, mentioned the Church’s perspective in direction of younger musicians wanted to alter.
“In some ways, the structure of the Church is an obstacle in the United States, as well as other countries worldwide,” Warner mentioned.
“If you want to devote your life to sacred music, then you are also entering into a covenant – a career covenant – with the Church, and the institutional church needs to support young people in this career choice.”
Warner’s personal pursuit to turn into a sacred music chief coincided along with his arrival on the College of Notre Dame, Indiana. He went from taking part in guitar in bars to build up the world-famous Notre Dame People Choir from scratch.
Within the technique of build up a repertoire for a rising people choir, he mentored and inspired dozens of younger Catholic musicians within the artwork of sacred music throughout his 36 years as director.
This month, the famend musician will share his experiences of nurturing younger musicians in a public lecture hosted by the ACU Centre for Liturgy.
Throughout the lecture, on Might 20, Warner will even communicate concerning the energy of neighborhood choirs in serving to younger folks foster their Christian religion, based mostly on his experiences main the Notre Dame People Choir.
Based by Warner in 1980 to bridge the hole between up to date compositions of the post-conciliar Church and the repository of conventional choral music, the people choir continues to serve the College of Notre Dame as one among its principal liturgical choirs.
In truth, Warner thinks an over-focus on categorising Catholic music in response to specific “styles” might be distracting. He’s hesitant to make use of the phrases “folk”, “contemporary”, “traditional” and even “praise and worship”, to explain the various genres of Church music obtainable in the present day.
“In my lecture, I’ll be glad to discuss these terms – their pitfalls, and their positive applications.”
Particulars: Register for the Public Lecture with Steven C. Warner on the ACU Centre for Liturgy web site.
FULL STORY
Notre Dame People Choir’s former director to provide public lecture on elevating up liturgical musicians (ACU)
“Well bless their hearts.”
