Making Chant More Widely Known

The Early Music Society of Nova Scotia is pleased to present a Zoom lecture about “Making Chant More Widely Known” with Brandon Wild, on Saturday, March 23, at 7 pm.

Brandon Wild is a music researcher, board member of the Gregorian Institute of Canada (GIC) and editor of the GIC’s annual newsletter, Cantemus. He holds a Bachelor of Music Honours (Music Cognition), Summa cum laude, from McMaster University. Two of his previous presentations were “The Use of York and the Feast of Saint Cecilia” (Gregorian Institute of Canada Colloquium, 2018) and “A performance of A York Feast of Saint Cecilia,” which he co-presented with William Renwick (53rd International Congress on Medieval Studies, 2018). He also has a book forthcoming on the Use of York.

The Gregorian Institute of Canada supports and publishes research regarding the whole range of Gregorian and other Western chant repertoire, monastic and secular, including issues of performance practice, cultural history, transmission, notation, and resources for research and performance.

Brandon’s presentation on March 23 will focus on the efforts of both the GIC and the Hamilton Schola Cantorum to promote chant in the wider community, with potential lessons for the promotion of early music generally.

Those interested in viewing the March 23 presentation need to register by contacting Harold Rennie, at rennie.ns@gmail.com. A Zoom link will be sent to all attendees in advance.