This seminar invites singers, organists, clergy, and directors of sacred music to rediscover Gregorian chant as it was originally taught—long before keyboards, fixed pitch, or modern solfège. Drawing on medieval sources and the pedagogical legacy of Guido of Arezzo, the presenter reveals how chant can be read with clarity and confidence through relative pitch, interval relationships, and the hexachord system (ut–re–mi–fa–sol–la). By stepping outside modern habits and into the logic of medieval chant pedagogy, participants gain practical tools to sight-read unfamiliar chants, understand mi–fa and hard and soft B, and experience chant once again as a living, communal, and deeply accessible musical language.


This is a follow-up to the seminar that invites singers, organists, clergy, and directors of sacred music to rediscover Gregorian chant as it was originally taught—long before keyboards, fixed pitch, or modern solfège. Drawing on medieval sources and the pedagogical legacy of Guido of Arezzo, the presenter reveals how chant can be read with clarity and confidence through relative pitch, interval relationships, and the hexachord system (ut–re–mi–fa–sol–la). By stepping outside modern habits and into the logic of medieval chant pedagogy, participants gain practical tools to sight-read unfamiliar chants, understand mi–fa and hard and soft B, and experience chant once again as a living, communal, and deeply accessible musical language.
What is sacred music—and why does it matter?
This seminar invites participants on a sweeping theological and historical journey to rediscover the true purpose of music in worship. Moving beyond stylistic debates, we begin by examining the fundamental functions of music itself—dance, sentimental expression, assertory proclamation, and devotional worship—and ask the essential question: Which of these truly belong in the sacred liturgy, and which do not?
