Venue: St Michael, Durham Road, Houghton-le-Spring DH5 8NF.
Date: Saturday 1 March 2025
Timings: 2.00 – 4.00pm
There is no charge for the workshop.
The workshop will be led by Steven Maxson, Director of Music for Middlesbrough Diocese and is open to all who are interested. It will be of particular relevance to those involved in music for the liturgy in our parishes and schools, whether you currently sing the psalm or not.
As you know, a new translation of the Lectionary has recently been introduced in this country. Instead of using the Grail translation of the Psalms we are now using the version from the Abbey Psalms and Canticles. This means that there are changes to both the response to the psalm and to the verses.
In many cases old settings can be adapted for the new words but in others this is more difficult. In this workshop Steven will look at some of the changes and will also present some new settings. The workshop will be practical, with participants having the opportunity to sing through settings that use the new translation. Copies of some of the new resources will be available for you to look at.
The Responsorial Psalm at Mass ranks highly in the order of things that are sung, coming second in priority only to the Gospel Acclamation and the Eucharistic Acclamations.
However, there are many places where the psalm is not currently sung and this workshop will be beneficial to those who would like to start. What better time could there be to sing the Psalm than during the Easter season? Steven will give encouragement and support to those in this position by looking at psalm settings for the Easter period. Hopefully the workshop will provide encouragement and give people the confidence to take back what they have experienced to their own parishes.
At the end of the workshop there will be an opportunity for questions and a chance to discuss singing the Psalm with other people involved in music ministry.
View or download the poster for the workshop here.
For booking please register here, or email: DCMA@diocesehn.org.uk if you would like any further information.