The Advent
Project Ten Years On: Early Medieval Chant and Ritual in
Rome
Inter-disciplinary symposium ~ Friday, 19 February 2010
Convenors:
Dr Frank Lawrence and Prof. Liam Tracey
UCD
Humanities Institute of Ireland,
University
College
Dublin, Belfield,
Dublin
4
To mark the tenth anniversary of the publication of James McKinnon’s
The Advent Project UCD School of
Music and the Faculty of Theology, St Patrick’s College, Maynooth will co-host a
one-day symposium on early medieval Roman chant and liturgy. Prof. Susan Rankin,
Dr John F. Romano and Prof. Joseph Dyer will be keynote speakers.
The Advent Project: The
Later-Seventh-Century Creation of the Roman Mass Proper published posthumously in 2000 remains a major contribution to our
understanding of the formation of the medieval chant tradition in
Rome. McKinnon’s work
has stimulated much debate in musicological circles during the last decade but
appears to have made little impact on liturgical and ritual studies. The
organisers of this symposium hope to stimulate a fruitful dialogue and
discussion between chant scholars, historians and liturgists and also welcome
participants from other disciplinary backgrounds with an interest in early
medieval Rome.
The symposium will take place on Friday, 19 February 2010 at
the UCD Humanities Institute of
Ireland, UCD, Belfield,
Dublin 4 from 10.00am to
5.00pm. There is no
participation fee and tea/coffee will be provided during the day. The programme
includes a short recital of Gregorian and Old Roman chant featuring the propers
of the Third Sunday of Advent (Gaudete Sunday) after which participants will
have ample time to take lunch at one of the campus restaurants/cafés.
Further details
will be available shortly at www.ucd.ie/music/adventproject
Convenors:
Dr Frank
Lawrence,
Prof. Liam Tracey
Lecturer in
Early Music History,
Professor of Liturgy,
School of
Music,
Faculty of Theology,
University College Dublin
St Patrick’s
College,
Belfield,
Dublin 4
Maynooth
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