λογικὴ λατρεία [reasonable service of God – Romans 12:1]
The purpose of the liturgical and music courses is to develop the abilities and competences of persons engaged in liturgical music: both those who do not have a degree in Music and those who have already received it but seek to improve their skills in this area.
The liturgical and music courses are designed to form and guide liturgical prayer animators who serve in a particular community of the local Church to a deep and conscious experience of the saving mysteries present in the liturgy of the Church. Participants of the courses acquire the knowledge and skills, which are necessary to lead in prayer by singing on one’s own, to conduct a choir, and to participate actively and fully in the liturgy of the Church maintaining an appropriate level of performance.
In addition, the liturgical and music courses are aimed at:
- promoting liturgical culture by distributing arrangements of liturgical works in sheet music version along with recordings
- organising training courses in liturgical music
- publishing literature on the theology of liturgy and the theology of music
Training programme
The training programme covers theoretical music and liturgical classes, as well as practical ones, in particular Collective and Individual Vocals, Fundamentals of Conducting, Polyphony, Gregorian Chant, Traditional Singing, Elementary Music Theory, Harmony, Solfege, Liturgical Theology, Methods and Practice of Conducting a Choir, etc.
The lecturers of liturgical and music courses at St Thomas Aquinas Institute are invited professional musicians and theologians from Ukraine and abroad. In addition, the programme includes demonstration lectures with guests who are experts in topics related to the liturgical theology and the performance of liturgical music.
As part of the liturgical and music courses, weekend trainings in liturgical music are held, which focus on the relevant periods of the liturgical year. These trainings are open to anyone who wishes to participate – it is not necessary to be a student of liturgical and music courses.
Signing up for training
To become a participant of the liturgical and music courses at St Thomas Aquinas Institute, you need to:
- Fill in the online form
- Pay the annual fee (charitable contribution) directly at the secretary’s office on the first day of classes. In some cases, at the student’s reasonable request, the full payment can be divided into two equal parts. If during the academic year force majeure circumstances (war, pandemic, etc.) become an obstacle to the classes, participants receive a refund of the relevant part of the funds.
A prerequisite for starting classes is the formation of a group of at least ten students in each course.
Address of the liturgical and music courses:
St Thomas Aquinas Institute of Religious Studies
13 Derevlianska Str.,
Kyiv, 04119, Ukraine
Coordinator – Yana Trubiichuk: +380980712628, logikelatreia.ua@gmail.com