Clara Chung is a classical mezzo-soprano based in the Los Angeles area. In addition to singing with LA Opera, she has worked in church music for over a decade and leads Vox Ardens, a professional chamber ensemble focusing on high-quality liturgical music. In her talk, Clara shared what the Church means by Sacred Music and how it differs from religious music. What is its purpose in the liturgy? Are there different priority levels on what needs to be sung? Did Vatican 2 put Gregorian Chant aside? These were just few of the things Clara addressed in her talk.

Additional Resources:

• Church Music Association of America
• Musica Sacra Forum
• Corpus Christi Watershed
• Musicam Sacram [Text]
• Tra Le Sollecitudini [Text] or Audio reading by Louie Calma
• Sacrosanctum Concilium (Ch. 6 on Sacred Music)
• Chirograph of the Supreme Pontiff John Paul II for the Centenary of the Motu Proprio Tra le Sollecitudini on Sacred Music
• General Instruction of the Roman Missal (GIRM)
• Address of the Holy Father Francis to the Scholae Cantorum of the Italian St. Cecilia Association
• The Spirit of the Liturgy by Cardinal Joseph Ratzinger

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