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Sacred Music
 The Mission of the Department of Sacred Music is to provide a course of study in sacred music within a liberal arts framework, dependent on the teachings of the Catholic Church and the objectives of Ave Maria University. The Music program’s mission relates to the mission of Ave Maria University in the education of the whole person in the Catholic liberal arts tradition as articulated in Ex Corde Ecclesiae, Veritatis Splendor and Fides et Ratio. As music and liturgy go hand in hand at Ave Maria, music becomes, as Pope John Paul II put it, “the beauty that saves.” | | A student wishing to enroll in the course of study in music must perform an audition on piano, organ, or voice. The candidate should play or sing a work from the classical repertoire that demonstrates the furthest extent of his or her technical and musical accomplishment. The audition should also demonstrate the potential for success in the study of music. |  | recent newsSolesmes Summer Program, June 24-30th 2007
Ave Maria University has offered this rare opportunity for advanced musicians to spend a week studying Gregorian chant at the Abbey of St. Pierre in Solesmes, France, the recognized center of chant restoration and research. Students have heard the monks chanting music of the Mass and Divine Office each day in their gothic chapel. As a picture is worth a thousand words, the singing of the monks at the Abbey St. Pierre presents an illustration of interpretation and style that can never be taught in the classroom or read in a book. Visit the Solesmes Website |
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 | Survey of Western Music History I
Typically taken by first semester Sophomore Music Majors, this course covers the History of western music from plainchant through the Baroque period. It is followed in spring by Survey of Western Music History II, which covers the Classical through Modern periods. This course includes reading, including primary-source readings, and lecture, as well as extensive listening, enabling students to identify styles, composers and individual pieces by listening to recordings. |
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