Without Limits: Singing the Congregation’s Song

Sponsored by C. Michael Hawn, FHS, in honor of SMU Doctor of Pastoral Music Graduates

Purpose: To give an introduction and overview of Black Catholic Congregational Song.
Presentation: Taking a Three-Prong Approach, we will explore Hymnody, Psalm Settings, and Mass Settings by Black Catholic Composers. In addition, we will give a history of the genre, beginning with the origins of Fr. Clarence J. Rivers.
The presentation will use the articles written in the past two years by Darnell and Darrell St. Romain for The Hymn and even a current Black Catholic Composer, M. Roger Holland II. We will sing examples from each of the three areas discussed.