On Sunday, February 16th there is an inspiring possibility in Kansas City for singers and worshippers, and musicologists to experience the latest developments in Gregorian Chant performance scholarship in both an educational and liturgical context with the singers of Te Deum, St. Mary’s, and the Cathedral of the Immaculate Conception, all led by Professor Eugeen Liven d’Abelardo.

SUNDAY VESPERS (men) - Sunday, Feb 16 at 5:00 pm | Cathedral of the Immaculate Conception

COMPLINE (women) Sunday, Feb 16 at 7:00 pm | St. Mary’s Episcopal Church

THE TEACHER: For the last thirty years, Eugeen Liven d’Abelardo (professor at the Universities of Graz and Trondheim) has put into vocal practice the groundbreaking work of preëminent chant musicologist, Frater Cornelius Pouderoijen (OSB, professor at the University of Vienna), especially upon the seminal 10thC Hartker Antiphonary, through recordings and liturgical offices with his professional chant ensemble, Hartkeriana, who recently recorded the complete psalmody. www.psalmchant.com

A leading conductor of chant today, Professor d’Abelardo had a successful international career as an orchestral and opera conductor before returning to Gregorian chant. He has interwoven his practical musical experience with musicological research to develop the currently accepted performance practice with his colleague Dr. Franz Karl Praßl (professor at the Papal Institute of Sacred Music in the Vatican and the University of Graz).