Fred Moleck
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In 2001 after forty-six years of parish music ministry and after
thirty-nine years of university and college teaching, he retired
from those activities to begin a new phase of church work. He is
now presently the director of the Office for Worship for the Diocese
of Greensburg in western Pennsylvania where he is a native. Not
only a church administrator, he is the director of the diocesan
choir. He continues to be the editor of the GIAQuarterly, the journal
for liturgical music published by GIA Publications, Inc. of Chicago,
a post he has held since founding the Quarterly fifteen years ago.
His weekly column, Table Talk, appears on the GIA website, www.giamusic.com
After nine summers of teaching in the Graduate Program in Ministries
of Santa Clara University in California, he finished his higher
education teaching career. Published works include fourteen articles
in the 1967 New Catholic Encyclopaedia and most recently, forty-some
mini-entries in Worship Music: A Concise Dictionary (2000). Equiped
with a PhD in Musicology from the University of Pittsburgh, with
graduate research in Munich and London and his experience in teaching
and parish music ministry, he is regarded by many as one of the
leaders in the liturgical music scene in the Roman Catholic Church
in the United States.
In 2004 at the annual June conference, The Notre Dame Center for Liturgy honored him with the Michael Mathus award for his outstanding contributions to Roman Catholic liturgy in the United States.
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Workshops
The Crystal Triduum
An in-depth exploration of the various rituals that comprise the
Church's most important three days. The workshop seeks to interconnect
the three days and discover what is present in each liturgy and
its effect on the other two days' celebration. Both traditional
and contemporary repertory will be used.
The Changing Face of Hymnody
A historical "sing-along" of the hymns of the past one hundred years,
ranging from "Bring Flowers of the Fairest" to "Amen Siakudumisa."
Many Songs, One People of Praise
The global village is called into action and response when the
Church gathers to celebrate God's presence with many songs used
to fashion
a people of praise. This workshop uses repertory from many ethnic
sources such as African-American, African, Hispanic, and several
more to create a body of music and text to create an icon of multicultural
praise. Rather than trying to make a "melting-pot blend," this exploration
attempts to make an interrelationship of several cultures and discover
how one affects the other. From this exploration, a table of word
and song is set that is rich, varied, and "sweeter than honey."