Higher institutes of sacred music (SC 115)

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Hello all,
The Vatican II document Sacrosanctum Concilium says the following:
115. Great importance is to be attached to the teaching and practice of music in seminaries, in the novitiates and houses of study of religious of both sexes and also in other Catholic institutions and schools. To impart this instruction, teachers are to be carefully trained and put in charge of the teaching of sacred music.
It is desirable also to found higher institutes of sacred music whenever this can be done.
Composers and singers, especially boys, must also be given a genuine liturgical training.


Emphasis in above quote from Sacrosanctum Concilium is mine…

Question: Does anyone know of any Catholic “higher institutes of sacred music” in the United States or North America as a whole, that have been established in response to this document, or even one that existed before this document? If so, can you give me a name or names, and where it/they is/are?

I ask, because one of the dreams I’ve been kicking around in my head recently is someday founding one of these higher institutes of sacred music. Of course, if a couple good ones already exist, I may find myself enrolling one of these days!

Blessings in Christ,
Tim
 
Sounds like you might want to contact this group.

– Gregorian Chant

TAMPA - Florida Pro Musica, a Tampa group specializing in Baroque and early music, offers an afternoon of Gregorian chant with its Mass for the Fourth Sunday of Advent at 4 p.m. Dec. 19 at Sacred Heart Church, 509 Florida Ave.

Gregorian chant takes its name from St. Gregory the Great, who served as pope from 590 to 604. A type of plainchant, it makes use of the liturgical, monophonic chants sung each day in the Roman Catholic Church. Admission is $15, $12 for people 65 and older and $5 for students with ID; call (813) 258-4226 or visit www.floridapromusica.com.
 
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