Chant is prayer.
Learn to sing it.From your first square note to the depths of semiology — a complete formation in the ancient tradition, taught by a master trained at Solesmes.
Where will you begin
your journey?
Every cantor, chorister, and lover of sacred music starts somewhere. The GCA offers a clear path — from your first encounter with square notation to advanced interpretive mastery — so you always know your next step.
Learn to read square notation, pronounce Church Latin, and understand the fifteen-century history of the tradition. No prior experience required.
Learn all eight psalm tones, master the rhythm and cantillation of chant, and sing every category of chant in the Roman Mass and Divine Office.
Study the Gregorian modes in depth, the ancient hymns of the Office, and Semiology — the medieval manuscript markings that reveal how chant truly wants to be sung.
Choose Your Formation
A three-level formation in Gregorian Chant — from your first square note to the depths of the tradition — plus live personal coaching.
Beginner Formation
The first step. No prior music training required. Learn to read square notation, practice solfege, pronounce Ecclesiastical Latin, and understand the fascinating history of Gregorian Chant.
- Read and sight-sing from square notation
- Ecclesiastical Latin pronunciation
- History of chant — origins to Solesmes
- Solfege and ear training
Intermediate
You can read chant. Now begin to understand it. Psalm tones, Cantillation, Latin accentuation and phrasing, how Latin shapes the melody and the rhythm, chant's compositional structures and various categories of chant in the Roman Mass and Divine Office. Begin to understand chant as a divine musical language.
- All eight psalm tones & cantillation
- Syllabic, neumatic & melismatic chants
- Melodic formulas and compositional structures
- Latin accentuation & phrasing
Advanced Formation
You understand the chant. Now transform it into artistry. The eight Gregorian modes, modal transpotion and the archaic modes, the hymn meters of the Divine Office, and the medieval manuscript markings that reveal how chant truly wants to be sung.
- Gregorian modes in depth
- Gregorian hymn metres
- Semiology — St Gall & Laon manuscripts
1-on-1 Coaching
The one thing no video course can replace: a real teacher who can hear you. Whether you want to refine your chant, develop your voice, or get feedback on your progress — live personal guidance from Christopher is available alongside any level of the formation.
- Chant coaching — real-time feedback on pieces you are studying
- Vocal training rooted in modern vocal science applied to sacred music
- Certified Vocal Process (UK) & Singing Athlete instructor
- 30 or 60-minute sessions · Online · USA only
The Cantor’s Cloister — Included with all Levels
A private global community of chant students and singers. Monthly live Q&A and group chant practice with Christopher, exclusive recordings, guest interviews with scholars and clergy, and connection with cantors around the world. You are not alone in this.
Is online chant education
worth it?
The ideal formation in Gregorian Chant has always been immersive and communal — actively singing in a parish schola week after week, alongside formal in-person training, whether through a series of workshops or study at a Pontifical Institute of Sacred Music or the Abbey of Solesmes. That is the fullest way to receive this tradition, and if those options are available to you, take them.
But for very many, those options are either lacking entirely, insufficient, or simply impractical.
There is no local schola. The nearest workshop costs hundreds of dollars before travel, lodging, and time away from work and family are factored in. The Pontifical Institute is on another continent. The parish choir director has never heard of Solesmes.
For those people — and there are many of them — this formation is an answer to their prayers. Rigorous, rooted in the living Solesmes tradition, taught by someone who has given his life to it, and available wherever you are.
Gregorian Chant is not performance. It is sung prayer — the voice of the Church raised to God in the form He has loved for fifteen centuries.
— Christopher Jasper, Founder · Gregorian Chant AcademyVoices from the Tradition
This course is phenomenal! Having earned my Master’s in Music Performance, I can honestly say this course is equivalent to a two-semester upper-level university course, yet still accessible to beginners. A sacred music conference would barely scratch the surface of what this course provides. It’s worth every penny and more.
This course was a literal gift from God. The depth of Mr Jasper’s knowledge is clear, and this offers the reassurance of learning with a depth of understanding that would not otherwise be possible.
Dr. Ruth Butler Psychologist · USABefore this course, my chant skills were hitherto unrooted in any study. Thanks to Christopher’s expert instruction, I was able to confidently sing the Tenebrae Office of Holy Week. Next year, I shall hopefully be leading it.
Sebastian Sanyal United KingdomI’ve been a priest for 33 years and taught myself Gregorian Chant, but I was never able to fully master it — until now. You have a gift at clearly conveying your message in an engaging manner.
Fr. Anthony Mary, FSSR Priest of 33 years · New ZealandI have only just begun but I’ve already noticed a distinct difference in the pleasantness of my chanting tone and growing proficiency in sight-reading. Thank you for what you have made here.
Edward Jun USA
- Studied under Dom Daniel Saulnier — Abbey of Solesmes
- CESR, Tours, France — Advanced Chant Studies
- Benedictine Oblate — Abbey of St. Benedict, Norcia
- 25+ years directing, singing & teaching sacred music
- Registered Instructor — Vocal Process Ltd., UK
Christopher
Jasper
Christopher is the founder and director of the Gregorian Chant Academy. He was formed in the tradition from childhood, trained under Dom Daniel Saulnier at the Abbey of Solesmes and at the Centre d’Études Supérieures de la Renaissance in Tours — the direct inheritors of the 19th-century chant restoration begun by Dom Guéranger.
He has directed at numerous parishes and institutions, lived as a Benedictine postulant at the Abbey of St. Benedict in Norcia, Italy, and has spent over 25 years studying, directing, and performing sacred chant. He teaches not from a curriculum, but from a life formed by the tradition.
Read the Full Story →The tradition is waiting
to receive you.
Chant has been sung continuously for fifteen hundred years. Your voice belongs in that stream. Start where you are.