“Psallite Deo nostro Psallite: Psallite Regi nostro psallite. Psallite sapienter!”
Cf. Ps. 46:7
Teaching, Lectures, Seminars, Workshops
In addition to her artistic activities, Laine is actively engaged in teaching, leading conferences, courses, and seminars on Gregorian chant as well as contemporary liturgical and sacred music.
She teaches courses in Gregorian chant for conductors at the Royal Conservatoire of The Hague and the Jāzeps Vītols Latvian Academy of Music.
She also teaches liturgical singing at the Interdiocesan Theological Institute “Maria Moeder van de Kerk” of the Dioceses of Roermond and Haarlem–Amsterdam, affiliated with the Faculty of Theology of the Pontifical Lateran University (Rome), and located in Heiloo.
Laine offers workshops and private tuition in Gregorian chant, with particular emphasis on interpretation informed by semiology and on the cultivation of an authentic vocal aesthetic. She also provides instruction in Gregorian chant conducting.
In addition, she offers formation through workshops, lectures, and seminars in Catholic church music—considered in its historical development across the centuries—and in the theology of music within the liturgy, with particular attention to its doctrinal foundations, symbolic significance, and role in shaping the Church’s worship.
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2 May 2026, Westmalle abbey, (Belgium)
Lecturer
lecture/workshop: Psallant! Singing psalms in Early Church | The Development of Psalmody in the First Millennium.
7 November 2024
St. Bavo Cathedral, Haarlem (Netherlands)
Lecturer
Lecture:Gregorian Chant: Past, Present, and Future26 May 2024
St. Lidwina Basilica, Schiedam (Netherlands)
Lecture in honor of the men’s choir In Honorem Dei on the occasion of the inclusion of Gregorian chant in the Netherlands Inventory of Intangible Cultural Heritage25–27 July 2023
Seminar for Church Organists, Aglona (Latvia)
Lecturer
Lecture:Singing the Mystery in Ordinary Time20–22 July 2022
Seminar for Church Organists, Aglona (Latvia)
Lecturer
Lecture:The Identity of Liturgical Music22–24 August 2019
4th Liturgical Music Summer Academy “Psallite Sapienter”
Riga Higher Institute of Religious Sciences, Riga (Latvia)
Organizer, Programme Director2–4 August 2018
3rd Liturgical Music Summer Academy “Psallite Sapienter”
Riga Higher Institute of Religious Sciences, Riga (Latvia)
Organizer, Programme Director24–25 October 2017
Seminar for Parish Organists of the Diocese of Rēzekne–Aglona, Aglona (Latvia)
Lecturer
Lecture:Mass Chants and Criteria for Their Selection17–19 August 2016
2nd Liturgical Music Summer Academy “Psallite Sapienter”
Riga Higher Institute of Religious Sciences, Riga (Latvia)
Organizer, Lecturer
Lecture:Proprium Chants in the Roman Rite Liturgy25–26 October 2015
Seminar for Parish Organists of the Diocese of Rēzekne–Aglona, Aglona (Latvia)
Lecturer
Lecture:Liturgical Chants of the Church Year17–19 August 2015
1st Liturgical Music Summer Academy “Psallite Sapienter”
Riga Higher Institute of Religious Sciences, Riga (Latvia)
Organizer, Lecturer
Lecture:The Ministry and Role of the Church Musician in the Liturgy21–23 August 2015
Days of Liturgical Formation, Ludza (Latvia)
Organizer, Lecturer
Lecture:Singing and Music in Magisterial Documents and the Role of Music in the Liturgy -
Dziedošo jaunavu rokraksti. Katoļu Baznīcas Vēstnesis, Nr. 7 (2021)
Mēs Viņā, un Viņš mūsos. Katoļu Baznīcas Vēstnesis, Nr. 3 (2021)
Baznīca – mājvieta skaistumam. Katoļu Baznīcas Vēstnesis, Nr. 2 (2021)
Kāpēc dziedāt liturģiju? Katoļu Baznīcas Vēstnesis, Nr. 9 (2020)
Gregoriskais korālis – Lectio Divina. Katoļu Baznīcas Vēstnesis, Nr. 5 (2020)
“Qui bene cantat, bis orat” – Kas labi dzied, lūdzas divkārši. Katoļu Baznīcas Vēstnesis, Nr. 5 (2020)
Sakrālā mūzika un tās interpreti. Katoļu Baznīcas Vēstnesis, Nr. 12 (2019)
Un Vārds tapa skaņa. Katoļu Baznīcas Vēstnesis, Nr. 6 (2019)
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