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Jeff Ostrowski
A theorist, organist, and conductor, Jeff Ostrowski holds his B.M. in Music Theory from the University of Kansas (2004), and did graduate work in Musicology. He serves as choirmaster for the new FSSP parish in Los Angeles, where he resides with his wife and children.
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“I grew up listening to Lessons & Carols from Cambridge and that was Advent-Christmas for me. Then I moved to Rome and discovered Rorate Masses, the Novena of the Immaculate Conception with the Tota Pulchra, the Christmas Novena, the O Antiphons, the Aspiciens, the Rorate Coeli, the Alma Redemptoris Mater: that's Advent for me now. I am glad to see seminarians all over the United States doing Lessons & Carols, but are they learning our ancient Roman traditions alongside a 20th-century Anglican one?”
— Rev. Christopher Smith


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FSSP.la Choir Communiqué • 13 January 2015
published 13 January 2015 by Jeff Ostrowski

A truly remarkable piece by Father Cristóbal de Morales (†1553):

      * *  PDF Download: Polyphonic “Hosanna”

      * *  PDF Download: Plainsong


What does it sound like? Here’s the polyphony sung by Matthew J. Curtis:

      * *  Mp3 Download: Equal Voices (Curtis)


Here are practice videos & audio files:

Practice Video: SOPRANO   •   Mp3 Practice File: SOPRANO

Practice Video: ALTO   •   Mp3 Practice Audio: ALTO

Practice Video: TENOR   •   Mp3 Practice Audio: TENOR

Practice Video: BASS   •   Mp3 Practice Audio: BASS


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Learn about the new FSSP parish in Los Angeles by visiting: FSSP.LA