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“I cannot say enough good things about my experience at the symposium. Words cannot express just how wonderful it was to be there, and how much I brought back with me.”
I have been reminded why I got into music in the first place.
Arturo Benedetti Michelangeli plays Bach’s Toccata and Fugue in d minor…
“Light most blessèd, shine on the hearts of Your faithful—even into their darkest corners…”
Once upon a time, Catholic composers were trained from birth in a special art of musical composition…
“Sisters in pants distribute communion, while priests sit idle in the sanctuary. This ‘option’ results from a decay of the reverence for the Lord’s Presence.” —Fulton J. Sheen (1976)
Precious few modern masterpieces exist…but this motet by Kevin Allen is one.
Do you understand why I only apologize once—and not twice—for the Soprano line?
“…He shall not speak of Himself; but what things soever He shall hear, He shall speak…”
Why Do We Produce Rehearsal Videos? And what made more than 600 people show up for Santa Barbara’s first Latin Mass in fifty years?
Sheen replied: “Mr. President, I’m not the least bit impressed with your source.”
“I would go there Sunday morning and sing Palestrina, William Byrd, Mozart…this magnificent choral music.”
There’s something remarkable about instances where the people involved don’t realize a recording is being made.
