The Role of Catholic Church Choir
Keep God as the center of the choir and direct our music towards Him.
Archives for January 2017
Practice Tracks • Ainslie’s “English Proper Chants”
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Musical Resources • 2nd Sunday after Epiphany
“May this Communion, O Lord, cleanse us from sin…”
When to Teach Children to Sight-Read Plainsong
Children can and should be taught Gregorian chant by hearing and repeating—but this binds them to singing only what they have memorized.
“Ten Commandments” • for the Choirmaster
Truth is stranger than fiction.
Recording of Announcement of Easter and Movable Feasts • 2017
A very helpful recording for anyone singing this in English for the Ordinary Form.
PDF Download • Epiphany Booklet (FSSP.la)
To match the ancient acrostic, Erasmus changed the first line to “Herodis Hostes.”
Best Mystery Movie Of All Time!
Every so often, we stumble across true excellence. Here’s a prime example.
PDF Download • “Missa de Angelis” (Fr. Castro)
Fr. Áureo Castro’s setting alternates the chant melody and the choral parts.
The Hallowed Name 1
To Use or Not to Use?
Musical Resources • Holy Family (EF)
Communion anthem: “Jesus went down with them, and came to Nazareth and was subject to them.”
Major Problems with “Holy Family” Feast
This feast has been moved *four times* since it was created in 1893…but that’s not my problem.
New Microphone
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God or Nothing
I think we can slay the current and popular belief that by making the liturgy, and by extension liturgical music, “relevant” to people we will somehow bring them back to God.
New! • Easy Choral Extension Mass (Ordinary Form)
How to make polyphony work for your Ordinary Form Choir.
“Table Altar” vs. “High Altar” (Novus Ordo)
It’s incorrect to say new Churches must be constructed with table altars.
A Majestic Christmas Hymn That Isn’t Difficult
“Here lies He in the manger, alleluia, Who reigns without end, alleluia, alleluia.”
New Details on Dunwoodie Chant Conference
“Gregorian Chant in Pastoral Ministry and Religious Education” — March 10 & 11, 2017