(Transcript) • Archbishop Sample’s Sermon from the National Shrine Solemn Pontifical Mass
“I myself first discovered the Traditional Latin Mass as a college student.” —Most Rev’d Sample
Archives for April 2018
Choosing Choral Repertoire
Is it okay for choirmasters to program the same piece several Sundays in a row?
Yesterday’s Solemn Mass Was An Inflection Point
Consider three (3) clerics who took part in this Solemn Mass at the National Shrine
This Saturday! • Solemn Pontifcal Mass in D.C.
Archbishop Sample will be offering a Solemn Pontifical Mass at the National Shrine in DC.
Directing A Choir: Are You Tough Enough?
Your sense of humor says it all…
Opportunity to study Polyphony in San Francisco
Dr. Michael Alan Anderson is a superb director.
Spanish Missal Chants Now Available
A collection of fine resources are available from the Domenico Zipoli Institute
Listening and Mission
All that matters is God’s call of service—God’s agenda. This mission of service is primary. Service is a form of love.
Teaching Gregorian Chant to Boys with Changed Voices
The boys encountered the same learning curves the adult men had previously, but their facility in solfege speed up the learning process.
What does Cicero have to do with the Breviary?
A proposal for “mutual enrichment”
Photos • Two Recent Solemn Masses in Hong Kong
This wasn’t my first time serving as a subdeacon, but it was a trembling experience.
Tone Quality and Your Singers
Ultimately it doesn’t matter if your choir resonates well and sings beautiful vowels but can’t communicate via the music…
The Turns at Benediction
To the Right or to the Left?
“ Dissonance? ” • Gregorian Accompaniment
Nothing could be further from the truth!
Ratzinger’s 1987 Letter to a Former Catechism Student
The Pope Emeritus presents church music as something central to life.
“Crotalus” • How Does It Sound?
Holy Thursday pew version from a pocket recorder.
I Was Wrong to Dread the “Pre-1955” Holy Week
Five (5) differences between the ancient rites of Holy Week (“Pre-1955”) and the Pius XII version.
Summer Chant Courses—Dunwoodie
Two course offerings from the St. Cecilia Academy for Pastoral Musicians