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Views from the Choir Loft

CCW Receives Praise … on Television!

Jeff Ostrowski · June 4, 2018

AESTRO Richard Clark recently mentioned 13-part series on Sacred Music, produced for the Catholic TV Network, called “On a Sacred Note.”

(Series produced by Stephanie Scogna.)

The first installment is out: “On a Sacred Note” (25 minutes)

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At the 11:02 marker CCWatershed receives a shout-out!

I was interested to notice them singing Plainsong in octaves—that is, women and men together. For myself, I do not sing Plainsong like that. We either have the ladies sing or the men sing. This shows the diversity of legitimate approaches to Plainsong. When folks come to the Sacred Music Symposium they will be taught a variety of methods, but never by saying: This is the only way to do it, and if you disagree you’re evil.

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About Jeff Ostrowski

Jeff Ostrowski holds his B.M. in Music Theory from the University of Kansas (2004). He resides with his wife and children in Los Angeles.—(Read full biography).

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19 May 2022 • “Trochee Trouble”

I’m still trying to decide how to visually present the “pure” Editio Vaticana scores, using what is (technically) the official rhythm of the Church. You can download my latest attempt, for this coming Sunday. Notice the “trochee trouble” as well as the old issue of neumes before the quilisma.

—Jeff Ostrowski
16 May 2022 • Harmonized Chant?

This year’s upcoming Sacred Music Symposium will demonstrate several ways to sing the CREDO at Mass. This is because—for many parishes—to sing a full-length polyphonic CREDO by Victoria or Palestrina is out of the question. Therefore, we show options that are halfway between plainsong and polyphony. You can hear my choir rehearsing a section that sounds like harmonized plainsong.

—Jeff Ostrowski
14 May 2022 • “Pure” Vatican Edition

As readers know, my choir has been singing from the “pure” Editio Vaticana. That is to say, the official rhythm which—technically—is the only rhythm allowed by the Church. I haven’t figured out how I want the scores to look, so in the meantime we’ve been using temporary scores that look like this. Stay tuned!

—Jeff Ostrowski

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An Indult of the “Commission for Russia” (25 November 1929) authorizes Bishops and Administrators Apostolic in Russia to permit the celebration of Mass and the reception of Holy Communion in the afternoon or evening, on condition that a Eucharistic fast of four hours from noon be observed.

— Sacred Congregation of Rites, 25 nov 1929

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