Brave Schola Director Posts iPhone Recording
Sometimes the obstacles faced by choirmasters seem completely overwhelming.
Archives for September 2019
Saint Paul’s Choir School • Open Houses
Saint Paul Choir School cordially invites you and your son to thier Open Houses and vocal auditions on the following dates:
Brébeuf Review! • “Society for Catholic Liturgy”
“The editors of the Brébeuf Hymnal have done a great service to the profession.” —Aaron James, Ph.D.
So… You Can’t Visit a Choir School
Choir Schools would help to fill our parishes with congregations and choir members who would expect real sacred music sung to a high degree…
Art of the Beautiful Lecture Series 2019-2020
A project of The Catholic Artists Society in NYC
San Diego Cathedral • (TLM) Solemn High Mass!
Someone took a YouTube recording, and the singing is quite good.
PDF Download • Palestrina Kyrie “Fons Bonitatis”
This is part 1 of 3 — and the other parts will be released soon.
Sense and Sensibility
This lesson is no less true in the realm of sacred music than it is in the realm of lovers.
Catholics Get The “Chants” of a Lifetime…
“I was expecting a lot, and it was more than I expected,” Sutherland said.
“Dies Irae” • Why Does It Appear In So Many Movies?
Veronica Brandt wrote about this in 2014. This morning, VOX made her article into a YouTube.
This Is a Cathedral, Not Disneyland
Several English cathedrals hosted peculiar amusements this summer.
($54,000 per year) • FSSP San Diego Seeks Choirmaster
It seems Fr. Lyons offered the position to a candidate who later decided not to accept.
Photographs • Père Daniel Kyriale (126 pages)
The beauty of the Gregorian Kyriale cannot be stopped—and Saint Antoine Daniel is the perfect patron for this!
“How To Begin Choir Practice” • (A Suggestion)
How one *begins* a rehearsal is crucial.
PDF Download • “Alleluia Choral Extension” (EF + OF)
This may look simple on paper, but it sounds *incredible* when sung by a full choir. Guerrero rocks!
When People Lie About Hymns Unwittingly
As a young man, I came into contact with an organist who claimed there was no such thing as a “Recessional,” insisting that I was wrong and foolish to use that term.
PDF Download • Chant Notation—Nuptial Blessing (EF)
With permission from the CDF, the nuptial blessing at a sung EF Mass may be chanted according to this melody.
Revealed! • A Fascinating Mass Rubric Very Few Know
“How surprised people would be next Sunday to see the direction being carried out!” —1943 article
Leo Abbott to Rededicate Landmark E. & G. G. Hook & Hastings Organ, Opus 801
This pipe organ will be heard as it has never been in our lifetimes.
Do You Know Credo VII ??
A wonderful medieval Credo, published with “Imprimatur” from 1924.
Brébeuf #654 • “On Jordan’s Bank The Baptist’s Cry”
Sung to the wonderful tune of “Winchester New.”
The 1961 Code of Rubrics • Pope St. John XXIII
I would not argue with someone who called this document curious, or even bizarre; it was only in effect for a few years • Also: “Should the Sanctus and Benedictus be split in the Traditional Latin Mass?” • This “Extraordinary Form” question is treated meticulously with full documentation going back 150 years+
Let the Fun Begin
I have been searching for ways to bring more choristers into the choir…
Brébeuf #655 • “Hark! A Voice” (Advent Hymn)
A beautiful English translation of “En Clara Vox Redarguit” by Fr. Fitzpatrick.
Brébeuf #657 • “O Come, Divine Messiah” (Advent)
You can hear the individual tracks if you visit the source website.