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The Baronius Press edition is beautiful, but lacks important markings for singers.
Over these next few months, I want to try reach out to our readers.
The most problematic genre for use in broadcasting is the English setting of the Mass Ordinary since all of the major settings are currently under copyright.
I am imagining a new ensemble, built out of necessity, for the singing of polyphonic motets and even Mass ordinaries.
Prevented from receiving Holy Communion for a time, Frassati became “consumed with Eucharistic Fire.”
You know your own sound so well. You know your strengths, and what you need to work on. Why not suck it up and become your own vocal coach for a while?
Before we began recording, the participants unanimously gave permission to post online.
Sigh … another day, another invisible “white note” to ignore!
A mother remembers the time she was chosen to “crown Mary” and describes organizing a “May Crowning” for her family during the pandemic.
The Sacred Music Symposium is bearing fruits none of its organizers—myself included—could have imagined. Laus Deo!
Regarding the CCW mailing list, a priest (Father E. J.) wrote to us yesterday: “Sometime ago, you wrote something along the lines that none of your emails are copies or merely pitches; each one is individual. I respect you so much for that. I don’t always get to read through them, but they remain in […]
As churches are working towards reopening, it is also no small change for many to concede congregational singing and choirs of any size. So many musicians have already sacrificed so much, spiritually, artistically, and economically.
Did you know every Mass is a celebration of our Lord’s Ascension? — Here’s proof.
This image of Christ as the Good Shepherd constitutes the supreme model for all pastors, clerical or (in a broader and unordained sense) lay—anyone leading others into the Sheepfold of the Church. It is, therefore, crucial to understand the various nuances of pastor, or shepherd.
It’s hard to believe, but Father Knauff’s “Christ the King Hymnal for Congregational Singing” (1954) omitted this hymn!
