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EWTN Features Catholic Choirmaster & Composer

Jeff Ostrowski · September 22, 2020

RIAN J. NELSON is now in his tenth year as Director of Sacred Music at the Saint Lawrence Catholic Campus Center, serving the students, faculty, and staff of the University of Kansas in gorgeous Lawrence, Kansas. Beginning under the tenure of Monsignor Vince Krische in the 1980s, St. Lawrence has become known for its commitment to strong, vibrant Liturgy and Music. Throughout its history, the center has benefited from the tradition of choral and organ scholars: KU students with significant talent and openness of heart who sing or play at Mass regularly. Center Director Fr. Mitchell Zimmerman has expanded the scholarship program to include all the major ministries at St. Lawrence, adding intellectual and spiritual components.

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Dr. Nelson oversees, trains, and develops twelve choral scholars, two organ scholars, four instrumentalists, a choral administrative scholar and a cantor scholar. His predecessors include Wolfgang Resinger, Lynn Trapp, Kevin Vogt, Marie Rubis Bauer, Lucas Tappan, and Michael Podrebarac. Mæstro Nelson’s settings of the Responsorial Psalm for the Ordinary Form of the Mass can be found at International Liturgy Publications, along with professional recordings:

*  Responsorial Psalms • Brian J. Nelson
—For the Ordinary Form, published by International Liturgy Publications.

You can also read Dr. Nelson’s full biography:

*  PDF Download • BIOGRAPHY

“From the Throne of Grace” • Click here to see Dr. Nelson rehearsing his choir in one of his own hymn compositions.

I was pleased to see that EWTN featured Dr. Nelson a few years back:

You can learn more at the KU Catholic website.

Opinions by blog authors do not necessarily represent the views of Corpus Christi Watershed.

Filed Under: Articles Tagged With: Brian Nelson Composer, St Lawrence Catholic Campus Center Last Updated: September 23, 2020

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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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    Hymn by Cardinal Newman
    During the season of Septuagesima, we will be using this hymn by Cardinal Newman, which employs both Latin and English. (Readers probably know that Cardinal Newman was one of the world's experts when it comes to Lingua Latina.) The final verse contains a beautiful soprano descant. Father Louis Bouyer—famous theologian, close friend of Pope Paul VI, and architect of post-conciliar reforms—wrote thus vis-à-vis the elimination of Septuagesima: “I prefer to say nothing, or very little, about the new calendar, the handiwork of a trio of maniacs who suppressed (with no good reason) Septuagesima and the Octave of Pentecost and who scattered three quarters of the Saints higgledy-piddledy, all based on notions of their own devising!”
    —Jeff Ostrowski
    Introit • Candlemas (2 February)
    “Candlemas” • Our choir sang on February 2nd, and here's a live recording of the beautiful INTROIT: Suscépimus Deus. We had very little time to rehearse, but I think it has some very nice moments. I promise that by the 8th Sunday after Pentecost it will be perfect! (That Introit is repeated on the 8th Sunday after Pentecost.) We still need to improve, but we're definitely on the right track!
    —Jeff Ostrowski
    Simplified Antiphons • “Candlemas”
    Anyone who desires simplified antiphons (“psalm tone versions”) for 2 February, the Feast of the Purification—which is also known as “Candlemas” or the Feast of the Presentation—may freely download them. The texts of the antiphons are quite beautiful. From “Lumen Ad Revelatiónem Géntium” you can hear a live excerpt (Mp3). I'm not a fan of chant in octaves, but we had such limited time to rehearse, it seemed the best choice. After all, everyone should have an opportunity to learn “Lumen Ad Revelatiónem Géntium,” which summarizes Candlemas.
    —Jeff Ostrowski

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“To treat harmony and rhythm in this matter was a difficult matter. Facing numerous problems both large and small—that arose constantly—we understood that a flawless harmonization of Gregorian chant cannot be created by improvisation, no matter the competence and ability of the organist or harmonist.”

— ‘Mons. Jules Van Nuffel, NOH Preface’

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