“By day 4, tears were running down my face.”
“The symposium was like nothing I have ever experienced.” — South Dakota Participant
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Archives for July 2022
PDF Download • “Sunday Vespers” (22 pages)
In spite of its imperfections, creating this (draft) booklet required much more effort than I had anticipated.
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FSSP Guadalajara • “Conferencia de Musica Sagrada”
New Sacred Music Conference in Guadalajara, Mexico!
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11 July 2022 • FEEDBACK
Someone who heard the CCW plainsong recordings with NOH accompaniment says: “For years I have travelled the continents and crossed the oceans of Gregorian chant in search of a composition and interpretation as sublime as this. The text and the melody are interwoven in a game of mirrors with the interpreters, the singer and the […]
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Gregorian Chant • Its “True” Rhythm
I’m dumbstruck (with joy) to see that my recent video presentation on plainsong rhythm has garnered quite a number of “views” on VIMEO. I also made the full presentation available on YouTube, and—as I write these words—it has collected 700+ views. How cool is it that folks are still interested in the rhythm of Cantus […]
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“Do You Know This Hymn Composer?” • Orlando Gibbons (d. 1623)
Installment 2 • “How Has Nobody Done This Before?” (series)
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PDF Download • “High Resolution Image”
Some have requested a “high resolution image” of Sacred Music Symposium 2022…
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“I’ll be back next year … but with my entire choir!”
“The symposium exceeded all of my expectations.” — Pediatrician, Choirmaster, and Mother of Six Children
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“Chant Rhythm Wars” • Dueling Lectures!
Ostrowski Vs. Weaver: Solesmes Rhythm, Gregorian Semiology, Dom Mocquereau, Dom Pothier, Mensuralism, and more!
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Across the Pacific • Alto is “Raving”
From Asia: “I held choir rehearsal yesterday and one of the choir members (singing Alto) was just raving about how she loved the layout of the Brébeuf Choral Supplement because she didn’t have to look up and down for both music and verse—and she loved the ease with which she could sing her part because […]
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“I Decided to Get a Plane Ticket and Fly 8,700 Miles From Singapore to Take Part.”
“These are the musical treasures everyone needs to know about.” — 2022 Participant
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