Cardinal Newman • “Hymn for Souls in Purgatory”
A way to avoid having the choir’s pitch sink. (Tag: 𝘛𝘳𝘪𝘤𝘬𝘴 𝘧𝘰𝘳 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘤𝘰𝘯𝘴𝘤𝘪𝘦𝘯𝘵𝘪𝘰𝘶𝘴 𝘤𝘩𝘰𝘪𝘳𝘮𝘢𝘴𝘵𝘦𝘳)
Archives for October 2023
PDF Download • “Choral Warm-Up” by Jeff Ostrowski (after Morley)
The “SSS” technique, known by every great singer. (Tag: 𝘛𝘳𝘪𝘤𝘬𝘴 𝘧𝘰𝘳 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘤𝘰𝘯𝘴𝘤𝘪𝘦𝘯𝘵𝘪𝘰𝘶𝘴 𝘤𝘩𝘰𝘪𝘳𝘮𝘢𝘴𝘵𝘦𝘳)
“Voces8” (Grammy-Nominated British Vocal Ensemble) • With Kevin Allen
They posed after the concert for a photograph with the composer.
PDF Download • “Hymn for the Feast of All Saints” (Released for the First Time in History!)
“Each day Father Knox would write for his students a Latin poem describing events of the previous day.” —Archbishop Fulton J. Sheen
Organ Improviser in the Spotlight: Wayne Warren
Here’s what you can learn from this Florida-based artist.
“Secret Trick” of Jeff Ostrowski • Re: Singing Amen
“Sic transit gloria mundi…” (𝑇ℎ𝑢𝑠 𝑝𝑎𝑠𝑠𝑒𝑠 𝑡ℎ𝑒 𝑔𝑙𝑜𝑟𝑦 𝑜𝑓 𝑡ℎ𝑒 𝑤𝑜𝑟𝑙𝑑.)
Now Available Online! • 1959 “Organ Accompaniment Book” (233 Pages)
“Occasionally, the English texts for some of the hymns are almost barbaric artistically…” —𝐷𝑜𝑚𝑖𝑛𝑖𝑐𝑎𝑛𝑎 𝐽𝑜𝑢𝑟𝑛𝑎𝑙 (1960)
Jeff As Organist? • His Attempt…
I’m attempting to record (on the pipe organ) any hymn contained in the Brébeuf Hymnal which doesn’t yet have its own rehearsal video with real voices. You can listen to my latest attempt: a hymn called DEVONSHIRE. For the second verse, I attempted to change the registration. Please let me know what you think. I […]
“Did One Man Single-Handedly Sabotage the Gregorian Restoration?” • (Part 2 of 2)
Will anyone step forward to defend this?
Two Ways of Singing the Easter Sequence
Two recordings of the same chant from the Sacred Music Symposium 2023.
Playing Pipe Organ = Very Difficult!
Not every hymn contained in the Brébeuf Hymnal has its own rehearsal video. In the meantime, I’m attempting to provide pipe organ recordings for the missing hymns. Today, I attempted to record COBLENZ, with a harmonization based on Sir Richard R. Terry. You can listen to my recording by clicking here. Whenever the record button […]
Guest Article by Mæstro Jerome Cole • Organist, Composer, and Choirmaster
“My mantra is that music at Mass should help reveal the face of God to us, so that we might contemplate Jesus Christ truly present in the Eucharist.” —Jerome Cole
Brooklyn Writes Us — Re: “Slander” Article
Like it was yesterday, I remember fighting with those high school students about hymnal headers.
PDF • “Mass Propers in English” (113 pages)
The University of Kansas has made available—as a free PDF document—this 2017 dissertation (113 pages) by Dr. Katherine Schmitz. The full title of the dissertation is: Chanting the Propers: A Comparative Study of Selected English Sources for the Catholic Mass. Dr. Schmitz is a Gregorian Chant scholar who has earned degrees from the University of […]
“Spotted” • Singaporean Sacred Sounds
I glanced at the audience to see what effect Corrinne’s presentation was making…