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Released • Jeff Ostrowski’s Seminar: “Secrets of the Conscientious Choirmaster” (9+ hours)

Corpus Christi Watershed · January 10, 2024

NOWLEDGE IS POWER—at least for the conscientious choirmaster! By popular demand, Jeff Ostrowski has spent six months creating a video seminar based upon innumerable lectures, masterclasses, and tutorials he’s presented over the last decade at the Sacred Music Symposium. Mr. Ostrowski, an organist and choirmaster, was already internationally-known as a composer before the age of thirty. He founded—and still organizes—the annual SACRED MUSIC SYMPOSIUM in Los Angeles. You’re cordially invited to read the glowing reviews by participants of this event, more than a hundred of which have been posted on its website. (They were submitted by choir directors across the globe.) To those who assisted him, Mr. Ostrowski wrote this note.

🔴 Five Crucial Links:

(1) Free Film • SEMINAR INTRODUCTION (51 minutes)
—Don’t miss this INTRODUCTION, available free of charge!

(2) PDF Download • SEMINAR BLUEPRINT
—This is the “outline” or “blueprint” for the entire seminar.

(3) PDF Download • 2023 BOOKLET (330 pages)
—(MASSIVE FILE) given to participants of Sacred Music Symposium 2023.

(4) SEMINAR (9 hours) • “Secrets of the Conscientious Choirmaster”
—BASIC VERSION ($375 USD) doesn’t include the phone call.

(5) SEMINAR (9 hours) • “Secrets of the Conscientious Choirmaster”
—PREMIUM VERSION ($425 USD) includes a 45-minute phone consultation.

Telephone Call • If you purchase the “PREMIUM VERSION,” you’ll receive a personal 45-minute consultation (via telephone) with Jeff Ostrowski. If you didn’t understand something during the seminar—or if sufficient attention was not given to a topic of interest to you—this phone call will remedy that. You can also ask Mr. Ostrowski questions which have nothing to do with the seminar; the choice is yours. If for any reason you have difficulty reaching Mr. Ostrowski, send him an email: dom.pothier@gmail.com with the subject heading: Personal Phone Call.

Examples
Jeff’s Volunteer Choir

Jeff Ostrowski selected all his singers from among the congregation. In other words, 100% of the singers he directs came from families in his parish. His choirs contain zero “outside” singers, zero non-Catholics, and zero paid singers. Many members had never sung—in any choir—before he recruited them to sing at Mass.

*  Example • “Veni Creator Spiritus” (sung in English)
—Live recording by Jeff’s volunteer choir.

*  Example • “O Sola Magnarum Urbium” (females only)
—They had never rehearsed this piece before singing it!

*  Example • “Songs Of Thankfulness And Praise” (In Epiphania Domini)
—Live recording by Jeff’s volunteer choir.

*  Example • Pange Lingua Gloriosi (English Translation)
—Studio recording by members of Jeff’s volunteer choir.

*  Example • “Kyrie VIII” (females only)
—Live recording by Jeff’s volunteer choir.

*  Example • “Kyrie VIII” (with a soloist)
—Live recording by Jeff’s volunteer choir.

*  Example • “A Solis Ortus Cardine” (sung in English)
—Studio recording by members of Jeff’s choir.

*  Example • “A Solis Ortus Cardine” (sung in Latin)
—Studio recording by members of Jeff’s choir.

*  Example • “What Child Is This?” (sung in Latin)
—Jeff sings all the voices to his own arrangement.
—Jeff even attempts to sing the girls’ parts!

*  Example • “O Magnum Mysterium” (Tomás Luis de Victoria)
—Recorded ‘live’ by Jeff’s volunteer choir at Midnight Mass.

Click here to read a recommendation from Mr. Roderick Royce.

Click here to read a recommendation from Father Robbie Low (Catholic Priest in England).

Page URL: https://ccwatershed.org/seminar/

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

Filed Under: Articles, PDF Download Last Updated: May 16, 2026

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    Music List • (15th Sund. Ordinary Time)
    Readers have expressed interest in seeing the ORDER OF MUSIC I created for the 15th Sunday in Ordinary Time (Year A), which is 12 July 2026. Please feel free to download it as a PDF file if that appeals to you. The hymns chosen are some of the most ‘traditional’ I have chosen (and were chosen by our pastor). The ENTRANCE CHANT radiates pure bliss, overflowing with joy.
    —Jeff Ostrowski
    Shortest Psalm In The Bible
    The shortest chapter in the whole Bible—as well as the shortest psalm—is PSALM 116 (“Laudáte Dóminum ómnes géntes”), which consists of just two verses. German-speaking Catholics did something really splendid (PDF) with PSALM 116. I was alerted to this many years ago by none other than Monsignor Robert Alexander Skeris. Click here to download—from different Catholic hymn books—ten (10) different harmonizations for this fabulous hymn.
    —Jeff Ostrowski
    Oldest Latin Eucharistic Hymn
    The Church’s oldest Latin Eucharistic hymn is featured in the Brébeuf Hymnal. Indeed, the legendary Father Adrian Fortescue made a translation of it—matching the original’s meter—which was elevated by the Brébeuf team. For years, we’ve been working on a Spanish hymnal: “Cantoral del Padre Antonio Daniel.” The progress has been slow but steady, and we encourage anyone fluent in Spanish to consider joining the proofreading team. A few days ago, my wife helped me record a rehearsal video for this Spanish version of the Church’s oldest Latin Eucharistic hymn.
    —Jeff Ostrowski

Quick Thoughts

    “Reader Feedback” • 22 June 2026
    A reader wrote to us from Virginia: “I really appreciate the 23 harmonizations that you posted on CORPUS CHRISTI WATERSHED for the Daily, Daily, Sing to Mary hymn. I hope to find willing voices in our small Schola Cantorum to try the three-voice version. Carry on, sir! You’re doing the Lord’s work.” While we don’t know this gentleman personally, we note that he earned a Ph.D. (which demonstrates that our blog has something for everybody). 😊
    —Corpus Christi Watershed
    Time and Again We Are Asked…
    John Baptist Singenberger (d. 1924) was a central figure of Catholic Church music. In this utterly fascinating excerpt (Single-Page PDF), Singenberger writes: Time and again we are asked: “Is the Gregorian chant to be accompanied by the organ?” As a young student in Saint Gall, Singenberger befriended SEBASTIAN GEBHARD MESSMER, the future Archbishop of Milwaukee (Wisconsin). The two graduated together in 1861. The school they attended (Saint George’s Seminary) was a “seminary”—but in the older European sense. In other words, it provided a classical education without necessarily leading to ordination. Singenberger remained a layman his whole life, but Messmer was eventually made archbishop—by Pope Saint Pius X—of the very archdiocese in Wisconsin where Singenberger would spend his American career, giving him a powerful ecclesiastical ally.
    —Jeff Ostrowski
    “Reminder” — Month of June (2026)
    On a daily basis, I speak to people who don’t realize we publish a free newsletter (although they’ve followed our blog for years). Since we were founded in 2006, not one of our board members has ever accepted any remuneration whatsoever—not a penny. We have no endowment, no major donors, no savings, and refuse to run annoying ads. As a result, our mailing list is crucial to our survival. It couldn’t be easier to subscribe! Just scroll to the bottom of any blog article and enter your email address.
    —Jeff Ostrowski

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— William F. Buckley Jr. (6 September 1978)

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