PDF • “Music List” (4th Sunday of Advent)
Readers have expressed interest in examining the “music list” I prepared for the 4th Sunday of Advent.
Archives for December 2025
PDF Download • “Santo Santo Santo”
A brief, bright, stately setting.
Crucial Tips • “Teaching Children How to Sing”
When it comes to the children, I help them memorize each word…
Soloists in Gregorian Chant?
An “ensemble of soloists” will never sound the same as a true choir.
PDF • Our Lady of Guadalupe (12 Dec.)
Why should that feast overpower Our Lady of Guadalupe?
“Alma Redemptóris Mater” • Everything There Is To Know About This Marian Antiphon
Including a new harmonization for the pipe organ.
Simplified Accompaniment (Advent Hymn)
Simplified keyboard accompaniment for “Come, Thou Long-Expected Jesus” (Advent hymn).
Pope Leo XIV on Sacred Music
On 5 December 2025, the pope said…
(5 Dec. 2025) • Pope Leo XIV Speaks on Liturgical Music
“In the liturgy, in particular, singing is never a ‘soundtrack’, a simple backdrop, but is intended to lift the soul…” —Pope Leo XIV
PDF • “Music List” (Immaculate Concep.)
Readers have expressed interest in examining the music list I prepared for 8 December (“In Conceptione Immaculata Beatae Mariae Virginis”).
PDF Downloads • 5 Simple Palestrina Pieces
A collection of Palestrina works that are not only stunningly beautiful but also surprisingly accessible.
Dr. Alfred Calabrese • “My Invitation To You”
EWTN will broadcast the Mass later on that same evening.
“Reminder” — Month of December (2025)
Since a new month has arrived, it’s my pleasure to remind you that…
PDF Download • Agnus Dei Polyphonic “Choral Extension” (Simple Round by Ravenscroft)
It’s hard to banish that round once it enters your ears!