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Andrew Leung • Article Archive

Andrew Leung graduated from the sacred music program of Franciscan University of Steubenville, majored in vocal performance. He has also studied organ, choral conducting and Gregorian chant with world-class musicians. Prior to returning to Hong Kong, he served as a parish music director in Atlanta, and later as the organist and choirmaster at the Cathedral of Macau, China. Andrew is currently the music director of Vox Antiqua, conductor of the Cecilian Singers and music director at Our Lady of China Church. He is also an artist and vocal coach at the Paul Phoenix Academy.—Read full biography (with photographs).

Andrew Leung · February 18, 2016

Are you Praying the Mass?

An old and holy priest talks about prayer and the liturgy.

Andrew Leung · February 11, 2016

Three Common Misconceptions about Chant

If we can solve these 3 misunderstandings, people can fall in love with chant easier!

Andrew Leung · February 4, 2016

BBC’s Choral Vespers from the London Oratory

The Sung Vespers is currently featured by BBC Radio 3

Andrew Leung · February 4, 2016

Interview • Brandon Harvey, Founder of a New Institute

Brandon Harvey introducing the new Ministry Institute of Christ the Servant

Andrew Leung · January 28, 2016

Is the Latin Mass Dead?

The Latin Mass is dead in a sense, its “rubrical growth” stopped in 1962.

Andrew Leung · January 28, 2016

Diocese of Marquette Taking a Brave Step

Bishop John Doerfler’s new Instruction on Sacred Music in Divine Worship.

Andrew Leung · January 21, 2016

Free Downloads • Works by Cardinal Bartolucci (Part 1)

Choral works by Cardinal Bartolucci, former director of the Sistine Chapel Choir, is available for download now!

Andrew Leung · January 13, 2016

Fun Video • Classical Music Mashup

This is what happen when you play multiple classical pieces together.

Andrew Leung · January 7, 2016

A Faithful Bishop

I am very thankful that I get to know Bishop Roger Foys of Covington, KY, who wrote a great letter and decree about the Mass back in 2011.

Andrew Leung · January 5, 2016

Catholic Service to be Celebrated in the Chapel Royal

What exciting news! The first Catholic service in centuries is to be celebrated in the Chapel Royal!

Andrew Leung · December 31, 2015

Te Deum Laudámus

Listen to Herbert Howells’s Te Deum to start the new year!

Andrew Leung · December 31, 2015

Chant Workshop for Clergy

St. Ambrose School of Chant located in Georgia is organizing a Chant Workshop for Clergy.

Andrew Leung · December 30, 2015

Bishop Perry at Prince of Peace Catholic Church

Bishop Joseph Perry administered the Sacrament of Confirmation and celebrated a Pontifical Solemn High Mass on Gaudete Sunday.

Andrew Leung · December 26, 2015

New Choir Stalls for the Sistine Chapel Choir

The Sistine Chapel Choir sang beautifully at the Midnight Mass at St. Peter’s Basilica.

Andrew Leung · December 22, 2015

Video • Holy Mass in Hollywood, 1944

A video of the Christmas Solemn High Mass in Hollywood film, “Christmas Holiday”

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President’s Corner

    “Common” Responsorial Psalm?
    I try to avoid arguing about liturgical legislation (even with Catholic priests) because it seems like many folks hold certain views—and nothing will persuade them to believe differently. You can show them 100 church documents, but it matters not. They won’t budge. Sometimes I’m confronted by people who insist that “there’s no such thing” as a COMMON RESPONSORIAL PSALM. When that happens, I show them a copy of the official legislation in Latin. I have occasionally prevailed by means of this method.
    —Jeff Ostrowski
    “Music List” • 5th Sunday of Easter (Year C)
    Some have expressed interest in perusing the ORDER OF MUSIC I prepared for the 5th Sunday of Easter (18 May 2025). If such a thing interests you, feel free to download it as a PDF file. The Communion Antiphon was ‘restored’ the 1970 Missale Romanum (a.k.a. MISSALE RECENS) from an obscure martyr’s feast. Our choir is on break this Sunday, so the selections are relatively simple in nature.
    —Jeff Ostrowski
    Communion Chant (5th Sunday of Easter)
    This coming Sunday—18 May 2025—is the 5th Sunday of Easter, Year C (MISSALE RECENS). The COMMUNION ANTIPHON “Ego Sum Vitis Vera” assigned by the Church is rather interesting, because it comes from a rare martyr’s feast: viz. Saint Vitalis of Milan. It was never part of the EDITIO VATICANA, which is the still the Church’s official edition. As a result, the musical notation had to be printed in the Ordo Cantus Missae, which appeared in 1970.
    —Jeff Ostrowski

Quick Thoughts

    Antiphons Don’t Match?
    A reader wants to know why the Entrance and Communion antiphons in certain publications deviate from what’s prescribed by the GRADUALE ROMANUM published after Vatican II. Click here to read our answer. The short answer is: the Adalbert Propers were never intended to be sung. They were intended for private Masses only (or Masses without music). The “Graduale Parvum,” published by the John Henry Newman Institute of Liturgical Music in 2023, mostly uses the Adalbert Propers—but sometimes uses the GRADUALE text: e.g. Solemnity of Saints Peter and Paul (29 June).
    —Corpus Christi Watershed
    When to Sit, Stand and Kneel like it’s 1962
    There are lots of different guides to postures for Mass, but I couldn’t find one which matched our local Latin Mass, so I made this one: sit-stand-kneel-crop
    —Veronica Brandt
    The Funeral Rites of the Graduale Romanum
    Lately I have been paging through the 1974 Graduale Romanum (see p. 678 ff.) and have been fascinated by the funeral rites found therein, especially the simply-beautiful Psalmody that is appointed for all the different occasions before and after the funeral Mass: at the vigil/wake, at the house of the deceased, processing to the church, at the church, processing to the cemetery, and at the cemetery. Would that this “stational Psalmody” of the Novus Ordo funeral rites saw wider usage! If you or anyone you know have ever used it, please do let me know.
    —Daniel Tucker

Random Quote

Like all other liturgical functions, like offices and ranks in the Church, indeed like everything else in the world, the religious service that we call the Mass existed long before it had a special technical name.

— Rev. Adrian Fortescue (1912)

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