From the NPM Convention in Washington, DC
In the circles I typically frequent, NPM is seen as something of a lost cause. I’ll admit that as recently as a few years ago, I thought so, too.
Taste Like Salt
In which we music directors get to not act like the hypocrites.
Making Your Bed
Show and tell. Mostly show.
What is epiclesis?
Fast food and the Third Person of the Holy Trinity.
Coming Full Circle in the Circle City
Indianapolis and the 2014 CMAA Colloquium.
Children and Organ Failure
It’s not really a bleak post, I promise.
An FYI on EP in the OF – Part 3
This timeless text is the high point of this liturgy.
An FYI on EP in the OF – Part 2
This week, we will take a look at the reading and Responsory.
An FYI on EP in the OF – Part 1
Part 1 of the Evening Prayer walkthrough series.
An FYI on EP in the OF – Introduction
Celebrating Vespers well in your local parish.
Not-So-Ordinary Time
Ordinary Time doesn’t mean what you think it means, and even if it does, you’re probably wrong.
Live for the Moment
The temporal reality of the liturgy that cannot be bound by recordings.
Following the Leader
The choir director as a model for singing.
Just Pick Up a Pencil and Do It.
Short and sweet regarding composing.
Participating Actively despite all of that Active Participation
Isn’t this what is meant by the “active participation” that is one of the liturgical goals of the Second Vatican Council?
The Choir Director as Catechist
How to feed your choir in non-musical ways.
Free Communion Antiphons!
Free responsorial-style Communion antiphons for Ordinary Form Mass use.
Cub Scouts, Abel, and Liturgical Music
The Cub Scout motto and how we should always render our best work to God.
How Do I Get Them to Sing? Part 2 of 2
Part 2 of the congregational singing series.
How Do I Get Them to Sing? Part 1 of 2
The perennial problem of congregational singing.
The Church Music Director: Job or Vocation?
Is music your whole life? Should it be?
Are You to Wash My Feet?
Presenting a choir piece for the Washing of Feet on Holy Thursday
Lord, Have Mercy?
In which I make Prince references to describe the Ash Wednesday Kyrie.
Every moment is a teachable moment
For the record, I double-checked the Missal, and learned something about the rubrics myself . . .
I am not worthy
In which I forget parts of the Mass Ordinary and try to get through it anyway.