Dr. Alexis Kutarna Shares Photographs of Texas Workshop With Composer Kevin Allen
Dr. Kutarna teaches liturgical music courses at the University of Saint Thomas in Houston, Texas.
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Dr. Kutarna teaches liturgical music courses at the University of Saint Thomas in Houston, Texas.
Corpus Christi Watershed was sent this fascinating message vis-à-vis motets of Kevin Allen being sung in a Mass with 500+ altar servers present. If anyone has more information, we would love to hear more details about this event!
They posed after the concert for a photograph with the composer.

“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

Like it was yesterday, I remember fighting with those high school students about hymnal headers.

“I was recently asked to step in and lead someone else’s choir at Mass…” —Penelope

Can anybody tell where Mæstro Allen is?
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