New Compositions Worthy Of Your Attention
A new Mass by Michael Duryea and two short works by Thomas J. Mosser.
Palestrina and the Perfecting of the Medieval Ideal of Music as Rational • (Part 2 of 3)
The polyphonic imitative style of the Renaissance is a refection of the rational mind and the music of heaven.
Palestrina and the Perfecting of the Medieval Ideal of Music as Rational • (Part 1 of 3)
The polyphonic imitative style of the Renaissance is a reflection of the rational mind and the music of heaven.
EF Divine Office Resource • Daily Recordings of Lauds
“At the crowing of the cock, hope returns…”
New! • Easy Choral Extension Mass (Ordinary Form)
How to make polyphony work for your Ordinary Form Choir.
Opening Our Hearts At Christmas
The best way to spread Christmas cheer is…
Catholic Liturgy in Secular Sweden
How does a tiny Catholic community in a secularized country celebrate Mass with the Pope?
What you didn’t realize about World Youth Day…
Guest article by the co-director of music for the English liturgies at WYD 2016.
PDF Download • “Mass of the Alabaster Jar” (2016)
These settings were written to be easily played by pianists and organists of an intermediate skill level.
Guest Article: “Why That Hymn Doesn’t Work”
Twelve Criteria to Help Explain Yourself
Musical and Liturgical Life at the St. Lawrence Catholic Campus Center
Praising our Extraordinary God in the Ordinary Form
“To Sing With The Angels” • A History Of The Twin Cities Catholic Chorale
A guest article by Dr. Virginia A. Schubert.
Reflections on the Change of the Mandatum Rite
A guest article by Mr. Michael Chan, who lives in Hong Kong.
Benedict XVI Institute Seeks Executive Director
Are you an entrepreneur?
Sermon on Poor Souls • Based on Wisdom 2:23—3:9
A guest article by Fr. Valentine Young, OFM
“Saving” Gregorian Chant In The Ordinary Form
Daniel Craig’s review with a “signs of the times” digression.
PDF Download • SAB Setting of “Jesu Rex Admirabilis”
Including an update on wonderful things happening for Sacred Music in Colorado!
The Responsorial Psalm: What You Never Knew!
…including recent documentation from the Bishops’ Committee on the Liturgy (USCCB).
Adapting Chant To The Vernacular
“The more closely a composition approaches the Gregorian melodic form, the more sacred it becomes.”
Lenten Acclamations To Genevan Psalm Tunes
“Dom Beauduin realised that the singing of psalms and the reading of the Scriptures in divine worship is the greatest bond between Catholics and Protestants.” —Fr. Mark Woodruff