“Music List” • 15th in Ordinary Time (Year C)
Readers have expressed interest in examining the “music list” I prepared for this coming Sunday.
“A much greater source of anxiety to Us is the style of action of those who maintain that liturgical worship should shed its sacred character, who foolishly say we should substitute for sacred items & furnishings ordinary common things in daily use.” —Pope Saint Paul VI (14 Oct 1968)
A theorist, organist, and conductor, Jeff Ostrowski holds his B.M. in Music Theory from the University of Kansas (2004). He completed studies in Education and Musicology at the graduate level. Having worked as a church musician in Los Angeles for ten years, in 2024 he accepted a position as choirmaster for Saint Mary of the Immaculate Conception in Michigan, where he resides with his wife and children. —Read full biography (with photographs).
Readers have expressed interest in examining the “music list” I prepared for this coming Sunday.
This English/Latin missal is being created by several priests and seminarians.
For organ and voice, some have called this “the simplest setting ever composed.”
Bugnini felt his modifications were “desired by all.”
Including a group photograph of Sacred Music Symposium 2025.
Even if I live a hundred years, I’ll never forget last week’s conference!
There’s something thrilling about soprano descants!
A few days ago, Dominique Gatté released something quite extraordinary.
We feel this conference will be one for the history books!
This notice shows that in Seville, as elsewhere, polyphonic singers clustered around a large open choirbook set on a stand in the middle of the grilled choir-enclosure.
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The election of Pope Leo XIV has been exciting, and we’re filled with hope for our apostolate’s future!
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Our president has written the following letter:
President’s Message (dated 30 May 2025)
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