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Jeff Ostrowski • Article Archive

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).

Jeff Ostrowski · March 20, 2026

Music List • (5th Sunday of Lent)

Readers have expressed interest in examining my “music list” for this coming Sunday.

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Jeff Ostrowski · March 19, 2026

Music List • (Holy Thursday, 2026)

Readers have expressed interest in examining my “music list” for Maundy Thursday.

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Jeff Ostrowski · March 19, 2026

“O Escam Viatorum” • (Holy Thursday)

I was way off the mark!

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Jeff Ostrowski · March 19, 2026

PDF Download • Simplified Keyboard Accompaniments for Lenten Hymns

There’s nothing wrong with simplicity—so long as the music itself is inspired, memorable, dignified, and singable.

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Jeff Ostrowski · March 17, 2026

Ending Good Friday on “Mi” … ?

I’ve always loved this variant.

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Jeff Ostrowski · March 16, 2026

“Innsbruck Hymn” • Bach Saint Matthew Passion

Singers just love this melody!

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Jeff Ostrowski · March 16, 2026

Stumped by “Episcopalian Hymnal” (1910)

Some consider this 1910 tome the greatest Episcopalian Hymnal ever printed.

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Jeff Ostrowski · March 16, 2026

Eucharistic Hymns for Your Choir

From Los Angeles!

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Jeff Ostrowski · March 15, 2026

Fulton J. Sheen • “24-Hour Catechism”

(10 of 50) “Humanity of Christ”

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Jeff Ostrowski · March 14, 2026

Music List • (4th Sunday of Lent)

Readers have expressed interest in examining my “music list” for this coming Sunday.

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Jeff Ostrowski · March 13, 2026

Consultor to the Vatican Council Enters the Fray • (Vis-à-vis Jeff’s Pipe Organ Assertion)

“The first breakthrough came in Czechoslovakia where they gave permission to play the organ on Good Friday.” —Father Percy Jones

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Jeff Ostrowski · March 13, 2026

PDF Download • Communion (4th Snd. Lent)

There’s something irresistible about this tone.

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Jeff Ostrowski · March 10, 2026

Most “Congregational” Hymn • (In My Experience)

The key ingredient for a good parish music program.

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Jeff Ostrowski · March 9, 2026

Good Friday Flowers

Surely there are more than 1,000.

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Jeff Ostrowski · March 9, 2026

PDF Download • “Entrance Chant” for Holy Thursday (Plainsong in English)

Only a foolish and stubborn person would claim that “hyena” is basically the same thing as “a holy person.”

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    Sacred Music “Pro Tip”
    Our website welcomes millions of visitors, yet surprisingly few find their way to the actual blog page itself. If you are among them, bookmark it today. Numerous articles and resources await you—but these treasures belong to those who explore each article, not merely its title. The headline is only the doorway; the substance lies within.
    —Jeff Ostrowski
    Music List • (29th Sund. Ordinary Time)
    Readers have expressed interest in seeing the ORDER OF MUSIC which I created for this coming Sunday, the 29th Sunday in Ordinary Time (Year A). If such a thing interests you, feel free to download it as a PDF file. The INTROIT for this Sunday explains why this Sunday is called “Apple Sunday.” As we approach the end of the liturgical year, most of the INTROITS seem to be in Mode III or Mode IV, which are ‘haunting’ tones.
    —Jeff Ostrowski
    “Holy, Holy, Holy” transposed lower

    A simple setting based on a work by Canon Jules Vyverman.

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    —Jeff Ostrowski

Quick Thoughts

    PDF • “Singers’ Booklet” (26 Pages)

    This is a ‘messy’ booklet in terms of its formatting, but it’s only ever seen by the singers—not members of the congregation.

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    —Jeff Ostrowski
    Preface of Saint Joseph (added by the pope)

    You can see the “Præfatio de Sancto Joseph” inserted directly into the priest’s missal.

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    —Jeff Ostrowski
    “Predictable Rhymes?” • A Follow Up
    We received considerable correspondence regarding my article, Two Ways to Defile a Hymn. More specifically, what really raised certain people’s hackles was its follow-up article dealing with the keyboard accompaniment for the CHRIST THE KING HYMNAL. But to quote Eliza Doolittle: “Have I said anything I oughtn’t?” Please examine this PDF file and see whether you agree. Were the editors of the BRÉBEUF HYMNAL incorrect to insist upon sophisticated and clever rhymes, rather than mind-numbingly predictable rhymes?
    —Jeff Ostrowski

Random Quote

“The Lord’s Prayer, among the Greeks, is said by all the people; among us, by the priest alone.”

— Pope Saint Gregory the Great

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