“Jesus Christ Is Risen Today” (Brébeuf Hymnal, #699)
During Advent, choirmasters must plan Christmas. During Lent, choirmasters must plan Easter. And so on.
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Too much music!
Choosing music for the Sacred Music Symposium requires careful consideration. We make sure (always) to have great variety. Because the schedule is so full, there’s never sufficient time to discuss the music fully—indeed, we could easily do a month-long seminar on each piece! For example, last year Dr. Calabrese conducted a setting of the Magnificat […]
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Repeating Repertoire? • Jeff Ostrowski
There’s an old saying: “Show me your friends, and I will tell you who you are.”
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PDF Download • “Ad Regias Agni Dapes” (Organ Accompaniment)
I composed this organ accompaniment yesterday, looking ahead towards Eastertide.
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Readings & Prayers Used By My Family On Sunday…
Including Fulton J. Sheen, Charles de Foucauld, and a Homily by Father Valentine Young, OFM
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Rehearsal Video • Breathtaking Morales “Sanctus”
CCW contributors—Jeff, Veronica, Andrea, and Cynthia—each recorded a line for this recording.
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“Sharing Is Caring”
I would like to share a message from a highly respected scholar. (His articles appear in distinguished journals such as Études grégoriennes and Oxford’s Early Music.) He wrote as follows: The Brébeuf Hymnal is very tastefully done. Your team has exquisite literary and musical taste. I see from my copy of the hymnal that you […]
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What Frightens Me
The world’s experts have been releasing contradictory statements Re: Covid-19. I am neither a doctor nor a scientist, so I won’t comment; but I have something to say about the spine-tingling predictions made by certain politicians. When I was growing up, they told us “within ten years” we would starve due to overpopulation. The next […]
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Official Statement on Coronavirus
The 2020 Sacred Music Symposium “Official Statement” on Coronavirus has been posted; I encourage everyone to read it. I would like to share some advice: (1) avoid excessive amounts of “cable news” reporting on the pandemic, similar to how we diligently avoid immoral magazines and pornography; (2) let us pray for God’s mercy, and let […]
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The Ability To Say “I Don’t Know”
Father Valentine Young, OFM, always spoke about people incapable of saying “I don’t know.” Such people have an answer for everything—as if saying “I don’t know” would cause them physical pain. That’s how I acted growing up, but I stopped when I reached maturity. Another thing I did as a kid was insist that I […]
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Disturbing Trend
Have you noticed how many people these days don’t know what an analogy is? If I say to John Doe, “that’s the pot calling the kettle black,” frequently John Doe will go around telling everybody I called him an ugly pot. It’s quite disturbing. I’ve also noticed that many Americans believe the definition of “possible” […]
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PDF Download • The Most Difficult Piece! (Sacred Music Symposium 2020)
Including the “official statement” regarding the Coronavirus.
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Video (50 seconds) • “Long Lines At California Costco”
I’m not even sure what to say about this.
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PDF Download • Organ Accompaniment for “Audi Benigne Conditor” (Vespers Hymn for Lent)
Finding the “perfect” accompaniment for hymns can be challenging. Here is my attempt.
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Errors in the “Complete Works” of Father Cristóbal de Morales
Monsignor Higinio Anglés, a Spanish priest and musicologist, was director of the Pontifical Institute of Sacred Music.
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