Rehearsal Videos • Guerrero “Agnus Dei” (SSATB)
Do you understand why I only apologize once—and not twice—for the Soprano line?
Pope Saint Paul VI (3 April 1969): “Although the text of the Roman Gradual—at least that which concerns the singing—has not been changed, the Entrance antiphons and Communions antiphons have been revised for Masses without singing.”
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).
Do you understand why I only apologize once—and not twice—for the Soprano line?
“…He shall not speak of Himself; but what things soever He shall hear, He shall speak…”
Why Do We Produce Rehearsal Videos? And what made more than 600 people show up for Santa Barbara’s first Latin Mass in fifty years?
Sheen replied: “Mr. President, I’m not the least bit impressed with your source.”
“I would go there Sunday morning and sing Palestrina, William Byrd, Mozart…this magnificent choral music.”
There’s something remarkable about instances where the people involved don’t realize a recording is being made.
When I first attended the Traditional Mass, I hated it.
“Receive ye the Holy Ghost; whose sins you shall forgive, they are forgiven them, and whose sins you shall retain, they are retained.”
“The use of Psalm 150 is a change from the experimental Easter Vigil (1951-1955) in which Psalm 116 was used for Lauds.” —Msgr. McManus
The indispensable “Musician’s Guide to Good Friday,” including a 50-page PDF and rehearsal videos!
I haven’t studied the situation enough to know with certainty.
“O God, from Whom Judas received the punishment of his crime, and the thief the reward of his confession…”
Today we announce a special guest who will be present at the Sacred Music Symposium!
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