Rehearsal Videos • “Sanctus & Hosanna” (Guerrero)
Once upon a time, Catholic composers were trained from birth in a special art of musical composition…
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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).

Once upon a time, Catholic composers were trained from birth in a special art of musical composition…

“Sisters in pants distribute communion, while priests sit idle in the sanctuary. This ‘option’ results from a decay of the reverence for the Lord’s Presence.” —Fulton J. Sheen (1976)

Do you understand why I only apologize once—and not twice—for the Soprano line?

Precious few modern masterpieces exist…but this motet by Kevin Allen is one.

Two members talk about their new CD, “Requiem.”

“…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.

My ignorance vis–à–vis the 1962 Breviary will astound you…

“Receive ye the Holy Ghost; whose sins you shall forgive, they are forgiven them, and whose sins you shall retain, they are retained.”

When I first attended the Traditional Mass, I hated it.

“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!
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