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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 · May 30, 2017

Psalm Tones Beyond A Doubt

You will want to download this PDF.

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Jeff Ostrowski · May 25, 2017

Horrible Hymn Rhymes

“Anyone who sought thee, or made to thee his moan…”

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Jeff Ostrowski · May 23, 2017

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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Jeff Ostrowski · May 18, 2017

Archbishop Sheen on Liturgy & Plainchant Choirs

“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)

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Jeff Ostrowski · May 17, 2017

Rehearsal Videos • Guerrero “Agnus Dei” (SSATB)

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

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Jeff Ostrowski · May 17, 2017

Rehearsal Videos • “Ave Sacer Christi Sanguis”

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

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Jeff Ostrowski · May 16, 2017

EWTN Video • Priestly Fraternity of Saint Peter

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

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Jeff Ostrowski · May 10, 2017

Musical Resources • 4th Sunday after Easter (1962)

“…He shall not speak of Himself; but what things soever He shall hear, He shall speak…”

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Jeff Ostrowski · May 9, 2017

Guerrero’s Gloria from “Missa Iste Sanctus”

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?

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Jeff Ostrowski · May 4, 2017

Fulton J. Sheen • World’s Most Progressive Bishop?

Sheen replied: “Mr. President, I’m not the least bit impressed with your source.”

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Jeff Ostrowski · April 30, 2017

Justice Antonin Scalia on Church Music

“I would go there Sunday morning and sing Palestrina, William Byrd, Mozart…this magnificent choral music.”

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Jeff Ostrowski · April 25, 2017

Brace Yourself • “Raw” Recordings from Solemn Mass

There’s something remarkable about instances where the people involved don’t realize a recording is being made.

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Jeff Ostrowski · April 23, 2017

PDF Download • “Compline for Sunday”

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

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Jeff Ostrowski · April 21, 2017

Musical Resources • “Quasimodo Sunday”

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

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Jeff Ostrowski · April 21, 2017

Nine Questions About The Latin Mass You Were Too Embarrassed To Ask

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

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    Rare Plainsong Accompaniments
    Our contributor, Veronica Brandt, went deep into Australia to take photographs of organ accompaniments for Gregorian Chant. Some consider these peculiar PLAINSONG ACCOMPANIMENTS—with 3-part harmonies by Barcelona Cathedral organist, Father Josep Muset i Ferrer—to be the rarest in the world. Click here to learn more. Thanks Veronica! 😊
    —Jeff Ostrowski
    “Hidden Chant” • For the Ordinary Form

    Not even the magnificent “GregoBase”—which is incredibly comprehensive—realizes music for this antiphon was published by the Vatican in the 1930s.

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    —Jeff Ostrowski
    “Citation Needed” • Dom Foote of ICEL
    Father Basil Foote, OSB, was organist at WESTMINSTER ABBEY MISSION (British Columbia, Canada). In 1984 he published an article called “Chanting in the Vernacular.” Twenty years later, it was republished by ADOREMUS—and that’s how it came to my attention. In that article, Dom Foote makes a claim I consider somewhat outlandish. At the very least, his statement with regard to the Latin accent needs some sort of citation. He has served on the Music Sub-Committee of the International Commission on English in the Liturgy (ICEL).
    —Jeff Ostrowski

Quick Thoughts

    Time and Again We Are Asked…
    John Baptist Singenberger (d. 1924) was a central figure of Catholic Church music. In this utterly fascinating excerpt (Single-Page PDF), Singenberger writes: Time and again we are asked: “Is the Gregorian chant to be accompanied by the organ?” As a young student in Saint Gall, Singenberger befriended SEBASTIAN GEBHARD MESSMER, the future Archbishop of Milwaukee (Wisconsin). The two graduated together in 1861. The school they attended (Saint George’s Seminary) was a “seminary”—but in the older European sense. In other words, it provided a classical education without necessarily leading to ordination. Singenberger remained a layman his whole life, but Messmer was eventually made archbishop—by Pope Saint Pius X—of the very archdiocese in Wisconsin where Singenberger would spend his American career, giving him a powerful ecclesiastical ally.
    —Jeff Ostrowski
    “Reminder” — Month of June (2026)
    On a daily basis, I speak to people who don’t realize we publish a free newsletter (although they’ve followed our blog for years). Since we were founded in 2006, not one of our board members has ever accepted any remuneration whatsoever—not a penny. We have no endowment, no major donors, no savings, and refuse to run annoying ads. As a result, our mailing list is crucial to our survival. It couldn’t be easier to subscribe! Just scroll to the bottom of any blog article and enter your email address.
    —Jeff Ostrowski
    “Thee” + “Thou” + “Thine”
    Few musicians realize that various English translations of Sacred Scripture were granted formal approval by the USCCB and the Vatican for liturgical use in the United States of America. But don’t take my word for it! Here are four documents proving this, which you can examine with your own eyes. Some believe the words “Thine” and “Thou” and “Thee” were forbidden after Vatican II—but that’s incorrect. For example, they’re found in the English translation of the ‘Our Father’ at Mass. Moreover, the Revised Standard Version (Catholic Edition) mentioned in those four documents employs “Thine” and “Thou” and “Thee.” It was published with a FOREWORD by Westminster’s Roman Catholic Archbishop (John Cardinal Heenan).
    —Jeff Ostrowski

Random Quote

“Vatican II did not say anything about the direction of the celebrant. […] I love both directions of celebrating Mass. Both are full of meaning for me. Both help me to encounter Christ—and that is, after all, the purpose of the liturgy.”

— Christoph Cardinal Schönborn (February 2007)

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