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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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).

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!

I haven’t studied the situation enough to know with certainty.

Today we announce a special guest who will be present at the Sacred Music Symposium!

“O God, from Whom Judas received the punishment of his crime, and the thief the reward of his confession…”

May I share a secret?

Easiest organ accompaniment to Credo III ever penned.

I’ve never seen a more beautiful promo video.

“The multitude goeth forth to meet our Redeemer with flowers and palms, and payeth the homage due to a triumphant conqueror.”

In my view, a “tight” vibrato can be quite a beautiful thing.
Two young ladies helped record these 14th-century harmonies.

Listen to the instructions John Paul II gives the Chicago congregation.

The Jews therefore said to Him, “Thou art not yet fifty years old and hast Thou seen Abraham?”

…with English translation by Fr. Adrian Fortescue.
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