Accompaniment: “Credo III” (Parochial Hymnal)
Easiest organ accompaniment to Credo III ever penned.
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Intensely Powerful • “Requiem” Production (FSSP)
I’ve never seen a more beautiful promo video.
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Musical Resources • Palm Sunday (1962) 1
“The multitude goeth forth to meet our Redeemer with flowers and palms, and payeth the homage due to a triumphant conqueror.”
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Strong Vibrato • What Do You Think?
In my view, a “tight” vibrato can be quite a beautiful thing.
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Mesmerizing Credo Setting (SATB) • After Machaut
Two young ladies helped record these 14th-century harmonies.
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Two Popes Singing “Our Father” in Latin
Listen to the instructions John Paul II gives the Chicago congregation.
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Musical Resources • 5th Sunday of Lent (“Passion”)
The Jews therefore said to Him, “Thou art not yet fifty years old and hast Thou seen Abraham?”
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“Adoro te devote” (SATB) • Rehearsal Videos
…with English translation by Fr. Adrian Fortescue.
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“The World” • What is the world?
Golden Jubilee Homily by Bishop René H. Gracida.
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Why I Never Repeat Pieces With My Choir
“Sometimes when you are confusing, you are mistaken for being learned.” —Fulton J. Sheen
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Commercial Pop Culture + Church Music?
This brief video—filmed at an Episcopal church in 2013—may offend you.
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World’s Easiest Organ Processional (PDF)
I have a confession to make: I can’t stand hearing wrong notes.
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Musical Resources • 4th Sunday of Lent (“Laetare”)
“Grant, we beseech Thee, O merciful God, that we may treat with unfeigned veneration…Thy holy rites which we constantly celebrate.”
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Easter Hymn: “O Filii et Filiæ” • Contemporary setting (SATB)
Pardon my squeaky Soprano notes, but I wanted to demonstrate how it sounds! • A wonderful setting of the haunting “Easter Alleluia” based on a work by Monsignor Jules Van Nuffel.
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PDF Download • Booklet for St. Joseph (19 March)
The absolute best method for choosing starting pitches…
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