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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 · August 30, 2016

Does Our Enlightened Age Still Need “Sacred” Music?

This short clip from “It’s a Wonderful Life” helps us understand…

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Jeff Ostrowski · August 28, 2016

Beautiful Manuscript • Priest Offering Mass

I’d like to know more about this manuscript.

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Jeff Ostrowski · August 27, 2016

Musical Resources • 15th Sunday after Pentecost

“Let Thy continual pity, O Lord, cleanse and fortify Thy Church…”

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Jeff Ostrowski · August 25, 2016

“Simple Kyriale” for Dumb Organists Like Me!

Fr. Valentine used to say: “You can play 100 notes right, and miss just one—and people will criticize you for that wrong one!”

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Jeff Ostrowski · August 25, 2016

The Eight Gregorian Psalm Tones (PDF)

I’m sick of looking for this chart online!

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Jeff Ostrowski · August 24, 2016

Can You Hear The Difference?

Do you prefer polyphony recorded by just my voice, or mixed with “real” voices?

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Jeff Ostrowski · August 23, 2016

“Ad Orientem” • Why I’m Rejoicing over Sloppy Errors in the Catholic Herald

His assertion that “smoking out enemies” is best done by appointing them to high positions in the Vatican is absurd.

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Jeff Ostrowski · August 18, 2016

“Polyphony For Dummies”

A new video presentation with excellent audio samples.

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Jeff Ostrowski · August 16, 2016

Breathtaking Images from Poland

A liturgical workshop took place in Licheń, Poland from 4-11 August 2016.

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Jeff Ostrowski · August 15, 2016

Hymn for St. Thomas More & St. John Fisher

Fascinating verses by Msgr. Ronald Knox

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Jeff Ostrowski · August 12, 2016

Major Media Outlet Re: “Ad Orientem”

Corpus Christi Watershed is mentioned and cited!

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Jeff Ostrowski · August 12, 2016

Musical Resources • 14th Sunday after Pentecost

“May Thy Sacraments, O Lord, ever purify and fortify us…”

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Jeff Ostrowski · August 11, 2016

Hymn Tunes • What’s Up With Naming Them?

Until recently, most Catholic hymnals didn’t have a metrical index!

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Jeff Ostrowski · August 10, 2016

Worst Typo Of All Time?

This one got by the editor’s eye!

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Jeff Ostrowski · August 9, 2016

Too Many Sopranos? Try This Canon!

A compositional miracle by Rev’d Tomás Luis de Victoria (d. 1611).

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President’s Corner

    Music List • “Ascension of the Lord”

    Readers have expressed interest in examining my “music list” for this coming Sunday.

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    —Jeff Ostrowski
    PDF Download • “For Pentecost Sunday”

    There’s a triple ‘allelúja’ and I just love the chord at the end of the 2nd iteration.

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    —Jeff Ostrowski
    PDF Download • “Organ Accompaniment”

    The following declaration will probably smack of “blowing my own horn.”

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    —Jeff Ostrowski

Quick Thoughts

    “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
    “Reminder” — Month of May (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). 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
    Simplified Version • “Canon in D” (Pachelbel)
    I published an article on 11 November 2023 called Wedding March For The Lazy Organist, which rather offhandedly made reference to a simplified version I created in 2007 for Pachelbel’s Canon. I often use it as a PROCESSIONAL for weddings and quinceañeras. Many organists say they “hate” Pachelbel’s Canon. But I love it. I think it’s bright and beautiful. I created that ‘simplified version’ for musicians coming to grips with playing the pipe organ. It can be downloaded as a free PDF if you visit Andrea Leal’s article dated 15 August 2022: Manuals Only: Organ Interludes Based on Plainsong. Specifically, it is page 84 in that collection—generously offered as a free PDF download. Johann Pachelbel (d. 1706) was a renowned German organist, violinist, teacher, and composer of over 500 works. A friend of Bach’s family, he taught Johann Christoph Bach (Sebastian Bach’s eldest brother) and lived in his house. Those who read Pachelbel’s biography will notice his connection to two German cities adopted as famous hymn tune names: EISENACH and ERFURT.
    —Jeff Ostrowski

Random Quote

“And thus, when we renounce for Thee | Its restless aims and fears, | The tender mem’ries of the past, | The hopes of coming years, | Poor is our sacrifice, whose eyes | Are lighted from above; | We offer what we cannot keep, | What we have ceased to love.”

— Blessed John Henry Cardinal Newman

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