Ven. Pope Pius XII Singing The Preface
We normally sing the way we heard the priest singing as a child…
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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).

We normally sing the way we heard the priest singing as a child…

Do you know what the “Tantum Ergo” means, word for word?

What Fr. Philip Caraman does may surprise you…

“The liturgy is not only worship of God; it is the way we are formed in our faith.” —Bishop Gracida
My 5-part series requesting donations seems to have failed miserably—with a few notable exceptions.

Editors of “The Tablet” felt these essays were horrendous!

The chant must be sung lightly, and not too slowly.

Choirs not yet ready for SATB hymn singing will love this version for two voices!

“In the day of My resurrection, saith the Lord, I will go before you into Galilee…”

“All parishes and schools are to have implemented the following directives by December 31, 2020.” —Bishop Doerfler.

This video shows Mother Angelica playing the drums at Mass! (Not kidding!)

Why do we love descants so much?

“To preside, a person must live from the rich ambiguity of symbolic reality.”

Your Easter present has arrived!

After all the work we musicians do to make Holy Week special…
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