Kyrie XI • Gregorian Chant
I’ve wrongly neglected this famous chant.
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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).

I’ve wrongly neglected this famous chant.

Seven random thoughts…

“May these mysteries, we beseech thee, O Lord, bring us from heaven a healing medicine…”
The “white notes” (as Dr. Joseph Lennards called them) are quite sloppy, which really took me by surprise.

The life of a choirmaster is a life of sacrifice…

What Church musicians can learn from “Friday” by Rebecca Black.

“Almighty and merciful God, in thy goodness put far from us all that may work us harm…”

Published by the Catholic Choirmasters’ Guild of Buffalo, New York.

A friend kindly sent me these photos…

“In thy tender mercy, guide aright, we beseech thee, O Lord, our hearts…”

When people ask how to begin teaching polyphony, I show them this.

I believe Fr. Robert Fromageot was professor of Gregorian chant at the FSSP seminary.

The accusation by this lady really hurt me; but I’m not sure why…

One could also use a Mode VII psalm tone to “solve” the problem … but that just sounds wrong.

“Very humbly, O Lord, we implore of thy majesty, that the holy mysteries we are celebrating … save us from transgressing in the time to come …”
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