Music List • (26th Sund. Ordinary Time)
Readers have expressed interest in looking over the “music list” I have prepared for this coming Sunday.
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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).
Readers have expressed interest in looking over the “music list” I have prepared for this coming Sunday.
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This one’s in Mode 3, imitating the authentic Gregorian chant in a magnificent way.
Sometimes one hears the objection: “But Gregorian Chant was not originally accompanied on the organ…”
“Our priest was delighted with the program, or so it appeared. During Holy Week he asked me to resign (which I did). He gave no reason and would not even discuss the issue.”
Readers have expressed interest in looking over the “music list” I have prepared for this coming Sunday.
This one’s in Mode 4—and it imitates the authentic Gregorian chant in a magnificent way.
Before the internet, certain translators could easily “pull the wool over” unsuspecting eyes.
Readers have expressed interest in looking over the “music list” I have prepared for this coming Sunday.
The participants went nuts over this musical setting. They just couldn’t get enough of it!
Today I discuss a myth about accompanying plainsong on the pipe organ.
This coming Sunday (8 September 2024) is the 23rd Sunday in Ordinary Time, Year B. Some have expressed interest in seeing my “ORDER OF MUSIC.” If such a thing be appealing to you, it can be downloaded as a PDF file.
This coming Sunday (23rd Sunday in Ordinary Time) we’re singing the Communion antiphon in English as adapted by the SISTERS OF THE MOST PRECIOUS BLOOD (O’Fallon, Missouri). Their enormous body of work is usually referred to as The O’Fallon Propers. Click here to download this Communion as a PDF file. (For the record, I couldn’t […]
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