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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 · November 24, 2025

PDF Download • ‘Choral Extension’ for the Sanctus (especially useful in the Ordinary Form)

It’d be easier to accept if they admitted they were explicitly contradicting Vatican II … but instead, they lied egregiously.

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Jeff Ostrowski · November 18, 2025

PDF Download • “Hymn for Christ the King”

“Catholic parishes are slow to change their habits. They still sing what the oldest members learned at school.” —Evelyn Waugh

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Jeff Ostrowski · November 17, 2025

“Music List” • Christ the King Sunday

Readers have expressed interest in examining the “music list” I prepared for this coming Sunday.

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Jeff Ostrowski · November 16, 2025

PDF Download • “Pope Pius XII Psalter” — English, Latin, and Commentary (532 pages)

I know of no greater commentary on the psalms. Its author—an erudite Dominican priest—founded the famous “Homiletic and Pastoral Review.”

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Jeff Ostrowski · November 15, 2025

“Simplified” Keyboard Accompaniment (PDF)

A simplified keyboard accompaniment for the “O Jesus Christ, Remember” hymn.

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Jeff Ostrowski · November 11, 2025

‘Bogey’ of the Half-Educated: Paraphrase

This is something Monsignor Ronald Knox had to explain time and again…

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Jeff Ostrowski · November 11, 2025

Father Cuthbert Lattey • “The Hebrew MSS”

“the ancient Christian versions (and some other ancient sources) seem to have been based upon a better Hebrew text…”

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Jeff Ostrowski · November 10, 2025

Re: The People’s Mass Book (1974)

“A Man Can Kill With a Gun, a Bomb, or a Lance…”

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Jeff Ostrowski · November 8, 2025

PDF Download • “Music List” for 9 November

Readers have expressed interest in examining the “music list” I prepared for this coming Sunday.

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Jeff Ostrowski · November 8, 2025

“Music List” • 9 Nov. (Dedic. Lateran)

Readers have expressed interest in examining the “music list” I prepared for this coming Sunday.

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Jeff Ostrowski · November 8, 2025

PDF Download • Offertory (9 Nov.)

“Mother and Head of all churches of the City and of the World” says the inscription over the entrance.

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Jeff Ostrowski · November 7, 2025

Job Opening • $65,000 per year +

Exciting job opening in Michigan for a Roman Catholic choir director!

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Jeff Ostrowski · November 6, 2025

“Reminder” — Month of November (2025)

Since a new month has arrived, it’s my pleasure to remind you that…

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Jeff Ostrowski · November 4, 2025

Never Work For A Priest Or Bishop Who Believes Sacred Music Should Be “Entertainment”

Unsolicited advice for prospective choir directors.

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Jeff Ostrowski · November 3, 2025

“Offertory” at Catholic Funerals

This setting cleverly inserts themes from the absolution of the body.

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President’s Corner

    Sacred Music “Pro Tip”
    Our website welcomes millions of visitors, yet surprisingly few find their way to the actual blog page itself. If you are among them, bookmark it today. Numerous articles and resources await you—but these treasures belong to those who explore each article, not merely its title. The headline is only the doorway; the substance lies within.
    —Jeff Ostrowski
    Music List • (29th Sund. Ordinary Time)
    Readers have expressed interest in seeing the ORDER OF MUSIC which I created for this coming Sunday, the 29th Sunday in Ordinary Time (Year A). If such a thing interests you, feel free to download it as a PDF file. The INTROIT for this Sunday explains why this Sunday is called “Apple Sunday.” As we approach the end of the liturgical year, most of the INTROITS seem to be in Mode III or Mode IV, which are ‘haunting’ tones.
    —Jeff Ostrowski
    “Holy, Holy, Holy” transposed lower

    A simple setting based on a work by Canon Jules Vyverman.

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    —Jeff Ostrowski

Quick Thoughts

    PDF • “Singers’ Booklet” (26 Pages)

    This is a ‘messy’ booklet in terms of its formatting, but it’s only ever seen by the singers—not members of the congregation.

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    —Jeff Ostrowski
    Preface of Saint Joseph (added by the pope)

    You can see the “Præfatio de Sancto Joseph” inserted directly into the priest’s missal.

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    —Jeff Ostrowski
    “Predictable Rhymes?” • A Follow Up
    We received considerable correspondence regarding my article, Two Ways to Defile a Hymn. More specifically, what really raised certain people’s hackles was its follow-up article dealing with the keyboard accompaniment for the CHRIST THE KING HYMNAL. But to quote Eliza Doolittle: “Have I said anything I oughtn’t?” Please examine this PDF file and see whether you agree. Were the editors of the BRÉBEUF HYMNAL incorrect to insist upon sophisticated and clever rhymes, rather than mind-numbingly predictable rhymes?
    —Jeff Ostrowski

Random Quote

“The plea that the laity as a body do not want liturgical change, whether in rite or in language, is, I submit, quite beside the point. … (it is) not a question of what people want; it is a question of what is good for them.”

— Dom Gregory A. Murray (14 March 1964)

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