Biography • Jeffrey M. Ostrowski
Jeff holds his B.M. in Music Theory from the University of Kansas . . .
Pope Saint Paul VI (3 April 1969): “Although the text of the Roman Gradual—at least that which concerns the singing—has not been changed, the Entrance antiphons and Communions antiphons have been revised for Masses without singing.”
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 holds his B.M. in Music Theory from the University of Kansas . . .

Perhaps the reader is wondering why I keep saying the same thing over and over again . . .

The best kept secret of the Second Vatican Council …

“It is a queer type of mind that actually is interested in knowing whether the deacon should stand at the right or the left of someone else at some moment.” Why would Dr. Fortescue say this?

Edwin Fischer was considered the greatest Swiss pianist. I believe Alfred Cortot was also Swiss, but most people considered him French.

This book looks like it would make a wonderful Christmas gift!

Physical gestures of reverence and adoration play a huge part in Catholic worship . . .

Have you noticed that absolutely everything is shown on television these days?

“Good things come to them what wait.” This bizarre phenomenon continues to haunt my life.

“What I’m tempted to believe rises to the level of an axiom: We always have time for whatever it is that we want to have time for.”

Download five (5) different free versions of the “Ubi Caritas”

PART 2: How do hymns fit into the Catholic Mass ?

The Easter Proclamation (“Exsultet”) sung on Holy Saturday Night New Translation (Roman Missal, 3rd Edition)
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