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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).

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Meet Kevin Allen In Person!

If you ever wanted to spend a day with Jeff Ostrowski and Kevin Allen, next Tuesday (3-Sept-2024) is your chance! Learn more by clicking here.

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MONTH OF SEPTEMBER — “Reminder”

Each day I speak to folks who have followed our blog for years but (somehow) don’t realize we publish a free newsletter. Please subscribe to it! Simply scroll to the bottom of any blog article and enter your email address. We have no endowment, no major donors, no savings, and refuse to run annoyong ads. Therefore, […]

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“Entrance Chant” • For Sunday (1-Sep-2024)

Coming up fast is Sunday, 1 September 2024, which is the 22nd Sunday in Ordinary Time. Here is the PDF file of the ENTRANCE ANTIPHON—in Gregorian notation on five lines—which we’ll be singing. You can also download this organ accompaniment which corresponds to that file. If you’re somebopdy who enjoys rehearsal videos, you can listen […]

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Music List • “Assumption” (15 August)

Several readers expressed interest in seeing my music list for the Assumption (15 August). You will notice the COMMUNION HYMN is a special version of “Ave Maris Stella” in English and Spanish. Our Mass on the Assumption was Tri-Lingual: Latin, English, and Spanish. Here’s the organ accompaniment (five pages) for that hymn. Furthermore, those who […]

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