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Funeral Procession drawn by Simon Bening, a mediæval artist who died in 1561.
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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).

Funeral Procession drawn by Simon Bening, a mediæval artist who died in 1561.

More than once, Father Valentine told me: “When I sing this beautiful Introit, I can almost see the apostles standing there.”

A simplified keyboard accompaniment for Franz Schubert’s “Ave Maria.”
I fought for this one—but lost the battle.

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

“My desire, Leroy, is to answer your question in a rigorously straightforward way.” —Jeff Ostrowski

I received a request for this organ accompaniment…

Very Rev’d Father Charles J. Callan called it “the most recent critical edition of the Hebrew Massoretic text.”

(12 of 50) “The Mother of Jesus”

Last time I created a ‘simplified’ keyboard accompaniment it was downloaded more than 1,000 times within 24 hours.
The official language of the Catholic Church is Latin (whereas Greek is our mother tongue).
German organ books have an enchanting habit…

“From your wounded side, O Christ, a spring of water bursts forth, by which the squalor of the world is washed away…”

Dom John Stéphan was a Benedictine monk of Buckfast Abbey in South Devon, England.

Includes an interesting harmonization for “Víctimae Pascháli Laudes.”
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