“Unsolved Mysteries” • What Happened To This Institute?
Dom Ermin Vitry, OSB, was in charge of building the pipe organ for the Cathedral of Saint Mary of the Immaculate Conception in Peoria, IL.
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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).

Dom Ermin Vitry, OSB, was in charge of building the pipe organ for the Cathedral of Saint Mary of the Immaculate Conception in Peoria, IL.
This coming Sunday—13 October 2024—is the 28th in Ordinary Time.
This one’s in Mode 3, imitating the authentic Gregorian chant.
Probably one of the most valuable PDF scores we’ve ever released.

I can’t help but wonder if this is…

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

For years I’d been meaning to harmonize the famous KYRIE SIMPLEX—but I never got the opportunity until today. Feel free to download the PDF score if you wish. It is “Kyrie XVI,” which in the old books bore the title In Feriis Per Annum.

Since a new month has arrived, it’s my pleasure to remind you that…
Is this a common ‘thing’ when it comes to hymns in Spanish?
ICEL wasn’t the only group that produced reprehensible translations in the 1970s…

Let Busoni’s statement serve as a reminder to Catholic music directors everywhere.

This one’s in Mode 4, imitating in an admirable way the authentic Gregorian chant.

This coming Sunday—6 October 2024—is the 27th in Ordinary Time.
I’d be interested to see the actual citations for this…

If I live to be 100 years old, there’s something I’ll never understand.
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