Is the ‘Orans’ Position Disobedient? • Re: the Congregation’s Posture during the Lord’s Prayer
Forcing the entire congregation to assume various postures has a rather sordid history.
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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).

Forcing the entire congregation to assume various postures has a rather sordid history.

I’ve been patiently waiting to release this since the summer!

The Tenor line is particularly pleasant, the way it rises with stepwise motion and then descends.

I posted this on social media. Tons of people requested a copy…

I just got off the phone with a very high ranking official at the USCCB…

This one’s in Mode 3, imitating the authentic Gregorian chant.

With a digression on a 1971 film called “Fiddler on the Roof.”

Jeff shares a ‘quick thought’ regarding the topic of the sacred liturgy.

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

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.
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