“Versions of the Psalter” • Jeff Interviews Top Biblical Scholar: Dr. Mark Giszczak
Including a special release—“Rare as a Unicorn”—Pius XII Psalter in Latin and English (1,545 pages).
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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).

Including a special release—“Rare as a Unicorn”—Pius XII Psalter in Latin and English (1,545 pages).

A wonderful option for smaller choirs.
Readers have expressed interest in examining my “music list” for this coming Sunday.

Readers have expressed interest in examining my “music list” for Maundy Thursday.

I was way off the mark!

There’s nothing wrong with simplicity—so long as the music itself is inspired, memorable, dignified, and singable.

I’ve always loved this variant.

Singers just love this melody!
Some consider this 1910 tome the greatest Episcopalian Hymnal ever printed.

From Los Angeles!

(10 of 50) “Humanity of Christ”

Readers have expressed interest in examining my “music list” for this coming Sunday.

“The first breakthrough came in Czechoslovakia where they gave permission to play the organ on Good Friday.” —Father Percy Jones
There’s something irresistible about this tone.

The key ingredient for a good parish music program.
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