“How Has Nobody Done This Before?” • First Installment
I’ve been encouraged to launch a new series!
“Exceeded Every Expectation!” • Mr. O’Brien’s Review
“I attended Symposium this year, and was absolutely blown away.”
Photograph • Dom André Mocquereau (d. 1930)
Dom Mocquereau, prior to becoming a monk, was a soldier in the Franco-Prussian War.
Our Daily Prayer • Sacred Music Symposium 2022
“My God, my Father, and my All, I am ready and willing to accept from Thy hands this day…”
PDF Download • “Polyphony For Choirs” (262 Pages)
Enjoy this tiny “reward” for your phenomenal response to our fundraiser.
What. Did. My. Eyes. Just. See.
I am bewildered.
“Stowe Missal Eucharistic Motets” • For 3 Voices
This melody won’t leave your head—it keeps playing “on repeat.”
PDF Download • Trinity Sunday (22 pages)
Feel free to download this Organ Accompaniment Booklet for Trinity Sunday (Second Vespers). Notice how the modes progress by number. Psalm 1 is mode 1; Psalm 2 is mode 2; Psalm 3 is mode 3; Psalm 4 is mode 4; Psalm 5 is mode 5. I am told by an expert that other feasts (such […]
Composing Your Own Antiphons?
In the days before Vatican II, dioceses had their own special feast days.
10 June 2022 • “Official” rhythm of plainsong
I continue to search for the most beautiful way to present the “pure” Editio Vaticana scores. (Technically, the “pure” rhythm of the official edition is what everyone is supposed to use.) You can download my latest attempt, which is the Introit for this coming Sunday: Feast of the Most Holy Trinity. Because this is not […]
New Release! • “Missa de Beata Virgine” (Kevin Allen)
As singers performed this Kevin Allen piece, they wept—but crying is bad for singing technique!
7 June 2022 • FEEDBACK
From Chelan, Washington: “CCWatershed is a God-sent resource that I can’t function without! Such great work by the team to bring beauty back to our liturgy!” From Gainesville, Florida: “I am so appreciative of the work, of my brothers and sisters in music!” From Troutman, North Carolina: “Keep up the excellent work in service of the Liturgy!”
“An Unknown Parishioner Approached Me…”
Can modern composers write hymns? Are they stirring?
PDF Download • (Organ Accompaniment)
I created this organ accompaniment booklet for organists who will accompany Vespers on Pentecost Sunday. Feel free to download it; it might give you some ideas or inspiration. Be warned: It looks pretty sloppy. (The organist is the only one who sees it.)
Revelation • “Re: The Official Rhythm”
A very intelligent singer admitted that only yesterday did he finally come to understand what a “melismatic mora vocis” is. Only yesterday did he come to understand the “white notes” (blank spaces). You can see the Introit for Pentecost Sunday only has two instances of MMV (“melismatic mora vocis”).