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Jeff Ostrowski • Article Archive

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).

Jeff Ostrowski · February 15, 2026

2-Voice Arrangement for Lent

A wonderful hymn tune by Kevin Allen (the legendary American composer of sacred music).

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Jeff Ostrowski · February 12, 2026

“Sanctus VIII” • Organ Accompaniment

In French, it is called “Messe de Anges.”

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Jeff Ostrowski · February 12, 2026

PDF Download • Sanctus VIII Organ Accompaniment (“Mass of the Angels”)

This melody is quite ancient.

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Jeff Ostrowski · February 10, 2026

“Let the Choir Have a Voice” • Jeff Ostrowski’s Essay on Choral Music in the Catholic Mass

“In a world filled with a lot of noise, your sacred song lifts our hearts to heaven…” —Parishioner

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Jeff Ostrowski · February 8, 2026

PDF Download • “2-Voice Hymn” (Holy Name)

This arrangement works with a mixed choir (or children singing with men).

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Jeff Ostrowski · February 7, 2026

Music List • (5th Sund. Ordinary Time)

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

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Jeff Ostrowski · February 7, 2026

Fulton J. Sheen • “24-Hour Catechism”

(6 of 50) “Christ Foretold”

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Jeff Ostrowski · February 6, 2026

PDF • “Communion” (5th Sunday in Ordin.)

This text will be familiar to altar boys.

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Jeff Ostrowski · February 4, 2026

Funeral Music “Template” • For Families

This was difficult to assemble, because the “Ordo Exsequiarum” has never been translated into English.

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Jeff Ostrowski · February 3, 2026

“To Cover Sin With Smooth Names”

You owe it to yourself to examine the sample pages (from the full-color section).

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Jeff Ostrowski · February 2, 2026

Heretical Hymns

A nice tune, but a nasty text!

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Jeff Ostrowski · February 2, 2026

Alphabetizing Hymn Titles Inside Hymnals • “Does This Make Any Sense?”

“Many breviary hymns are really only fragments of very long compositions.” —Dr. Fortescue

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Jeff Ostrowski · February 1, 2026

Fulton J. Sheen • “24-Hour Catechism”

(5 of 50) “Good and Evil”

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Jeff Ostrowski · January 31, 2026

“Reminder” — Month of Febr. (2026)

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

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Jeff Ostrowski · January 29, 2026

Dom Pothier • Photo from 1904

This is quite a beautiful image.

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    Oldest Latin Eucharistic Hymn
    The Church’s oldest Latin Eucharistic hymn is featured in the Brébeuf Hymnal. Indeed, the legendary Father Adrian Fortescue made a translation of it—matching the original’s meter—which was elevated by the Brébeuf team. For years, we’ve been working on a Spanish hymnal: “Cantoral del Padre Antonio Daniel.” The progress has been slow but steady, and we encourage anyone fluent in Spanish to consider joining the proofreading team. A few days ago, my wife helped me record a rehearsal video for this Spanish version of the Church’s oldest Latin Eucharistic hymn.
    —Jeff Ostrowski
    Rare Plainsong Accompaniments
    Our contributor, Veronica Brandt, went deep into Australia to take photographs of organ accompaniments for Gregorian Chant. Some consider these peculiar PLAINSONG ACCOMPANIMENTS—with 3-part harmonies by Barcelona Cathedral organist, Father Josep Muset i Ferrer—to be the rarest in the world. Click here to learn more. Thanks Veronica! 😊
    —Jeff Ostrowski
    “Hidden Chant” • For the Ordinary Form

    Not even the magnificent “GregoBase”—which is incredibly comprehensive—realizes music for this antiphon was published by the Vatican in the 1930s.

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    —Jeff Ostrowski

Quick Thoughts

    Time and Again We Are Asked…
    John Baptist Singenberger (d. 1924) was a central figure of Catholic Church music. In this utterly fascinating excerpt (Single-Page PDF), Singenberger writes: Time and again we are asked: “Is the Gregorian chant to be accompanied by the organ?” As a young student in Saint Gall, Singenberger befriended SEBASTIAN GEBHARD MESSMER, the future Archbishop of Milwaukee (Wisconsin). The two graduated together in 1861. The school they attended (Saint George’s Seminary) was a “seminary”—but in the older European sense. In other words, it provided a classical education without necessarily leading to ordination. Singenberger remained a layman his whole life, but Messmer was eventually made archbishop—by Pope Saint Pius X—of the very archdiocese in Wisconsin where Singenberger would spend his American career, giving him a powerful ecclesiastical ally.
    —Jeff Ostrowski
    “Reminder” — Month of June (2026)
    On a daily basis, I speak to people who don’t realize we publish a free newsletter (although they’ve followed our blog for years). Since we were founded in 2006, not one of our board members has ever accepted any remuneration whatsoever—not a penny. We have no endowment, no major donors, no savings, and refuse to run annoying ads. As a result, our mailing list is crucial to our survival. It couldn’t be easier to subscribe! Just scroll to the bottom of any blog article and enter your email address.
    —Jeff Ostrowski
    “Thee” + “Thou” + “Thine”
    Few musicians realize that various English translations of Sacred Scripture were granted formal approval by the USCCB and the Vatican for liturgical use in the United States of America. But don’t take my word for it! Here are four documents proving this, which you can examine with your own eyes. Some believe the words “Thine” and “Thou” and “Thee” were forbidden after Vatican II—but that’s incorrect. For example, they’re found in the English translation of the ‘Our Father’ at Mass. Moreover, the Revised Standard Version (Catholic Edition) mentioned in those four documents employs “Thine” and “Thou” and “Thee.” It was published with a FOREWORD by Westminster’s Roman Catholic Archbishop (John Cardinal Heenan).
    —Jeff Ostrowski

Random Quote

“The training in singing, to sing in a chorus, is not only an exercise of external listening and of the voice; it is also training for interior listening, listening with the heart, an exercise in training for life and for peace.”

— Pope Benedict XVI

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