PDF Download • “Hymns Ancient & Modern”
Including a magnificent hymn for two voices (“Rex Sempiterne”) appropriate throughout the entire liturgical year.
“If we do not love those whom we see, how can we love God, Whom we do not see?” Bishop Fulton J. Sheen
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 magnificent hymn for two voices (“Rex Sempiterne”) appropriate throughout the entire liturgical year.
“…and Who didst wonderfully foreshow the perfect adoption of Thy children by a voice coming down in a shining cloud…”
“We have received Thy mercy, O God, in the midst of Thy temple…”
“Is plainsong really so dull and dry as some of our singers would have us believe?”
This piece by Kevin Allen is based on the plainsong Communion antiphon.
Did you notice the “ups and downs” were omitted? The choir will fill those in…
Can you hear the difference? Listen closely to the third section.
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