Lenten Reflection: Can We Enjoy What Lies Ahead?
Let St. Augustine’s wisdom guide you through the most important season for Church musicians.
Pope Saint Paul VI (3 April 1969): “Although the text of the Roman Gradual—at least that which concerns the singing—has not been changed, the Entrance antiphons and Communions antiphons have been revised for Masses without singing.”
Keven Smith is the music director at St. Stephen the First Martyr Catholic Church, an apostolate of the Priestly Fraternity of St. Peter (FSSP) in Sacramento, California. He trains and directs a mixed choir that sings full Gregorian propers, ordinaries, and sacred polyphony at more than 100 traditional Latin Masses per year. Keven lives in Sacramento with his wife and five musical children.—Read full biography (with photographs).

Let St. Augustine’s wisdom guide you through the most important season for Church musicians.
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Salve Regina is still in season for another three months. You have plenty of time to learn this simple yet satisfying piece.
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Here’s how to get the most out of this fantastic new resource for interpreting chant rhythm.
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If you missed it, you can hear my iPhone recording on YouTube. But will it be quite the same?
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Tournemire’s L’Orgue Mystique is an indispensable resource—especially for organists who are feeling “stuck” in their improvisation.
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Teaching sight-singing is important, but let’s not forget that it’s a means to an end.
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