What Spilling My Coffee Taught Me About Directing My Choir
(Keven Smith) • Yesterday morning I spilled coffee all over my desk before leaving for our live-streamed Mass. It ended up being a great move+
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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).
(Keven Smith) • Yesterday morning I spilled coffee all over my desk before leaving for our live-streamed Mass. It ended up being a great move+
Would you believe Easter Monday is usually one of the darkest days of my year?
Keven earned a Bachelor of Music degree from the Curtis Institute of Music and a Master of Professional Writing degree from the University of Southern California…
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The election of Pope Leo XIV has been exciting, and we’re filled with hope for our apostolate’s future!
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President’s Message (dated 30 May 2025)
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