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Dr. Tappan • Article Archive

Dr. Lucas Tappan is a conductor and organist whose specialty is working with children. He lives in Kansas with his wife and four children.—Read full biography (with photographs).

Dr. Lucas Tappan · March 16, 2026

Dr. Tappan • Answers + Analysis: My “Inquiry” For Music Directors (3,087 words)

“This spring my chorister program will see the first priest ordained from our former chorister ranks.” —Dr. Tappan

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Dr. Lucas Tappan · January 27, 2026

“Inquiry” • For Music Directors of Cathedrals and Larger Parish Churches

I would very much like to hear from you personally!

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Dr. Lucas Tappan · July 11, 2025

“How to Conduct 90 Vespers Services Each Year and Live to Tell the Tale.”

“I don’t claim to be an authority on any of the ideas set forth in the following narrative.” —Dr. Lucas Tappan

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Dr. Lucas Tappan · March 20, 2025

A Youth Revolution in Sacred Music

“I have a challenge for each of our readers.” —Dr. Lucas Tappan

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Dr. Lucas Tappan · January 9, 2025

Livestreams Worth the Reader’s Time

Today I introduce two very different—yet equally sublime—choral foundations.

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Dr. Lucas Tappan · December 12, 2024

An Organ-Less Advent

“It results in a heavy burden being placed upon musicians to ensure that whatever they do is well-liked by all—lest the faithful complain (seemingly the great worry of many priests).” —Dr. Lucas Tappan

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Dr. Lucas Tappan · July 10, 2024

Five Reflections • “The ‘Church’ of My Youth Was Coming to an End”

When the Lord finally calls me home, I have no plans to trip over “eagle’s wings” on my way to the cemetery.

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Dr. Lucas Tappan · May 31, 2024

Announcement! • New Director for Saint Paul’s Choir School in Harvard Square

“He’ll hold a position of national importance, especially in the eyes of those who work toward Catholic sacred music’s renewal from sea to shining sea.” —Dr. Tappan

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Dr. Lucas Tappan · May 9, 2024

Will I Be Meeting You in Late June?

Re: CMAA “In-Person” Events for 2024—Don’t Miss Out!

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Dr. Lucas Tappan · May 1, 2024

A Note to Piano Teachers of Beginning Students

“What follows are a few tricks that have greatly aided students with me from a young age…” —Dr. Tappan

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Dr. Lucas Tappan · April 23, 2024

The Catholic Academy of Sacred Music (Kansas)

I can affirm that our first concert was a resounding success: everything from Allegri’s 𝑀𝑖𝑠𝑒𝑟𝑒𝑟𝑒 to the 10-year-old boy playing Bach.

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Dr. Lucas Tappan · September 20, 2023

This Sunday! • Q&A “Developing a Youth Choir Program”

I will be privileged to field your questions alongside two well known and widely respected church musicians: Mary Ann Carr Wilson and Jennifer Donelson-Nowicka.

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Dr. Lucas Tappan · September 9, 2023

Lack Choir Boys? • A Foolproof Way to Get Them!

What happened to this masculine presence in all things musical in the United States?

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Dr. Lucas Tappan · August 4, 2023

Should Every Child Be Accepted Into the Choir?

My assistant and I recently had the privilege while in England to have lunch with Dr. Ronny Krippner…

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Dr. Lucas Tappan · July 6, 2023

William Byrd: Quatercentenary of Death

“And yet I may live and die a true and perfect member of his holy Catholic Church without which I believe there is no salvation for me.” —William Byrd

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    “Hidden Chant” • For the Ordinary Form

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

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    —Jeff Ostrowski
    “Citation Needed” • Dom Foote of ICEL
    Father Basil Foote, OSB, was organist at WESTMINSTER ABBEY MISSION (British Columbia, Canada). In 1984 he published an article called “Chanting in the Vernacular.” Twenty years later, it was republished by ADOREMUS—and that’s how it came to my attention. In that article, Dom Foote makes a claim I consider somewhat outlandish. At the very least, his statement with regard to the Latin accent needs some sort of citation. He has served on the Music Sub-Committee of the International Commission on English in the Liturgy (ICEL).
    —Jeff Ostrowski
    Music List • “Corpus Christi” (Year A)

    The 28-page Singers’ Booklet is included. Our children’s choir will join us for this Mass.

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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

“Now we are aware of the fact that during recent years some artists, gravely offending against Christian piety, have dared to bring into churches works devoid of any religious inspiration and completely at variance with the right rules of art.”

— Ven. Pope Pius XII (25 December 1955)

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