Don’t Fall For It
“God has no grandchildren. Every generation must be a first generation follower of Christ.”
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My Personal Lesson Plan for Training Probationers
Here is the entire set of lesson plans I use for training our Probationers.
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Taka… What?
Kids love this!
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The Power of Good Music
Please, please don’t ever underestimate the power of good music to touch hearts in either the work of evangelization or catechesis.
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Solfege
I feel that solfege is the fastest and most secure route to establishing the scale and the way its notes function within that scale in the minds of singers.
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The Art of Breathing
If there are only two concepts you are able to instill in a child in the early stages regarding breathing, they would be 1) fill and empty the stomach with air just like a balloon (don’t use the chest) and 2) keep the shoulders down and relaxed.
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Teaching New Singers
I like to cover (or re-cover) all of the basics with the boys and girls.
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Another Job For Your Children
Simply dive in and do it. Remember how quickly your children grew up and left home? That is all the longer it takes.
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One Man I Would Give My Right Arm To Meet In Person
“This honest, magnanimous and public statement made my struggle totally worthwhile.” —Colin Mawby
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A Must Have For The Choir Director’s Shelf
This book is invaluable for the church musician.
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A Few More Thoughts on the Chorister Audition
At the end of the audition, most of the students experience a great sense of accomplishment and really consider it an honor to be accepted into the choir!
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Should Children Have To Audition?
There is a proper balance between an impossibly hard formal audition and the usual “any child can join” policy that exists in the typical parish children’s choir.
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A Must Have Resource for Catholic Schools
Pastors and music directors, this is for you!
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Surprised By Beauty
It had been over a decade since I had set foot in St. John Cantius—enough time to forget that one never can tell what beautiful surprise awaits unsuspecting visitors.
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A Musical Diet
I realize what I propose seems like moving forward at a snail’s pace, but considering how long the average parishioner has been in the liturgical and musical desert, anything more would cause the musical equivalent of refeeding syndrome.
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