A Professional Choir in Six Months
I often wonder if some of the vitriol directed against the Church’s music is due to its less than stellar presentation.
A *What* School ?!!
These are things a choir director needs to think about as he plans to build a successful choral foundation at his own cathedral or parish.
So… You Can’t Visit a Choir School
Choir Schools would help to fill our parishes with congregations and choir members who would expect real sacred music sung to a high degree…
Sense and Sensibility
This lesson is no less true in the realm of sacred music than it is in the realm of lovers.
Let the Fun Begin
I have been searching for ways to bring more choristers into the choir…
Mr. Pete Avendano and His Incredible Choir
Now back in Los Angeles, Avendano hopes to found a Catholic boys choir dedicated solely to singing the Church’s music.
Five Suggestions • “Music in Our Schools”
If we desire to educate, we should keep our end in mind—to teach children what is good, and to love that good.
Five Rules • “Successful Music Camps”
A choirmaster must always be recruiting…and a summer camp is a great recruiting tool.
Announcing: Saint Rita Choral Academy!
The parish’s new venture, the St. Rita Choral Academy, is the brainchild of Dr. Alfred Calabrese.
A Call to Educate Our Future Musicians
Most of these students, without ever having studied the Church’s documents on liturgical music, have an innate sense that our sacred mysteries require sacred music… and they WANT IT!
In Support of the Choir School Tradition
St. Paul’s Choir School is one of only three Catholic choir schools in the United States, and provides an approach we might call the apprenticeship method.
St. Paul’s Choir School Appoints New Director of Music
James Kennerley’s “rehearsal with the men and boys was brilliant as is his organ playing.”
In Search of the Deeper Meaning
I have heard it said that magic shows up at every concert but usually goes home disappointed.
Fr. Finn and the Catholic Choral Tradition in America
Nevertheless, we have had, and quite frankly still have, a number of fine choirs, conductors and organists that I would place on par and even above our European brethren.
St. Mary’s Cathedral Choir (Sydney, Australia)
If you are interested in the great English Cathedral music tradition, please consider listening to these podcasts.
Further Thoughts on Westminster Cathedral
I am reminded of the care with which the Pieta was transported from the Vatican to New York City for the World’s Fair in 1964 and I hope and pray that the Westminster Cathedral Choir will be treated with as much veneration and respect.
To: Headmaster of Westminster Cathedral Choir School
Like the great Cathedral of Notre Dame, this daily musical offering belongs not only to the Church in London and the British Isles, but to the universal Church.
A Reason To Hope
We need to remember how small the amount of yeast is that is needed to leaven the dough.
Strive for Greatness!
Stop trying to make everything easy, and therefore unimportant.
The Cantor and Congregational Singing
I wonder if we haven’t lost sight of the cantor’s original purpose of fostering congregational singing…