Regina Caeli: How Good do you Need to Be to Sing Polyphony?
To sing at Mass though, you need more than just being able to finish together.
Saints Stories from 3 Priests in Australia
Three priests taking their teaching ministry online during the current restrictions.
Compline in the Home – via Podcasts!
Having a printed copy of the Divine Office is a good step, but actually hearing it sung really brings it alive.
Why are you sad, O my soul?
It is alright to feel sad. The other alternative would be indifference, and that would be a real tragedy.
This Holy Week Visit Sydney
The virus has prompted many parishes to livestream their Masses. Veronica showcases four.
Repeating Repertoire? • Veronica Brandt
Sometimes a music director can encounter criticism about the music program. The good side of this is that it shows that someone cares.
Stella Caeli – a hymn against pestilence
Veronica Brandt has posted a beautiful antiphon reputed to keep the plague away; updated to correct a semitone variance in the first copy she made • The Cantuale Romano-Seraphicum from 1951 is mentioned • Free download of “Stella Caeli” along with the Litany of Our Lady+
Litany of St Joseph
The Litany of St Joseph in Latin chant with an English translation.
Introduction to the Latin Mass For Kids, By Kids
Take a look at this new introduction to the Latin Mass from the Trad Kids TV.
Chant any Psalms and Antiphons
Liturgy of the Hours and Divine Office books become enormous when they include all the music for singing the psalms. Fortunately here are the tools to bring the music to your screen.
Shortcuts with GrandOrgue
Setting up keyboard shortcuts to setting the stops on a virtual pipe organ using the free software GrandOrgue.
Oreste Ravanello’s Easy Pieces for Organ
A dozen easy little pieces for organ.
How to Install Compline in Your Home
A first step to planting the timeless prayer of the Universal Church in your home. Plus a four part setting of the prayer just because.
Upgrading to a Missa Cantata for Singers
One of those fantastic diagrams of the structure of the Mass, expostulated in under 9 minutes.
A German Franciscan Soldier who Sang
Excerpts from the life of Fr Gereon Goldmann – bombs, concentration camps, espionage and Gregorian chant.
Every Church Musician Deserves Music Lessons
In which Veronica describes some unexpected benefits of taking up music lessons.
God of Mercy and Compassion
Two hymns with the same opening line, but very different content. A mystery rewrite symptomatic of an avoidance of personal contrition.
PDF Download • “Easy Organ Interludes” (229 pages)
Giovanni Battista Fasolo published an enormous book of organ interludes without pedals • Pierre Gouin typed them up, bringing you this clear window into renaissance liturgical music for free! • Enjoy this treasure trove of organ music from almost 400 years ago! Plus a few highlights from along the way+
Archbishop Anthony Fisher Apologizes
Sparks of hope from the youth synod – an apology mentioning “unbeautiful” liturgies and witholding the Church’s treasury of prayers.
Flos Carmeli for a Carmelite Novena
A printable copy of the beautiful Carmelite sequence with English translation alongside. Time to practise ready for the Feast Day on July 16!