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Veronica Moreno • Article Archive

Veronica Moreno is married to a teacher and homeschools five children. While at UCLA, she earned an undergraduate degree in Ethnomusicology and then went on to study special education at Cal State LA. She has been cantor at her local Catholic parish for over a decade.—Read full biography (with photographs).

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[español] Sound Does Matter!

¡IMPORTA EL SONIDO! (2018). Lucas Tappan nos da un reto: dejen el micrófono, dejen la amplificación. Usen la resonancia de nuestras iglesias y nuestros coros, si es posible. El canto gregoriano y la polifonía y el himnario congregacional se desarrollaron antes de la amplificación eléctrica y creo firmemente que una acústica adecuada es esencial para su éxito.

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[español] ‘Twas in the Moon of Wintertime

ÉRASE UNA LUNA DE INVIERNO (2014). El Padre Friel comparte un villancico compuesto por San Juan de Brébeuf, patrono de CCWatershed. En el himno, el padre de Brébeuf utiliza conceptos tradicionales de la religión Huron para transmitir la historia del Nacimiento de Cristo. Esta es “inculturación” en su sentido más verdadero y más saludable.

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