The Day Music Theory Failed Me
Readers already know I believe in the value of Music Theory…
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Jennifer D. Behnke • “Brébeuf Hymnal Review”
“How I love the multiple settings of each text, which can be interchanged as required by seasonal and festal usage.” —Maestro Behnke
Brébeuf Hymn #517 • “Veni Redemptor Gentium”
This recording was completed last night (23 July 2019).
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!
“Boys Like A Challenge!” • Charles Cole Interviewed
“If you set the bar low, a boy will crawl underneath it—but if you set the bar high, he will leap over it.” —Charles Cole
Brébeuf Hymn #156 • “Christe Redemptor”
The Soprano line was sung by a young lady in the 8th grade—and she did very well.
Can Girls In The 2nd Grade Sing SATB Hymns?
If a girl in the 2nd grade can learn it after hearing it only a few times, I believe everyone is capable of learning it.
“For of all sad words of tongue or pen…”
…the saddest are these: “It might have been!”
PDF Download • “Seasonal Index” (Brébeuf Hymnal)
I can’t always recognize a hymn tune by its name, especially when the Missalette only provides lyrics. Please don’t judge me; that’s the honest truth.
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.
(Individual Parts) • New Hymn by Richard J. Clark
During the Symposium, a wonderful young lady from Las Vegas taught students how to create multi-track recordings.
Our children must at the very least be exposed to the great music of the Church.
Traditional hymnody is often easier to sing: simpler melodically and rhythmically, and generally more substantive in theology.
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.
Hymn Harmony: Fifty Examples—Good and Bad!
We will not be considering musically absurd examples from the past.
In Gratitude for Choral Singers
I am deeply grateful to faith-filled choral singers because of their willingness to understand these 10 things