Symposium 2019 • “Video Outtakes”
Like any other human, I go through difficult times—this conference was a source of strength.
Articles
Five Rules • “Successful Music Camps”
A choirmaster must always be recruiting…and a summer camp is a great recruiting tool.
Brébeuf #465 • “Christ Ist Erstanden” (In Latin!)
We posted rehearsal videos in English the other day—now they’re given in Latin!
Brébeuf #661 • “Come, Thou Long-Expected Jesus”
It’s okay to start thinking about Advent, which will be here before we know it.
Southeastern Sacred Music Workshop 2019
The fifth annual Southeastern Sacred Music Workshop in Birmingham, AL, this weekend.
Brébeuf #379 • “Quem Terra” (Melcombe)
One of the most popular melodies in Catholic hymnals of yesteryear.
PDF Download • “Sanctus For Two Voices”
“In general, it is better to do something well, however modest, than to attempt something on a grander scale if proper means are lacking.” —Pope Pius XII
Announcing: Saint Rita Choral Academy!
The parish’s new venture, the St. Rita Choral Academy, is the brainchild of Dr. Alfred Calabrese.
Brébeuf Hymn #464 • “Christ ist erstanden”
The text of this hymn is the Church’s oldest Latin Eucharistic hymn, translated by Fr. Adrian Fortescue.
The Day Music Theory Failed Me
Readers already know I believe in the value of Music Theory…
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.