Choir Members Photograph
Do you take pictures of your choir? Photographs can serve as nice reminders of wonderful experiences.
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A Hymn That Just Keeps Popping Up
Bach’s music inhabits “a still and serious world…without color, without light, without motion” from which we cannot break away.
“23rd” {repeat} Sunday after Pentecost (3rd in November)
“…and without parables He did not speak to them; that it might be fulfilled which was spoken by the prophet, saying, I will open my mouth in parables, I will utter things hidden from the foundation of the world.”
The Man Who Thrice Rejected Knighthood
Excerpt from a documentary on “St. Thomas More” (Paul Scofield) which in 1966 won six Oscars at the Academy Awards.
Music and Evangelization
It’s an incredibly refreshing and dare I say beautiful movement within the Church today…
SATB “Alleluia” (Fr. Morales) • for both OF and EF
This piece is perfect for “stealthily” adding polyphony to the Ordinary Form.
Fulton J. Sheen • “Hints On Public Speaking”
We choirmasters are frequently called upon to speak in public.
23rd Sunday after Pentecost (2nd in November)
“Amen I say to you, whatsoever, you ask when you pray, believe that you shall receive, and it shall be done to you.”
Vox Antiqua’s Debut
My new choir made its debut on the Feast of Christ the King.
Image • Francisco Guerrero (d. 1599)
It’s based on Pacheco’s version, created the year Guerrero died.
The Real Reason We Sing
Let’s not make this about ourselves.
New English Hymnal • Voice-Leading
Constant critics are corrosive.
6 Suggestions • “Promoting The Latin Mass”
Msgr. Charles Pope has several sagacious suggestions!
Archbishop Sheen Played The Organ!
Sheen told Ferris that he wanted a classical repertoire at the cathedral in Rochester, including Gregorian chant.
Prayers of Preparation and Farewell
Two prayers for improving one’s liturgical disposition