Forget the First Note, give me the Do
A tip for sight-reading chant – start with a Do La Fa to anchor your ear and find the starting note from the tonic.
Articles
Ratzinger talks “Ad Orientem” (2003)
Cardinal Ratzinger’s English is *fantastic* (as this video shows).
Nuptial Blessings • Practice Videos • Order of Celebrating Matrimony
Fr. Gaspar eloquently emphasis key words and phrases, underscoring the beauty of the sacrament.
The Role of Catholic Church Choir
Keep God as the center of the choir and direct our music towards Him.
Fr. Magiera Reviews The Campion Hymnal
“These renderings are accompanied by beautiful photos so even the novice should be able to follow the Mass rather easily.”
Practice Tracks • Ainslie’s “English Proper Chants”
Want a reliable and accessible way to learn the John Ainslie “English Proper Chants” for your parish choir? Subscribe for *free* weekly practice videos!
When to Teach Children to Sight-Read Plainsong
Children can and should be taught Gregorian chant by hearing and repeating—but this binds them to singing only what they have memorized.
Musical Resources • 2nd Sunday after Epiphany
“May this Communion, O Lord, cleanse us from sin…”
“Ten Commandments” • for the Choirmaster
Truth is stranger than fiction.
PDF Download • Epiphany Booklet (FSSP.la)
To match the ancient acrostic, Erasmus changed the first line to “Herodis Hostes.”
Recording of Announcement of Easter and Movable Feasts • 2017
A very helpful recording for anyone singing this in English for the Ordinary Form.
PDF Download • “Missa de Angelis” (Fr. Castro)
Fr. Áureo Castro’s setting alternates the chant melody and the choral parts.
Best Mystery Movie Of All Time!
Every so often, we stumble across true excellence. Here’s a prime example.
New! • Easy Choral Extension Mass (Ordinary Form)
How to make polyphony work for your Ordinary Form Choir.
God or Nothing
I think we can slay the current and popular belief that by making the liturgy, and by extension liturgical music, “relevant” to people we will somehow bring them back to God.