A Musically Model Parish
I thought I would share some visioning ideas regarding music in the Ordinary Form parish.
To access this post, you must purchase Monthly Subscription or Yearly Subscription.
Articles
We Need Assistance! Please Help Watershed Survive!
My 5-part series requesting donations seems to have failed miserably—with a few notable exceptions.
To access this post, you must purchase Monthly Subscription or Yearly Subscription.
Mass Propers • Fascinating Articles From 1924
Editors of “The Tablet” felt these essays were horrendous!
To access this post, you must purchase Monthly Subscription or Yearly Subscription.
Ward Method Studies • Space Available!
The chant must be sung lightly, and not too slowly.
To access this post, you must purchase Monthly Subscription or Yearly Subscription.
“Hymn To The Blessed Virgin Mary” • Caswall & Parry
Choirs not yet ready for SATB hymn singing will love this version for two voices!
To access this post, you must purchase Monthly Subscription or Yearly Subscription.
Which Masses Would You Choose?
If you had the opportunity to add more festive music to selected feasts in the liturgical year, to which would you give preference?
To access this post, you must purchase Monthly Subscription or Yearly Subscription.
Musical Resources • Low Sunday (1962 Missal)
“In the day of My resurrection, saith the Lord, I will go before you into Galilee…”
To access this post, you must purchase Monthly Subscription or Yearly Subscription.
O Happy Fault • Nine things that are pure privilege
Such a reference to original sin—a positive reference—seems quite strange to us.
To access this post, you must purchase Monthly Subscription or Yearly Subscription.
The Chapel Royal Solemn Vespers is Available on BBC
A recording of the Solemn Vespers at the Chapel Royal is now available on BBC’s website.
To access this post, you must purchase Monthly Subscription or Yearly Subscription.
Promoting a Good Choral Culture at Your Parish
Nothing is impossible with God, everyone can promote a good choral culture at their parish.
To access this post, you must purchase Monthly Subscription or Yearly Subscription.
Mother Angelica • “60 Minutes” (1984)
This video shows Mother Angelica playing the drums at Mass! (Not kidding!)
To access this post, you must purchase Monthly Subscription or Yearly Subscription.
Sequence During the Octave of Easter
Singing the sequence, “Victimae Paschali Laudes” is truly appropriate every day this week.
To access this post, you must purchase Monthly Subscription or Yearly Subscription.
Bishop Doerfler’s Stunning Church Music Letter
“All parishes and schools are to have implemented the following directives by December 31, 2020.” —Bishop Doerfler.
To access this post, you must purchase Monthly Subscription or Yearly Subscription.
“Hail, Holy Queen Enthroned Above” • Nine Organ Accompaniments
Why do we love descants so much?
To access this post, you must purchase Monthly Subscription or Yearly Subscription.
Mother Angelica, How Bad Was It?
“To preside, a person must live from the rich ambiguity of symbolic reality.”
To access this post, you must purchase Monthly Subscription or Yearly Subscription.