10 Ideas for Practicing Choral Music
“Practicing Choral Music: Ten ideas the singer who doesn’t think they can practice on their own” by Doreen Fryling, a lifelong practice avoider.
“A much greater source of anxiety to Us is the style of action of those who maintain that liturgical worship should shed its sacred character, who foolishly say we should substitute for sacred items & furnishings ordinary common things in daily use.” —Pope Saint Paul VI (14 Oct 1968)
“Practicing Choral Music: Ten ideas the singer who doesn’t think they can practice on their own” by Doreen Fryling, a lifelong practice avoider.
“Old age steals on with its rich harvest and its peculiar trials, yet the same lips pronounce the same exultant words…”
Only by knowing a piece inside and out can we teach it effectively and efficiently.
Sunday is not exactly a day of rest—I’m sure many people working in Sacred Music would heartily agree!
“May thy grace … cause us to be zealous at all times in the doing of good works.”
“Praying for Our Dead: Essential Music for Catholic Funeral Mass” workshop will be held in Jaspers, GA on October 3.
Including an update on wonderful things happening for Sacred Music in Colorado!
Can you see the difference? Can you hear the difference?
“The conductor should be able to hear a perfect performance of the piece before it even begins.” —Dr. Alfred Calabrese
“His answer was surprising to me, and I thought it both prudential and catholic.” —Chris Mueller
Download these Propers for Saint Pio of Pietrelcina—according to the 1962 Missale Romanum!
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