Should Children Have To Audition?
There is a proper balance between an impossibly hard formal audition and the usual “any child can join” policy that exists in the typical parish children’s choir.
Articles
Vesting Prayers • Part 3 of 9
The Amice
Church Needs “Disposable Art” Created To Last “Not Centuries, But Weeks (Or Hours).”
Fr. Robert W. Hovda argues that “Little Green Apples” can be sung during Mass.
Warm ups
Starting off choir practice with a game or two. Then a prayer before choir practice.
Summer Sacred Music Workshop 2015
Summer Sacred Music Workshop in Jasper, GA, on August 15.
Carpeting Is the Enemy of Congregational Singing
The removal of carpeting is the most effective way to improve many aspects of the liturgy. Externally, what benefits most is congregational singing.
Musical Resources • 8th Sunday after Pentecost (Extraordinary Form)
“The master in this Gospel is praising, not the wrongful act of the unfaithful steward, but the peculiar astuteness with which he makes friends who will be useful when things go amiss.” (Maredsous N. T.)
Afterthoughts on the Colloquium
Some afterthoughts on the Sacred Music Colloquium XXV
Is Latin Impossible For Choirs?
When priests came into Bishop Trautman’s office asking permission, he would start speaking Latin to them.
“Asperges Me” • Gregorian Chant
In the Extraordinary Form, the “Asperges Me” is only used on Sundays.
1951 Solemn Pontifical Field Mass • With 100-Voice “Palestrina Cathedral Choir”
Following the Mass, Archbishop Joseph H. Schlarman was made an honorary Indian chief.
The Day Fulton J. Sheen Made A Mistake
“Sheen told a friend of mine that anything he’d ever said of significance was taken from either Knox or Chesterton.” —Fr. George Rutler
SATB “Kyrie Eleison” • Henri Durieux
It’s extremely short and not difficult—yet fresh & gorgeous.
Vesting Prayers • Part 2 of 9
The Hand Washing
Five ways to print the Propers
Printing copies of the propers is very handy for singers not yet confident with the Liber and other books.