Must This Be Accompanied?
The age-old question—will it ever be resolved?
Articles
Fathers Must Turn Their Hearts To Their Children
I don’t necessarily mean children with no dad. I mean “absent” fathers.
(Chicago) • Upcoming Sacred Music Workshop!
Featuring as presenters Jeffrey Ostrowski and Kevin Allen.
PDF Download • “Entrance Chant in English” (19th Sunday in Ordinary Time)
Including twelve (12) different versions!
Slavonic Sub Tuum: a 3 part gem of haunting beauty for your choir
An easy-peasy all-year-round Marian motet in three parts plus some reflections on typing up sheet music.
“Something Quite Odd” • Today’s Responsorial Psalm
Including a special comparison chart which shows the NAB translation vs. the “Abbey Psalms and Canticles” translation.
PDF Download • “Sanctus” (Roman Missal, 3rd Ed.) in English, Latin, Spanish — Organ Accomp.
You might want to download three PDF files I composed this morning.
“Saint Felix Creed” • Musical Setting for the Nicene Creed (Roman Missal, 3rd Edition)
On 20 March 2014, this musical setting was approved for liturgical use by “The Committee on Divine Worship” (a standing committee of the USCCB).
PDF Download • “O’Fallon Mass Propers” (483 Pages)
Including an English version of the “Dies Irae,” an English version of the “Lauda Sion,” and hundreds of pages of English Mass Propers.
Can You Answer These Four (4) Questions?
How to unify your parish music program for different Masses in different languages.
Spanish Psalter that’s great for the Organ!
Free download of Responsorial Psalms in Spanish that work great for the organ from composer Marc Cersiser
Sacred Music and Suspicions of Elitism
“While a student, I was told to avoid playing Bach in the context of worship, as doing so might give the impression that I was targeting a sort of ‘elite’ class.” —Dr. Samuel Backman
PDF Download • “Entrance Chant” for the 17th Sunday in Ordinary Time (Years ABC)
Including ten (10) alternate versions!
National Catholic Register Features Our Own!
“I listened to his composition in awe.” —Corrinne May
“Death Stops Us. It Stops Our Race.”
“One builds a house, and its roof is not finished; another buys merchandise, and it is not yet sold.” —Cardinal Newman