Essential Resources for Holy Week
Knowing What Is Needed
Articles
Scales and counterpoint
Two part choir exercises – one for every day of the year plus a few dozen to spare.
Five Things Directors and Choirs Must Remember This Week
You may forever change the lives of someone you do not know in ways you will never know.
“O Sacred Head Surrounded”
An easier organ accompaniment, provided by Dr. Eugène Lapierre, teacher of Roger Wagner.
Diversity Of Thought
When it comes to reforming the liturgy, they want “all voices heard.”
Free PDF • Polyphonic Gloria With Practice Videos
Uses Gregorian chant with polyphonic _Falsibordone_ by Caesare de Zachariis (†1594).
Video • Vocation Story Of Bishop Robert C. Morlino
“Scranton is a very Catholic town. Every guy, growing up considered the priesthood.” —Bishop Morlino
Do You Know The Hymn Of Saint Casimir?
The *original* meter & rhyme scheme were miraculously kept in English, Polish, Greek, French, Spanish, Italian, and Hungarian!
Regensburger Domspatzen
I would still love to see a choir of this quality in every major Catholic church in America.
Musical Resources • 5th Sunday of Lent “Passion”
The “Gloria Patri” is not said at the Introit from this day until Easter Sunday, except on Feasts.
Adoremus & the Way Forward
Continuing the Work of Helen Hull Hitchcock
Video • “A House Divided”
“We must not allow ourselves to become judgmental with our brothers and sisters who don’t appreciate what we appreciate.” —Archbishop Sample
Professional Recording • “Salve Festa Dies”
Including a video demonstration: “What makes polyphony so beautiful?”
St. Joseph, Fatherhood, and Inclusive Language
This is a hot-button topic I should not touch with a 100-foot pole. But what is not at debate is the inclusive nature of the message of the Gospel.
Are your Triduum booklets ready?
Don’t be the Pharisees and scribes. Help people to pray and understand the music!