Real Life in a Large Church Choir Program (Part II)
Yes, children as young as seven or eight will focus and listen as you’re teaching them solfege scales, rhythm patterns, beautiful Latin vowels, and more!
“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)
Yes, children as young as seven or eight will focus and listen as you’re teaching them solfege scales, rhythm patterns, beautiful Latin vowels, and more!
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Some recommendations from the CDC fit quite naturally with Catholic liturgical sensibilities.
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You will hear, as the service progresses, how unisons become more and more refined and how subtlety finds its way into the psalmody.
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A homeschooling mother teaches a hymn and a chant to her children, in the hopes that they “stick” in their hearts forevermore. The hymn is “O Sacred Heart” and the chant is “Ave Verum Corpus”.
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The CMAA will offer a virtual version of its annual, week-long workshop.
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Over the next few weeks, I will release five (5) different Mass settings which can be sung with a single cantor & organist.
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In the Ordinary Form, the “Our Father” is sung by all present.
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At St. Stephen the First Martyr Church in Sacramento, the road to the choir loft begins at age four and is paved with furry puppets.
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Herbert’s poem praises the Trinity both by its text and through its form.
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Covid-19 has forced many parishes to remove all hymnals from their pews: A perfect opportunity for change!
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These kids just can’t be stopped—including two amazing surprises.
Potiron, Ostrowski, Bragers, Marier, Desrocquettes, Murray, and more!
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A webinar series exploring the liturgical, theological, and pastoral implications of this pandemic.
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