“I Decided to Get a Plane Ticket and Fly 8,700 Miles From Singapore to Take Part.”
“These are the musical treasures everyone needs to know about.” — 2022 Participant
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“How Has Nobody Done This Before?” • First Installment
I’ve been encouraged to launch a new series!
“81 Photos” • Sacred Music Symposium 2022
More than eighty photographs give you a “glimpse” of a week dedicated to restoring authentic Catholic music.
“I Found Myself Weeping, Almost In Disbelief…”
“Your faculty may never know the depth of how you affected each person there. For my part, I am forever changed…” — Symposium Participant (Texas)
PDF Download • “Polyphony For Choirs” (262 Pages)
Enjoy this tiny “reward” for your phenomenal response to our fundraiser.
Composing Your Own Antiphons?
In the days before Vatican II, dioceses had their own special feast days.
New Release! • “Missa de Beata Virgine” (Kevin Allen)
As singers performed this Kevin Allen piece, they wept—but crying is bad for singing technique!
“Chorister Summer Camp” • Eight Ideas
Every choirmaster should place a high priority on recruitment, otherwise in time he commits a form of “choral contraception”…
“An Unknown Parishioner Approached Me…”
Can modern composers write hymns? Are they stirring?
The Official Chant Rhythm • “How Does It Sound?”
“The Vatican Edition … contains absolutely all that is needed for the exact rendition of the liturgical chant.” —Sacred Congregation of Rites (1911)
PDF Download • “Spanish TLM Missal” (2,288 pages)
A french version (1,798 pages) is also available for free PDF download.
PDF Download • “A Canon Choirs Love!”
You will notice Father Guerrero takes the chant melody (“Beata Mater”) and creates a perfect canon between Soprano and Alto.
PDF Download • “O Salutaris” (Modern Setting)
If there’s a more beautiful setting of this text, I don’t know what it could be.
PDF Download • 2022 “Vespers Booklet” (99 Pages)
If you spot typos, please let us know!
“Playing the Pipe Organ” • By Richard Nixon
Does the music of Franz Liszt belong to Adolf Hitler?