“Let the Choir Have a Voice” • Jeff Ostrowski’s Essay on Choral Music in the Catholic Mass
“In a world filled with a lot of noise, your sacred song lifts our hearts to heaven…” —Parishioner
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PDF Download • “2-Voice Hymn” (Holy Name)
This arrangement works with a mixed choir (or children singing with men).
Music List • (5th Sund. Ordinary Time)
Readers have expressed interest in examining my “music list” for this coming Sunday.
PDF • “Communion” (5th Sunday in Ordin.)
This text will be familiar to altar boys.
“Pipe Organ Interlude During Funerals?” • (Reader Feedback)
Before I say one word, I should probably…
Funeral Music “Template” • For Families
This was difficult to assemble, because the “Ordo Exsequiarum” has never been translated into English.
“To Cover Sin With Smooth Names”
You owe it to yourself to examine the sample pages (from the full-color section).
Heretical Hymns
A nice tune, but a nasty text!
Dom Pothier • Photo from 1904
This is quite a beautiful image.
PDF Chart • “Plainsong Rhythm”
Whence this lack of curiosity?
PDF • “3-Voice Motet” (Father De Laet)
Motet is defined as: “a short piece of sacred choral music, typically polyphonic and unaccompanied.”
PDF Download • “Hymn for 2 Voices”
If your choir is very small, this piece is for you!
PDF Download • “Pange Lingua” for Three Voices (Father Edgard De Laet)
For very small choirs, this arrangement can be sung with one male and two females.
Music List • (3rd Sund. Ordinary Time)
Readers have expressed interest in examining my “music list” for this coming Sunday.
PDF Download • “Tantum Ergo” for 3 Voices (Kevin Allen) Paired with a Hymn for 2 Voices
The children’s choir I direct loves singing Kevin Allen’s music … as does our adult choir!