“Kaitrin Drost Strikes Again!” • Plus a Few Random Thoughts and Tirades by Jeff Ostrowski
Imagine walking up into a choir loft and sounding like these young ladies without rehearsal.
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PDF • “O Come All Ye Faithful” (Simplified)
Please play through it and let me know what you think.
💰 Are Church Musicians Paid Too Little?
I came very close to paying an unspeakably severe price.
PDF Download • “In Paradisum” in English
If anyone wants to download this organ accompaniment, feel free to do so!
PDF • “Music List” (Sunday, 28 December)
Readers have expressed interest in examining the “music list” I prepared for the feast of the Holy Family.
Should Catholics Sing Protestant Christmas Carols?
Including the “music list” I have prepared for Christmas Midnight Mass.
PDF • “Music List” (Xmas Midnight Mass)
Readers have expressed interest in examining the “music list” I prepared for Christmas Midnight Mass.
What does this mean? “Pre-Urbanite”
This topic I had believed to be fairly well understood—but I was wrong.
“He never had a single day of conflict with anyone.”
Upon the death of of the Very Reverend Canon Edgard De Laet.
PDF • “Standard Gregorian Chants for Schools, Churches, Seminaries, & Convents” (1946) —123 pages
Until a few days ago, I knew nothing of this (extremely rare) book. Now it’s been scanned and uploaded—free to all.
PDF • “Music List” (4th Sunday of Advent)
Readers have expressed interest in examining the “music list” I prepared for the 4th Sunday of Advent.
PDF Download • “Santo Santo Santo”
A brief, bright, stately setting.
Crucial Tips • “Teaching Children How to Sing”
When it comes to the children, I help them memorize each word…
PDF • Our Lady of Guadalupe (12 Dec.)
Why should that feast overpower Our Lady of Guadalupe?
“Alma Redemptóris Mater” • Everything There Is To Know About This Marian Antiphon
Including a new harmonization for the pipe organ.