To my knowledge, this is the first online recording of the simple Norbertine “Regina Caeli.”
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“Translating the Bible” • Msgr. Ronald Knox (1953)
There’s no question Knox sometimes enjoyed “pushing the envelope” or stepping outside the box.
Re: The “Correct” Way To Sing Gregorian Chant
A choir member’s visit to find Dom Pothier in Normandy’s Abbaye Saint-Wandrille de Fontenelle. She finds beauty and peace.
PDF Download • Ascension “Entrance Chant”
More than once, Father Valentine told me: “When I sing this beautiful Introit, I can almost see the apostles standing there.”
Every Artist Needs a Refuge
Every artist must enter into the interior life. In doing so one becomes a finer musician and a better servant of God and of each other.
“The Unselected Hymn” • Do You Recognize It?
I fought for this one—but lost the battle.
2026 Sacred Music Pilgrimage (Washington DC) • With Richard J. Clark
This choir pilgrimage is more than a trip—it is a sacred journey.
“Gregorian Chant Isn’t a Platform for Your Personal Theories, Jeff” • (A Letter We Received)
“My desire, Leroy, is to answer your question in a rigorously straightforward way.” —Jeff Ostrowski
Request From Australia
“This is an exquisite setting and I know my singers would very much enjoy singing it.” —Mary
PDF Download • “Rarer Than a Blue Moon” — Side-by-Side English Translation (Pius XII Psalter)
Very Rev’d Father Charles J. Callan called it “the most recent critical edition of the Hebrew Massoretic text.”
Fulton J. Sheen • “24-Hour Catechism”
(12 of 50) “The Mother of Jesus”
Fascinating Interpretation of the “Regina Caeli” (Solemn Tone)
Listen to this fascinating and beautiful treatment of the rhombus — diamond shaped neumes.
PDF Download • “Sprinkling Rite” + Psalm Verses
“From your wounded side, O Christ, a spring of water bursts forth, by which the squalor of the world is washed away…”
PDF Download • “Catholic Hymnal & Service Book” (632 Pages)
Includes an interesting harmonization for “Víctimae Pascháli Laudes.”
Gregorian Chant … with Organ Accompaniment?
I don’t recognize this particular melody.
Gregorian Chant • The “Correct” Way of Singing?
Now I will explain what that means.
Fulton J. Sheen • “24-Hour Catechism”
(11 of 50) “Most Holy Trinity”
“Priest Saying Mass” • Medieval Illumination
I love the drawing of the little guy ringing the bell.
From Sentiment to Sacrament: Reclaiming Sacred Music for the Wedding Mass
“She could very well be the beauty, but my heavens, what does the groom look like?!”
“Versions of the Psalter” • Jeff Interviews Top Biblical Scholar: Dr. Mark Giszczak
Including a special release—“Rare as a Unicorn”—Pius XII Psalter in Latin and English (1,545 pages).
Summer 2026 • “Gregorian Chant Course” at Aquinas College (Nashville, TN)
Participants who complete registration and submit full payment by May 1 receive a discounted registration fee.
PDF Download • Simplified Keyboard Accompaniments for Lenten Hymns
There’s nothing wrong with simplicity—so long as the music itself is inspired, memorable, dignified, and singable.
Ending Good Friday on “Mi” … ?
I’ve always loved this variant.
“Innsbruck Hymn” • Bach Saint Matthew Passion
Singers just love this melody!
Dr. Tappan • Answers + Analysis: My “Inquiry” For Music Directors (3,087 words)
“This spring my chorister program will see the first priest ordained from our former chorister ranks.” —Dr. Tappan
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Music List • “5th Sunday of Easter” (Year A)
Readers have expressed interest in examining my “music list” for this coming Sunday.
PDF Download • Communion for Sunday
Such a shame it only comes every three years…
Season’s End Repertoire
I’m trailing the timeline and need to close the distance.
PDF Download • “Funeral Procession”
Funeral Procession drawn by Simon Bening, a mediæval artist who died in 1561.
Simplified Accomp. • Schubert’s “Ave Maria.”
A simplified keyboard accompaniment for Franz Schubert’s “Ave Maria.”
PDF Download • “Anima Christi”
I received a request for this organ accompaniment…