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A Few More Thoughts on the Chorister Audition

Dr. Lucas Tappan · July 30, 2015

At the end of the audition, most of the students experience a great sense of accomplishment and really consider it an honor to be accepted into the choir!

Filed Under: Articles Last Updated: January 1, 2020

In Memoriam: Dr. Lucy E. Carroll, DMA

Fr. David Friel · June 28, 2015

Lucy was a friend and mentor to me, and I would like to share with you a little bit of her story.

Filed Under: Articles Tagged With: Catholic Youth Choirs, Helen Hull Hitchcock Adoremus, Liturgy of the Second Vatican Council, Passing on Tradition Last Updated: January 1, 2020

The Ingredients of a Choir School (Part II)

Dr. Lucas Tappan · May 12, 2015

A choir school can be an immense help toward our goal of establishing a liturgical choir worthy of its name.

Filed Under: Articles Last Updated: January 1, 2020

St. Thomas Choir School, NYC

Dr. Lucas Tappan · April 27, 2015

Perhaps if we invested in better music in our parishes the Good New would be spread more effectively.

Filed Under: Articles Last Updated: January 1, 2020

The Madeleine Choir School

Dr. Lucas Tappan · April 13, 2015

This institution is truly forming Catholic musicians for the future.

Filed Under: Articles Last Updated: January 1, 2020

Do You Know The Hymn Of Saint Casimir?

Jeff Ostrowski · March 24, 2015

The *original* meter & rhyme scheme were miraculously kept in English, Polish, Greek, French, Spanish, Italian, and Hungarian!

Filed Under: Articles Last Updated: February 11, 2021

Regensburger Domspatzen

Dr. Lucas Tappan · March 23, 2015

I would still love to see a choir of this quality in every major Catholic church in America.

Filed Under: Articles Last Updated: January 1, 2020

Bertalot’s 5 Wheels (Part 1 of 2)

Dr. Lucas Tappan · March 12, 2015

I have personally reached the point where I am not willing to compromise on this issue with my choristers.

Filed Under: Articles Last Updated: January 1, 2020

What If You Never Again Had To “Teach” Your Choir Notes?

Dr. Lucas Tappan · February 12, 2015

“I think of Edison trying a thousand different times to create the light bulb and failing each time.” —Dr. Tappan

Filed Under: Articles Last Updated: January 1, 2020

Short And Simple Organ Postludes & Preludes

Jeff Ostrowski · January 9, 2015

Many of you asked me to share the results, which I have done below.

Filed Under: Articles Last Updated: January 1, 2020

The Actual Authentic Writing Of Palestrina

Jeff Ostrowski · December 3, 2014

Colin Mawby, former Master of Music at Westminster Cathedral, travels to Rome in this video, letting you see an original manuscript of Palestrina.

Filed Under: Articles Last Updated: January 1, 2020

What Will ICEL Do Next?

Fr. David Friel · November 23, 2014

Msgr. Andrew Wadsworth gives details on what ICEL is doing now that the Roman Missal project has been completed.

Filed Under: Articles Tagged With: Compline, ICEL New Translation of the Roman Missal, Reform of the Reform, Roman Missal Third Edition, USCCB Secretariat of Divine Worship Last Updated: January 1, 2020

PDF Download: Extremely Rare Catholic Hymnal From London (1948)

Jeff Ostrowski · October 7, 2014

A 355-page collection of English hymns by musicians from Westminster and Solesmes.

Filed Under: Articles Tagged With: Jean de Brebeuf Hymnal, Roman Catholic Hymnals Last Updated: January 1, 2020

Peace and St Francis

Veronica Brandt · October 4, 2014

St Francis worked for peace through prayer. If by singing we pray twice, then this collection of music could multiply our efforts today!

Filed Under: Articles Last Updated: January 1, 2020

Unforgivable Sins

Jeff Ostrowski · September 29, 2014

The great Achilles’ heel of church musicians.

Filed Under: Articles Tagged With: Monsignor Ronald Knox Traditional Mass Last Updated: January 1, 2020

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    15th Sunday in Ordinary Time (Year C)
    This coming Sunday—13 July 2025—is the 15th Sunday in Ordinary Time (Year C). All the chants have been conveniently assembled and posted at the feasts website. The OFFERTORY, Ad Te Levávi, is particularly beautiful.
    —Jeff Ostrowski
    Music Director Job • $80,000 per year
    Our readers will be interested in this job offering for Music Director at Saint Adalbert’s Basilica, located 40 minutes from where I live. My pastor was recently elevated to this basilica. He is offering $80,000 per year, plus benefits. I’m told Saint Adalbert’s Basilica is utterly gorgeous and contains one of America’s most magnificent pipe organs. It would be fantastic to have a colleague nearby!
    —Jeff Ostrowski
    Simplest “Agnus Dei” Ever Published
    Our choir is on break during the month of July. I needed a relatively simple “Agnus Dei,” so I composed this setting for organ & voice in honor of Saint René Goupil. It has been called the simplest setting ever composed. I love CARMEN GREGORIANUM (“Gregorian Chant”), especially the ALLELUIAS, INTROITS, and COMMUNION ANTIPHONS. That being said, some have pointed out that certain sections of the Kyriale aren’t as strong as the Graduale or Vesperale. There’s a reason for this—but it would be too complicated to explain at this moment.
    —Jeff Ostrowski

Quick Thoughts

    Pope Pius XII Hymnal?
    Have you ever heard of the Pope Pius XII Hymnal? It’s a real book, published in the United States in 1959. Here’s a sample page so you can verify with your own eyes it existed.
    —Corpus Christi Watershed
    “Hybrid” Chant Notation?
    Over the years, many have tried to ‘simplify’ plainsong notation. The O’Fallon Propers attempted to simplify the notation—but ended up making matters worse. Dr. Karl Weinmann tried to do the same in the time of Pope Saint Pius X by replacing each porrectus. You can examine a specimen from his edition and see whether you agree he complicated matters. In particular, look at what he did with éxsules fílii Hévae.
    —Corpus Christi Watershed
    Antiphons Don’t Match?
    A reader wants to know why the Entrance and Communion antiphons in certain publications deviate from what’s prescribed by the GRADUALE ROMANUM published after Vatican II. Click here to read our answer. The short answer is: the Adalbert Propers were never intended to be sung. They were intended for private Masses only (or Masses without music). The “Graduale Parvum,” published by the John Henry Newman Institute of Liturgical Music in 2023, mostly uses the Adalbert Propers—but sometimes uses the GRADUALE text: e.g. Solemnity of Saints Peter and Paul (29 June).
    —Corpus Christi Watershed

Random Quote

“Now with the elimination of Latin, the choirs that performed the treasures of sacred music are dying. Someone remarked that the study of sacred music is the history of its disappearance. In place of the authentic music demanded by the Vatican Council, all kinds of secular forms and inferior dance and combo music are heard.”

— Monsignor Richard J. Schuler (1971)

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