Solmization from the Inside
What if we take medieval music pedagogy seriously? Do its methods have anything to offer us today?
Gregorian Chant
Musical Notation for New EF Prefaces
Facilitating the chanting of the seven prefaces permitted by “Quo magis”
Thou Hast Saved the Good Wine until Now
Reflections on the communion chant for the Second Sunday after Epiphany
Start the New Year Right with a Spectacular Alleluia
If you attend the Extraordinary Form, the Alleluia for the Octave of the Nativity will enable you to start the New Year with a bang.
The Prophet Baruch: Surge, Ierusalem, Look to the East!
The communion chant for the Second Sunday of Advent, together with the introit and offertory, invite us to reflect on the Holy City, Jerusalem.
PDF Download • Several Useful Plainsong Books
“Variae Preces” (1892) — “Cantus Varii” (1902) — “Cantus Varii” (1928) — “Cantus Selecti” (1957)
Place Me Among the Sheep, Not the Goats
The Dies Irae is part of why my choir prefers singing Requiems to Nuptial Masses. Here’s why you should spend a few minutes with this Sequence on All Souls Day.
Sacred Music Boot Camp 2020
Three days of practical chant instruction and immersion in the treasury of Catholic sacred music
Solesmes Publishes “Antiphonale Romanum I” for Lauds
This 2020 chant edition makes possible the chanting of Lauds according to the Liturgy of the Hours.
Graduale Renovatum: New Resource Brings Chant Rhythm to Life
These intuitive manuscripts give singers the information they need to bring out the oft-ignored nuances of chant rhythm.
Why Are You a Church Musician, Anyway?
(Keven Smith) • Now is the perfect time for us all to stop and reflect on where we came from as church musicians. What was it that first made you interested in singing, directing, or playing the organ?+
Real Life in a Large Church Choir Program (Part IV of IV)
We come now to the final installment in my series on our music program at St. Stephen the First Martyr Catholic Church in Sacramento, California.
Chanting and Spiritual Health
In a time of contagion and social unrest, we need plainchant more than ever, even when we stay home.
Sister Goodchild • “Gregorian Chant for Church and School”
This 130-page book can be downloaded for free.
“Society of Saint Bede” • Free Liturgical Resources
From what I can tell, the website has been around since 2012.
Real Life in a Large Church Choir Program (Part II)
Yes, children as young as seven or eight will focus and listen as you’re teaching them solfege scales, rhythm patterns, beautiful Latin vowels, and more!
Regina Caeli: How Good do you Need to Be to Sing Polyphony?
To sing at Mass though, you need more than just being able to finish together.
In Which a Neo-Pagan Converts
I could feel that this Glory was immense, and mysterious, and real. But I could not quite grasp what that meant for me or what I should even do about it.
In Gratitude for Choral Singers
I am deeply grateful to faith-filled choral singers because of their willingness to understand these 10 things
New Resource! • Chant Videos for Treble Voices
A new website seeks to record the full Gregorian propers each week using a treble voice.