Colloquium 2016 • Day 2
Explanatory Images from Wilko Brouwers
Gregorian Chant
Guide for Large-Scale Celebrations
10 Points from a Newly Translated Document
A Mini History of the Sequences
At the height of their usage, there were proper sequences for nearly every Sunday and feast day.
Taking the easy way out, relatively speaking
Starting a collection of easier propers for the Extraordinary Form. A pair of Alleluias and two Offertory antiphons to start the ball rolling.
Gems in Latin and English
Five books providing our treasured Latin hymns with English translations to help you sing with understanding.
Colloquium Friends & Chant Workshops
“Adventus Dona” in the Diocese of San Diego
Restoring A Sense of the Sacred to the Mass
A Great Article over at One Peter Five
Is Recorded Music Okay for Children?
There is a prevalent notion that young people somehow need to be accommodated in the work of divine worship. As a former child, I find this to be an errant hankering.
Colloquium Update IV
The Glories of A Single Proper
Mass in Honor of the Blessed Virgin Mary, Star of the Sea
Michael Olbash’s “Mass in Honor of the Blessed Virgin Mary, Star of the Sea” demonstrates the mandate of Pope Saint Pius X that music for the liturgy be Sacred, Beautiful, and Universal.
Misereris omnium | Ash Wednesday Introit
Few parishes are willing to sing Gregorian Introits for the Entrance Procession, but it is SIGNIFICANT that the very first Introit of Lent sings of God’s infinite MERCY.
Preparing for Lent
Renewing the adventure of exploring Gregorian chant by making recordings.
Color by “Neum”ber
A Gregorian chant workbook for kids (there’s one for adults too).
Disparagement Is Not Helping the Cause of Liturgical Reform
Disparagement is not catechesis. It is destructive. If we are to catechize and evangelize, we must put God first, not our own preferences. Meanwhile, we must catechize and strive for the ideal.
Youth in Favor of Sacred Music
Not a Negligible Niche
Is Chant Just for Old-Heads?
The NY Frassati Fellowship Chant Workshop
Chant Behind Bars
Might Chant Scholas Flourish in Prisons?
Uh Oh … How do you spell “Ressurection” ?
The new Gregorian Missal (Solesmes, 2012) is a marvelous book.
“In Medio Ecclesiae” Album Release
The Dominican House of Studies schola has just released its first album, In Medio Ecclesiae, under the aegis of the newly founded Dominicana Records. The album is available now for download at www.dominicanablog.com/records; CD purchase coming soon.
The Secret “Mora Vocis” of the Vatican Edition
Here are seven (7) videos explaining how to sing according to the rhythm of the Editio Vaticana (Vatican Edition) created by Abbot Pothier at the request of Pope Pius X.