PDF Download • “Order of Music” (Funerals)
I have made some changes to my “musical list” for funerals.
Archives for December 2024
PDF Download • “The First Nowell” in Latin — Simplified Version (2024) for Choir & Organ
If you have items you’d like to learn (such as how to make multi-track rehearsal videos) please email them to us.
‘Live’ Audio Sample (Dec. 2024)
It’s ‘live’—so you can hear babies crying, the sound of the priest incensing the altar, and so forth.
PDF • “Music List” for the 3rd Sunday of Advent
Readers have expressed interest in perusing the “music list” I’ve prepared for this coming Sunday.
Church Keys Old and New
Musical scholars are divide on whether the modes are a useful way to think about music, but I’m convinced they are. In the seventeenth century, musicians created a fruitful and lasting link between the eight modes and eight particular keys called the church keys.
PDF Download • “What Child Is This?” (SATB arr.)
In my view, this one falls within the “Top Ten” list of Christmas carols.
CCW • Appeal at Year’s End
As 2024 comes to a close, we could really use your financial support…
An Organ-Less Advent
“It results in a heavy burden being placed upon musicians to ensure that whatever they do is well-liked by all—lest the faithful complain (seemingly the great worry of many priests).” —Dr. Lucas Tappan
Richard J. Clark Featured in ‘Boston Pilot’ Newspaper: “Our Children & Sacred Music”
“My most important vocation is not that of a musician but as a husband and a father to my four children.” —Richard J. Clark
35 Children Chanting “Sálve Regína” From Memory
“This particular article talked about the Catholic Church in Milwaukee…” —Julie Huebner
Re: Sacred Music Symposium 2025
Since a new month has arrived, it’s my pleasure to remind you that…
Announcement of Easter & the Moveable Feasts • El Anuncio de la Pascua y Fiestas Movibles • 2025
Epiphany Proclamation scores and practice videos in English and Spanish
“Entrance Chant” • 3rd Sunday of Advent
This Introit is in the first mode.
Epiphany Proclamation 2025
Each year, without fail, someone asks me to typeset the Epiphany Proclamation, an announcement of moveable feasts chanted each year on the feast of the Epiphany. As a result, you may now find an archive of 23 such proclamations in PDF ready to print HERE.
For The Record …
It strikes me as quite “Adventy”—for lack of a better term.