The Highlight Of My “Sacred Music Journey”
“I’ll be instructing participants in plainsong and Palestrina.” —Corrinne May
Re: “O Magnum Mysterium” by Lauridsen
Nothing quite like singing for two (2) Apostolic nuncios!
“Imagine You’re Out of Rehearsal Time but Desperately Need a Hymn for Advent…”
“I had such fun recording the vocals for these rehearsal videos.” —Corrinne May
“A Coming Together of My Two Choral Worlds…”
Readers might get some ‘programming ideas’ from the list of pieces we sang.
National Catholic Register Features Our Own!
“I listened to his composition in awe.” —Corrinne May
Can I Just Say?
Many of the choristers could not read music. How were they doing this?
“On Eagles’ Wings?” • I Found Something Better!
The songs and hymns were pleasantly familiar … to the point where after twelve years I could play by heart every song in the ‘Breaking Bread’ hymnal.
Mary is the Immaculate Conception … does that mean that God loves her more?
The 4th Sunday of Advent is dedicated to Mary.
Help Me Banish ‘Wimpy’ Hymn Texts!
Preparing this blog, I discovered interesting snippets about the hymn, the composer, the translator, and even the poet who penned these lines in Latin!
“My Reflections” • Re: 2022 Symposium Keynote
“I ended up spending hours, transcribing each and every word from Father Fryar’s Symposium lecture. Although it took many hours, I relished the process.” —Corrinne May
(Installment #9) “Catholic Hymnals” • Corrinne May
I searched through the pages and could not find any reference to who put this hymn compilation together—although it seems to have been created about 30 years ago…
That Little Tabernacle Light
Many of the faithful here have not partaken of the Eucharist for many, many months.
Biography • Corrinne May
Corrinne holds a B.M in Songwriting from the Berklee College of Music in Boston and a B.A in English Literature (Hons.) from the National University of Singapore.