Dr. Hamilton • “Totally Random (But Hopefully Not Useless) Thoughts About Choirs”
We must gauge rehearsal time so as not to totally bore the skilled members, while still making sure to do what’s needed to help lesser-skilled members.
Has this all been our fault?
It seems to me that our responsibility of teaching the Faith through music is much more serious than is commonly perceived.
Reflections On A Prophetic Document
There is much here to contemplate, written by a man with a deep reverence for the Sacred Liturgy and Music of the church…
(Installment #5) “Catholic Hymnals” • Dr. Gregory Hamilton
The word “hymn” is one of the earliest music words in all languages…
Biography • Dr. Gregory Hamilton
Dr. Gregory Hamilton is a widely published composer and accomplished performer currently on the faculty of Holy Trinity Seminary in Dallas TX.
Repeating Repertoire? • Dr. Hamilton
Psalm 51 occurs a dozen times in the lectionary during the year, for such diverse days such as St. Thomas Aquinas, weekdays during ordinary Time, many days in Lent, and the Easter Vigil.
Psalms, Psalmody, Psalmists, Psalm Singing
Some of you may not know, but in seminaries and houses of religious, the 150 psalms are still recited or sung every month.
Secret Sympathy
“Our souls are moved to the ardor of piety by the sacred words more piously and powerfully when these words are sung…” —St. Augustine
“Performance” and the Liturgy.
I have sometimes been told that I was “performing” in the Liturgy, and this has made me think about the meaning of this term and why people say it…
Of Weddings, Funerals and other Comedies
A lot of what we do in serving our communities is rather unglamorous…
Beauty in the Service of the Lord
“Recently, playing a prelude before a Mass, I thought of the preeminence of beauty in our faith.” —Dr. Hamilton