What Happens When A Choirmaster Gets Sad?
Our profession is not an easy one.
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(Video) • Closing Mass of Symposium 2018
…recorded on a device located at the very back of Church.
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iPhone Clip • “Sight-Reading Hymns”
Can you name this hymn melody?
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(Recorded Live) • “Agnus Dei” at the Symposium
About 450 people attended the Mass on Friday night
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iPhone Clip • From Sacred Music Symposium 2018
This year’s Symposium has begun…with a bang!
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“Come Holy Ghost” • Improvisation
Can you improvise?
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“No, I was taught that in school…”
The famous wit of William F. Buckley Jr. is quite conspicuous in this clip.
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Sanctus & Benedictus • “Ave Maris Stella” (Victoria)
We’ve released rehearsal videos for the Kyrie—today, we release the Sanctus & Benedictus!
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CCW Receives Praise … on Television!
An excellent series on Church music
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Is The Brébeuf Hymnal Too Scrupulous?
Why so much deliberation over every choice? Why so much discussion about a single stanza, or even a single word?
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How Serious Are They About The Accent?
Mode 7 is one of the “tricky” psalm tones.
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Can Plainsong Be Harmonized? • (Rehearsal Video)
I included several nasty “Medicæa” harmonizations from the 19th century…
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Rehearsal videos • Missa “Ave Maris Stella” (Victoria)
The Alto line goes down low a few times—but in those days, men might have sung this.
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“Outer Space Hymn” (1966) • In A Catholic Hymnal
Discussion of horrible things that have (sadly) appeared in Catholic hymnals, such as: “And as we float along through outer space, | Past galaxies aglow in dark’s embrace, | Toward other worlds where brothers may await, | Do care for us now in our weightless state.” (Imprimatur 1966)+
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Los Angeles • Audio Excerpts from Solemn Mass
Posting choral singing captured by a pocket recorder is always risky…
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