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A hymnal out of print for fifty years has been scanned by Mr. Colin E. Jackson!
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A theorist, organist, and conductor, Jeff Ostrowski holds his B.M. in Music Theory from the University of Kansas (2004). He completed studies in Education and Musicology at the graduate level. Having worked as a church musician in Los Angeles for ten years, in 2024 he accepted a position as choirmaster for Saint Mary of the Immaculate Conception in Michigan, where he resides with his wife and children. —Read full biography (with photographs).
A hymnal out of print for fifty years has been scanned by Mr. Colin E. Jackson!

…including a failed descant from 1983.

It’s disturbing to realize that Mass was offered like this in some places.

Singular or Plural?

They sure did sing with gusto in those days!

“To the man of cultivated taste, they are displeasing—and in some cases even offensive…”

Creating a metrical translation like that, so very literal, is stupefyingly difficult.

This Canon, attributed to William Byrd, was greatly admired by Beethoven and Mozart.

Recorded by participants at the 2018 Symposium!

Our profession is not an easy one.

…recorded on a device located at the very back of Church.

Can you name this hymn melody?

About 450 people attended the Mass on Friday night

This year’s Symposium has begun…with a bang!

Can you improvise?
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