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Jeff Ostrowski • Article Archive

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).

Jeff Ostrowski · May 13, 2025

PDF Download • “Entrance Chant” for the Fifth Sunday of Easter

I’m not a bishop. I’m not even a priest. I’m a husband & father who just wants to make it to heaven.

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Jeff Ostrowski · May 12, 2025

“Sanctus XVIII” • Peculiar-Yet-Haunting Accompaniment (Sent To Us)

“When the Vatican Edition began coming off the press in 1905, its strongest supporters did not expect it to last until 1960…” —Mons. Schmitt

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Jeff Ostrowski · May 10, 2025

“Music List” • 4th Sunday of Easter (Year C)

Readers have expressed interest in examining the “music list” I prepared for this coming Sunday.

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Jeff Ostrowski · May 8, 2025

Cardinal Prevost (Pope Leo XIV) “Privately Offered the TLM in His Private Chapel”

Allegedly, the source of this information “had the only indult to say the TLM at the USCCB office in Baltimore back in the 1990s.”

Jeff Ostrowski · May 8, 2025

“Entrance Chant” • 4th Sunday of Easter

This “Entrance Chant” is used during liturgical years A, B, and C.

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Jeff Ostrowski · May 6, 2025

Music List • “Repertoire for Weddings”

When couples are getting married, they often request musical guidance.

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Jeff Ostrowski · May 6, 2025

Beginning a Men’s Schola

I feel like we have a great start…

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Jeff Ostrowski · May 5, 2025

“Basic Catechism of Gregorian Chant” • Fifteen Questions Answered

“Kids, you’re only on this floating rock for a very short time.”

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Jeff Ostrowski · May 5, 2025

“Reminder” — Month of May (2025)

Since a new month has arrived, it’s my pleasure to remind you that…

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Jeff Ostrowski · May 4, 2025

“Music List” • 3rd Sunday of Easter (Year C)

Readers have expressed interest in examining the “music list” I prepared for this coming Sunday.

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Jeff Ostrowski · May 2, 2025

Communion (3rd Sunday of Easter)

This piece is sung by either all men or all women.

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Jeff Ostrowski · April 29, 2025

“Entrance Chant” • 3rd Sunday of Easter

This “Entrance Chant” is used during liturgical years A, B, and C.

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Jeff Ostrowski · April 27, 2025

“Simple English Propers” • Error this Sunday?

Did the good of the Church “genuinely and certainly” require this confusing change in 1970?

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Jeff Ostrowski · April 26, 2025

PDF Download • “Extremely Rare” — German Organ Accompaniment for Hymnal (158 pages)

This year, we did something unusual.

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Jeff Ostrowski · April 23, 2025

“Reminder” — Month of April (2025)

Since a new month has arrived, it’s my pleasure to remind you that…

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President’s Corner

    Sacred Music “Pro Tip”
    Our website welcomes millions of visitors, yet surprisingly few find their way to the actual blog page itself. If you are among them, bookmark it today. Numerous articles and resources await you—but these treasures belong to those who explore each article, not merely its title. The headline is only the doorway; the substance lies within.
    —Jeff Ostrowski
    Music List • (29th Sund. Ordinary Time)
    Readers have expressed interest in seeing the ORDER OF MUSIC which I created for this coming Sunday, the 29th Sunday in Ordinary Time (Year A). If such a thing interests you, feel free to download it as a PDF file. The INTROIT for this Sunday explains why this Sunday is called “Apple Sunday.” As we approach the end of the liturgical year, most of the INTROITS seem to be in Mode III or Mode IV, which are ‘haunting’ tones.
    —Jeff Ostrowski
    “Holy, Holy, Holy” transposed lower

    A simple setting based on a work by Canon Jules Vyverman.

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    —Jeff Ostrowski

Quick Thoughts

    PDF • “Singers’ Booklet” (26 Pages)

    This is a ‘messy’ booklet in terms of its formatting, but it’s only ever seen by the singers—not members of the congregation.

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    —Jeff Ostrowski
    Preface of Saint Joseph (added by the pope)

    You can see the “Præfatio de Sancto Joseph” inserted directly into the priest’s missal.

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    —Jeff Ostrowski
    “Predictable Rhymes?” • A Follow Up
    We received considerable correspondence regarding my article, Two Ways to Defile a Hymn. More specifically, what really raised certain people’s hackles was its follow-up article dealing with the keyboard accompaniment for the CHRIST THE KING HYMNAL. But to quote Eliza Doolittle: “Have I said anything I oughtn’t?” Please examine this PDF file and see whether you agree. Were the editors of the BRÉBEUF HYMNAL incorrect to insist upon sophisticated and clever rhymes, rather than mind-numbingly predictable rhymes?
    —Jeff Ostrowski

Random Quote

The liturgical reform bears absolutely no relation to what is called “desacralization” and in no way intends to lend support to the phenomenon of “secularizing the world.” Accordingly the rites must retain their dignity, spirit of reverence, and sacred character.

— Sacred Congregation for Divine Worship (5 September 1970)

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