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In my view, this one falls within the “Top Ten” list of Christmas carols.
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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).

In my view, this one falls within the “Top Ten” list of Christmas carols.

As 2024 comes to a close, we could really use your financial support…

“My most important vocation is not that of a musician but as a husband and a father to my four children.” —Richard J. Clark

Since a new month has arrived, it’s my pleasure to remind you that…
This Introit is in the first mode.

It strikes me as quite “Adventy”—for lack of a better term.
Kyrie XVII: “In dominicis Adventus et Quadragesimae.”
Readers have expressed interest in perusing the “music list” I’ve prepared for this feast.

Rachmaninoff said: “Nine hours? That’s nothing. For a period of my life, I used to practice 17 hours a day.”

Who can explain this?

Father Mathias served as organist for Strasburg Cathedral, where he founded the “Saint Leo Institute for Church Music” in 1913.

This was inspired by Florentinus Peeters (d. 1986).

The book is called: “Cantica Sacra: Hymns for the children of the Catholic Church.”
Some have asked which version…

This Introit is in mode iii, which some consider the most beautiful.
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