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Including a live recording of a hymn about a donkey. (Not kidding!)
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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).
Including a live recording of a hymn about a donkey. (Not kidding!)
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There is a “hidden rule” about Roman Catholic Hymnals.
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A live recording of the Church’s oldest Latin Eucharistic hymn.
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Is this normal? (Answer: “yes”)

“Feria Quinta” — which day is that? … Be honest.
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I fail to see how such a position can be defended…
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Paul Inwood has unwittingly committed a rookie’s error here…
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In an emergency, we pull out random hymns from the Brébeuf hymnal. The Brébeuf choral supplement has every single verse—every single verse—written out, which makes reading SATB a breeze. Last Sunday, we pulled out an Easter hymn which is a mix between plainsong and metrical hymnody…and I think this live recording came out nicely! Please […]
My friends, for the record, this coming Sunday has something which is pretty rare. It is an example of Abbey of Saint-Pierre de Solesmes adding an ictus marking to their previous (1908) version of the Graduale Romanum. You can examine before and after. Do I feel better, having pointing this out? I absolutely do…
Church musicians: Is this what we’re doing wrong?
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We did both versions: One is quite popular, the other less so.
Folks, this is pretty cool.

Talk about whatever subject you desire…except musical “style”—because doing so might get you killed.
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…you be the judge…

Currently, 759 people dislike his article, while only 73 support it.
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