The Ingredients of a Choir School (Part II)
A choir school can be an immense help toward our goal of establishing a liturgical choir worthy of its name.
Jesus said to them: “I have come into this world so that a sentence may fall upon it, that those who are blind should see, and those who see should become blind. If you were blind, you would not be guilty. It is because you protest, ‘We can see clearly,’ that you cannot be rid of your guilt.”
Dr. Lucas Tappan is a conductor and organist whose specialty is working with children. He lives in Kansas with his wife and four children.—Read full biography (with photographs).
A choir school can be an immense help toward our goal of establishing a liturgical choir worthy of its name.
Perhaps if we invested in better music in our parishes the Good New would be spread more effectively.
If I were to use English settings of the Propers of the Mass, this would be my go-to book!
Are you a priest, are you a music director? Perhaps God is calling YOU!
I would still love to see a choir of this quality in every major Catholic church in America.
The Schola Cantorum will join the Sistine Chapel Choir, along with a number of other children choirs, to sing for Pope Francis’ Mass on January 6.
I have personally reached the point where I am not willing to compromise on this issue with my choristers.
This fall, Most Pure Heart of Mary Catholic School in Kansas will become the third Catholic Choir School in the United States.
Oh, what would it be like to give my choristers a new motet and then lift my hands and go? Oh wait, we already do that.
This year one, a seminarian from our parish is being ordained. He requested that we sing the Propers for his first Mass.
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