Memento Rerum Conditor
The hymn most frequently appearing in the Little Office of the Blessed Virgin Mary has finally made it to youtube!
The difference between Anything and Everything.
Where free choice can lead to chaos or paralysis.
Taking the easy way out, relatively speaking
Starting a collection of easier propers for the Extraordinary Form. A pair of Alleluias and two Offertory antiphons to start the ball rolling.
Lest we forget
Encouraging solemnity in a public space in Australia is no mean feat, but there are well known traditions which give the framework which elevates the simple, heartfelt speeches into a moving tribute to our fallen service men and women.
“Proper Of The Mass” (Ignatius Press) • Part 3 of 7
We have the treasury of sacred music to steer us. We have computers to help adapt scores to suit our choirs. And now we have an excellent resource which provides ready made adaptations of the Propers.
How did your Holy Week go?
Singing for the Sacred Triduum and Easter ceremonies is an awesome privilege. Coming out the other side can be very sweet indeed, even when things didn’t always go quite as planned.
Scales and counterpoint
Two part choir exercises – one for every day of the year plus a few dozen to spare.
Gems in Latin and English
Five books providing our treasured Latin hymns with English translations to help you sing with understanding.
A Homely Slant on Bertalot’s Sight-Singing
Is sight-singing only for elite choirs? Do you need fancy resources?
Solfege? There’s an app for that.
“Excuse me, I have to go work on my green belt.”
Permission Needed to Replace the Propers?—(2 of 7)
How modernism effects music and babies. And how UNICEF is like the Catholic Church.
The modern armchair chant scribes
A great source of chant snippets for your booklets as well as a way to make the internet a better place.
Motets and Midi practice tracks
The search for practice tracks for Jesu Rex Admirabilis yielded a treasure trove of choir resources.
Lord of the World
A highly recommended book which relies on some background knowledge of sacred music.
Preparing for Candlemas
Your one-week-to-go guide to preparing for Candlemas.