Music Leads Us to Heaven
Franz Schubert’s famous art song, “An die Musik”
Articles
2nd Sunday after Epiphany • Saint Vitus Parish (LA)
“New evidence of wondrous pow’r | Behold in Cana’s marriage-dow’r; | Swift its own nature to resign, | The water blushes into wine.” —Msgr. Knox
Trappist Monks in Hong Kong Chanting
Monks in Hong Kong chanting parts of the Missa “Cum Jubilo”…
Bishop Barron Vs. Hymn by Marty Haugen (2018)
“Heaven is not light-years away; that’s a silly way to think about it.” —Most Rev’d Robert Barron
“Church Music Manifesto” (2019)
Mass should be a peaceful experience for the congregation, not an opportunity to be harassed.
Two February Workshops
A Symposium in Chicago and the Winter Pastoral Chant Conference in Indiana
New England Catholic Choral Festival & Mass • 2019
It’s never just about the music. It’s about formation and transformation.
“How To Use The Brébeuf Hymnal” (Video)
Yay! Short tutorial videos eradicate confusion!
“Missa de Angelis” • But in Iroquoian! (1865)
Many people don’t realize that gorgeous plainsong books were printed in the 19th century…but they were not in Latin.
“Mister Eye” • Do You Mind Him?
What do you think of “eye rhymes” in hymnody?
Marcel Dupré • “Live” Recording (2 Feb 1964)
A recording of Bach’s A-minor Prelude & Fugue made by the master at age 78.
New Chair of Sacred Music at US Seminary
Dr. Nathan Knutson will inaugurate this new position.
PDF Booklet • Christmas Midnight Mass (36 pages)
It looks so simple when placed in a booklet like that…
Hope • A Side of the Boston Cathedral No One Sees
As the “Mother Church” of the Archdiocese of Boston, the Cathedral of the Holy Cross has a side that is often unseen and overlooked.
The Most Popular Hymn Tunes? • A List
I could not have been more thrilled to see this list—those are exactly the tunes I love!