Musical Resources • 9th Sunday after Pentecost (Extraordinary Form)
The organist will play softly at the Offertory.
Articles
The “Little Rock Nine” & Sacred Music
How could closing down all the schools be a good plan?
Fr. Robert E. Barron To Be Made A Bishop!
Three new auxiliary bishops for Los Angeles!
Fr. Carlo Rossini Is Wrong About “EU”
You can sleep soundly at night, knowing how to correctly pronounce “hagióque pnéumate.”
“Sacred Vs. Secular Music” • Fr. John C. Selner
“…like man, Mary, you are IN—really cool among women.”
Is Renaissance Music Too Expressive For Holy Mass?
“To thee do we send up our sighs, mourning and weeping in this valley of tears.”
Videos • Bishop-Elect Robert Barron on the Liturgy
People should not be coming to Mass for the emotional high
Should Children Have To Audition?
There is a proper balance between an impossibly hard formal audition and the usual “any child can join” policy that exists in the typical parish children’s choir.
Vesting Prayers • Part 3 of 9
The Amice
Church Needs “Disposable Art” Created To Last “Not Centuries, But Weeks (Or Hours).”
Fr. Robert W. Hovda argues that “Little Green Apples” can be sung during Mass.
Warm ups
Starting off choir practice with a game or two. Then a prayer before choir practice.
Summer Sacred Music Workshop 2015
Summer Sacred Music Workshop in Jasper, GA, on August 15.
Carpeting Is the Enemy of Congregational Singing
The removal of carpeting is the most effective way to improve many aspects of the liturgy. Externally, what benefits most is congregational singing.
Musical Resources • 8th Sunday after Pentecost (Extraordinary Form)
“The master in this Gospel is praising, not the wrongful act of the unfaithful steward, but the peculiar astuteness with which he makes friends who will be useful when things go amiss.” (Maredsous N. T.)
Afterthoughts on the Colloquium
Some afterthoughts on the Sacred Music Colloquium XXV