“Proper Of The Mass” (Ignatius Press) • Part 1 of 7
Fr. Samuel Weber is undoubtedly one of the modern masters of setting English chant.
Articles
Should Church Singers Be Paid?
Practice Videos for KYRIE “Impleta Sunt”—based on a piece by Giovanni Pierluigi da Palestrina.
Nixon, Watergate, & Singing The Mass Propers
Ehrlichman, Haldeman, Dean, Nixon, and others made tons of money writing and speaking about Watergate.
The Madeleine Choir School
This institution is truly forming Catholic musicians for the future.
Don’t Tell Me What You Can Do: Show Me
Directing a choir is extremely difficult. The obstacles often seem insurmountable.
Cardinal Dolan Vested In Ferriola?
Can someone who knows about vestments confirm this?
Sacra Liturgia USA 2015
An International Conference on Liturgical Formation in Light of the New Evangelization
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.
Let This Holy Building Shake with Joy!
Sometimes everything comes together. How is this achieved? Here are a few ways.
Easter Vigil Readings With Dancer • St. Patrick Catholic Church (Seattle, Washington)
I was surprised to see composer David Haas comment on facebook in support of this.
The Universal Music
A little reflection on the universality of Sacred Music after Holy Week…
First Look Images! • “Proper Of The Mass” By Fr. Samuel F. Weber
This 1,292 page book is much thinner than I had anticipated.
Fascinating Videos From 1958 • Mass Sung In English!
A “Dialogue” Low Mass with singing (c. 1958) by choristers of St Mary’s Cathedral, Sydney.
Photographs • FSSP Holy Triduum in Los Angeles (2015)
Notice how the priest, dressed in cope, is engulfed in darkness at the beginning of the Easter Vigil—except for candles burning.