Choirs & Singers With Spread Vowels — Best Example Ever!
When teaching your choir to hear the difference between “spread” vowels & proper choral vowels, use this example.
Articles
Dan Schutte’s “Missa My Little Pony” (2nd Part)
My original article was shared 4,000 times and generated a surprising amount of hate mail.
Weddings: Some Practical Advice – The Very Beginning, Part 1
Some thoughts on the Introductory Rites for the Nuptial Mass.
Tu Es Petrus
A common mistake I find in Catholic literature is the belief that if you defend Pope Francis it means you are against Pope emeritus Benedict XVI, and vice versa.
NBC “Meet The Press” & Catholic Church Music
At the program’s conclusion, I felt dumber than when I’d started watching.
Pope John Paul II Wearing The Cappa Magna (As Cardinal Wojtyla)
The most marvelous uniform I’ve seen was the one worn by Prince Charles when he married Diana.
Photo: Church Music Association of America (1964)
This historic photograph was taken at the organizational meeting for the CMAA the same year “Inter Oecumenici” was issued by the Vatican.
Let’s bury the term “highbrow”
Wherein Veronica rails against the public perception of traditional Church music and hopes to break down barriers to unleash the joy planted by musicians of earlier ages.
The Art of Negotiation in Liturgy
Progress is never made by making declarations or quoting the Liturgy Documents. It doesn’t work and never will. So what will?
How To Debunk Four Common Liturgical Myths
The priest returned to the Altar, removed the big red Missal, carried it to the pulpit, and proceeded to translate the entire Gospel into English.
Why the Mass is the Key to the New Evangelization
We hear a lot these days about the New Evangelization, but not so much about the Holy Sacrifice of the Mass. And yet the Mass is at the very heart of our mission.
Weddings: Some Practical Advice – Introduction
A curmudgeonly introduction to a series on wedding advice.
Kirsten Powers & The Hound of Heaven
“I’ll never forget standing outside that apartment and saying to myself, ‘It’s true. It’s completely true.’ … I had not one iota of doubt. I was filled with indescribable joy.”
Don’t Add Me, Please
If someone tells you “Vatican II wants such-and-such,” ask him where this was said.
Music & Beauty
The chants of the Sacred Liturgy in particular, form a perfect marriage of text and melody, which St. Basil describes as a type of divine pedagogy.