Livestreams Worth the Reader’s Time
Today I introduce two very different—yet equally sublime—choral foundations.
Articles
“Prelim. Details” • Sacred Music Symposium 2025
Too many parish choirs don’t sound as nice as they could. We’re here to help!
PDF Download • Extremely Rare! —Solesmes “Graduale” acc. to the Official Rhythm (1,049 pages)
Doesn’t it stand to reason that we should sing from this edition in the manner its creators intended?
PDF Download • “Communion Chant” (Epiphany)
Fully harmonized, including fabulous (optional) verses from the New Testament.
Re: “O Magnum Mysterium” by Lauridsen
Nothing quite like singing for two (2) Apostolic nuncios!
In Memoriam • Dr. William Mahrt
A brilliant and faithful man who had tasted heaven in the chants of the Church
Tuning Your Choir Without Driving Them Mad
How to achieve outstanding intonation without making your rehearsals tedious and stressful.
Featured on FOX 47 News: “Latin Mass makes a comeback in Jackson, Michigan”
“Interest is growing intensely among the young, some traveling each Sunday from far away…”
PDF Download • “What Child Is This” (Harmonized by the Von Trapp Family Singers)
Download this book—129 pages!—free of charge as a PDF: “The Trapp Family Book of Christmas Songs.”
God’s in His Holy Place, but in which Mode?
Ideas have consequences.
Bizarre Statements From “Leaflet Missal” Founder
Imagine blaming the rise of Adolf Hitler on the Church’s immemorial use of a ‘lingua sacra’ during Mass!
PDF Download • From Cambridge: “Saint John Fisher Responsorial Psalms Collection” (253 Pages)
This 2024 collection incorporates responsorial psalms by many composers, particularly Catholic composers associated with Cambridge University.
Reader Question • “Extra Verses” for the Propers
Jeff Ostrowski answers a reader’s question with nine (9) statements.
“Source and Summit” • What Is That?
Notice how Dom Franquesa (without explanation) stealthily annihilates sacrifice, sin, and the adoration we owe God.
Rorate Caeli + ICEL + Dynamic Equivalence
There’s an old adage: “Once stung, twice shy.”