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“[T]he primordial question is centered on how the hymn or antiphon will help the assembly enter more deeply into the mystery being celebrated.” — Christopher Ferraro
“Dear Cynthia: I landed on your website while searching for…”
I will be privileged to field your questions alongside two well known and widely respected church musicians: Mary Ann Carr Wilson and Jennifer Donelson-Nowicka.
My setting begins with the entire congregation singing—but the middle section is SATB polyphony.
This coming Sunday is the 17th Sunday after Pentecost (EF).
Including a tip on preventing choirs from ‘sinking’ the pitch lower and lower.
My goal is to clarify and illumine what I believe exactly is at stake when we debate the rhythm in chant. I shall first attempt to summarize the core arguments that each of the main authors in this blog series use.
How to sell the idea to your singers, and what to teach them. (Part 2 of 2)
Everything’s going great, until you start playing…
I will let you in on a secret!
The better the voice is, the meeter it is to honour and serve God therewith: and the voice of man is chiefly to be employed to that end.
Using a favorite melody of Dr. Theodore Marier.
“It is even more encouraging when a concert with 𝑡𝑟𝑢𝑙𝑦 𝑎𝑢𝑡ℎ𝑒𝑛𝑡𝑖𝑐 Catholic music is done.” —Mæstro Fritz
I can never go back!
Feel free to examine every single page if you doubt what I’m saying!
