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I mentioned to my (much younger) assistant that certain battles I will no longer fight. She told me I was becoming bitter—but I can honestly say that isn’t the case.
Too many priests are ignorant of the glories of authentic sacred music.
To recruit, teach, inspire, and retain volunteer choir members is no easy task!
The current situation is heartbreaking.
As late as 1924, Dom Mocquereau mentioned Dom Desrocquettes “whose beautiful and discreet accompaniments I hear every day at Solesmes.”
Today we release polyphony by two composers: William Byrd and William Fritz.
Are you aware of your legs? And do you know why that matters for a choir conductor?
How dare we—who are so sinful—how dare we receive our Lord?
Sung according to the official rhythm of the Catholic Church.
My choir will definitely be using these settings. They’re something many have begged for!
“I have found, to my astonishment, that Catholics…in their principal churches, do not to this day possess even one Mass setting even tolerably good, or which is not actually distasteful and operatic.” —Felix Mendelssohn (1835)
For most Novus Ordo-going Catholics, myself included, the Octave of Pentecost is no longer officially part of the Church’s liturgical calendar, but here are five fitting ideas for extending the joy of Pentecost throughout the week.
I will never forget standing in that green room, waiting to go on stage.
Including a haunting hymn by Flor Peeters for Eastertide.
I’m desperately in need of this book!
