“Improving As Musicians” • Eight Suggestions
Did you know I communicate with dead Catholic composers? I’m not joking.
“If we do not love those whom we see, how can we love God, Whom we do not see?” Bishop Fulton J. Sheen
Did you know I communicate with dead Catholic composers? I’m not joking.
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Here’s a Spanish Baroque motet that will gradually, gently win your heart while giving your choir another good option for the entire Christmas cycle.
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I had the honor of presenting this material to my parishioners at St. Thérèse Little Flower Catholic Church last week.
The following free downloads in English and Spanish contain dates for 2021 in the score.
To (re)Harmonize a Hymn—“Anima Christi” by Dr. Theodore Marier
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Abbot Pothier included a section called “De Ritibus Servandis In Cantu Missae.”
When a monk hears the bell, he stops whatever he’s doing and immediately goes to prayer. It is the voice of God calling us to pray, to avoid sin, and to forget the things of this world and think of Him.
A beacon of light in a dark time, the Saint Paul’s Choir of Men and Boys presents “Starry Night: Christmas in Harvard Square”
Three more tips on what to do and how to act with your young music students. Learn the secret ingredient of success!
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Attendance was standing room only. Afterwards, the children presented roses to Mary—as the entire parish prayed the Rosary—and then we consecrated California to Jesus Christ.
As the Gloria during Mass suggests, we should “thank Him simply because of His great glory.” When is the last time you did that?
Updated music protocols in the Archdiocese of Boston include multiple layers of protection: masks, ventilation, distance, time.
Consider the melody found in “Le Graduel Romain,” published in 1800—nine years before Napoleon Bonaparte kidnapped Pope Pius VII
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Each monastery had its own particular way of singing plainsong.
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Got your kids singing in head tone? Good. Next, try these two tips to eliminate obstacles to their success.
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