Must We “Love” All Gregorian Chant?
Where “Parce Dómine” (the famous song for Lent) came from.
Josef Hofmann Pianist Extraordinaire
(14 Examples) • Jeff Ostrowski’s Artistic “Credo”
Including several hymns eminently suitable for the feast of Christ the King.
PDF • Draft Booklet “Couture Chant” (255 Pages)
This is very much a “work in progress”…
Splendid Repertoire for (Reduced) Summer Choirs!
Here’s a technique you must try with your choir.
PDF Download • Draft Copy — “2023 Symposium Booklet” (320 Pages)
I will never forget standing in that green room, waiting to go on stage.
“Bravery!” • Schola Director Posts ‘Live’ Recording
“The portable organ shall be lowered into the quire to accompany the singers, who shall sing solos in their order of seniority…” —1604 document
Ruth Slenczynska & “Traditionis Custodes”
Bishop Arthur Roche recently sent out puzzling instructions which encourage “Ordinary Form” Catholics to ostracize and belittle those who prefer the Traditional Mass.
A Deaf Composer? A Deaf Conductor?
When I’m sick with a cold, my hearing becomes clogged and I can’t hear properly—which is a choirmaster’s worst nightmare.
ICEL added “Died” to the Nicene Creed • (I am not kidding!)
I bet you never noticed this, but here’s the proof! • Believe it or not, the Nicene Creed never says Our Lord “died,” and this article provides full documentation; also included are beautiful manuscript images from the greatest Dutch illuminated manuscript in the world: Catherine of Cleves Hours (15th century MS.)+
Josef Hofmann • “Pianist Par Excellence”
Anton Rubinstein, who hated child prodigies, called Josef Hofmann “the greatest musical genius the world has ever known.”
Recorded Music At Mass?
Lorin Maazel was conducting major orchestras at the tender age of eight.
Josef Hofmann: “King of Pianists”
This excerpt from a 1980 radio interview with Abe Chasins proves I’m not crazy…
“Lacuna” • An Actual One—Not A Fake One
Read these entries—and then tell me your head isn’t spinning!
Why I No Longer Compose
When I observe our beautiful children, I realize that God is the True Artist.
Concerning “Finger Flapping”
Sigh . . What to do when you’re the greatest of the great?