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Views from the Choir Loft

Latin Mass Musical Diversity

Jeff Ostrowski · December 23, 2025

💰 Are Church Musicians Paid Too Little?

I came very close to paying an unspeakably severe price.

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Jeff Ostrowski · August 10, 2025

Do Protestants Have The Best Hymns?

“When we do this, we regard the congregation as unable to develop, as animals rather than human beings…” Professor László Dobszay

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Jeff Ostrowski · April 22, 2025

“Why Choir Directors Fail” • Six Reasons

Re: Singing in front of 580 people!

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Jeff Ostrowski · April 7, 2025

Yesterday’s Offertory • ‘Live’ by 2 Young Women

A large choir isn’t necessary to have dignified music at Mass.

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Jeff Ostrowski · February 24, 2025

A Statement That Still Fills Me With Rage

A choir isn’t some sort of fancy “add-on.”

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Jeff Ostrowski · January 21, 2025

PDF Download • Singers’ Wedding Booklet (28 Pages)

I don’t pretend to have an answer to this question.

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Jeff Ostrowski · May 28, 2024

The Church’s Oldest Latin Eucharistic Hymn

May I tell you a secret?

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Jeff Ostrowski · April 24, 2024

Three Easter Hymns Sung Three Different Ways!

There was deep division in Chicago between those who cheered for the Cubs and those who cheered for the White Sox.

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Jeff Ostrowski · February 13, 2024

“Ite, Missa Est” • What Does That Actually Mean?

Bishop Ambo’s assertion that Mass was attended—for centuries—by a single woman (and nobody else) is bizarre.

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Jeff Ostrowski · December 5, 2023

PDF Download • “Lo! He comes with clouds descending” (Advent Hymn) — A Catholic Version!

Some days, Fulton J. Sheen received as many as 30,000 letters.

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Jeff Ostrowski · November 12, 2023

(14 Examples) • Jeff Ostrowski’s Artistic “Credo”

Including several hymns eminently suitable for the feast of Christ the King.

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Jeff Ostrowski · September 19, 2023

(Quiz) • “How Well Do You Know Your Hymns?”

Including a tip on preventing choirs from ‘sinking’ the pitch lower and lower.

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Jeff Ostrowski · May 10, 2023

7 Suggestions • “Winning the Sacred Music Crusade”

If we truly believe what we say we believe, how can we allow goofy, off-Broadway, secular, casual music at Mass?

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Jeff Ostrowski · February 4, 2023

Church Music Shouldn’t Be “Headache-Inducing”

Authentic sacred music should attract people. It should not drive them away.

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Jeff Ostrowski · January 28, 2023

Crucial Tip For Choir Directors

Don’t listen to excuses!

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President’s Corner

    Music List • “Ascension of the Lord”

    Readers have expressed interest in examining my “music list” for this coming Sunday.

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    —Jeff Ostrowski
    PDF Download • “For Pentecost Sunday”

    There’s a triple ‘allelúja’ and I just love the chord at the end of the 2nd iteration.

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    —Jeff Ostrowski
    PDF Download • “Organ Accompaniment”

    The following declaration will probably smack of “blowing my own horn.”

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    —Jeff Ostrowski

Quick Thoughts

    “Thee” + “Thou” + “Thine”

    Regarding approval for the “Revised Standard Version (Catholic Edition).”

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    —Jeff Ostrowski
    “Reminder” — Month of May (2026)

    Since a new month has arrived, it’s my pleasure to remind you that…

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    —Jeff Ostrowski
    Simplified Version • “Canon in D” (Pachelbel)

    I don’t care what people say; I love this piece!

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    —Jeff Ostrowski

Random Quote

The local church should be conscious that church worship is not really the same as what we sing in a bar, or what we sing in a convention for youth.

— Francis Cardinal Arinze (2005)

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