Category: “Program Planning” (14 posts)

Planning the music for my sister’s wedding

September 23, 2008 by Aristotle A. Esguerra0 comments.

My least favorite sister who also happens to be my favorite sister, because she’s my only sister, will be getting married next month in New England. Some time ago, she asked me to give her some input for the wedding music. Well, a bit more than that — she asked my brother and me to [...]

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A three-year parish-level liturgical music outline

August 14, 2008 by Aristotle A. Esguerra0 comments.

Those with the time may be interested to view the Long Range Liturgical Outline published by Jeffrey Herbert, Director of Music for the Church of the Incarnation in Sarasota, Florida. The outline is intended to cover three liturgical cycles beginning with the First Sunday of Advent 2008. Some highlights from the 2008-2009 plan: The Communion [...]

Filed under: Liturgical Reform; Program Planning.
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On the “vibrancy” of “Vatican II parishes” and their ads for music jobs

May 22, 2008 by Aristotle A. Esguerra0 comments.

“If you want to destroy a society, corrupt the language.” — Vladimir Lenin Mary Jane Ballou addresses the relative meaninglessness of the word “vibrant” as found in ads placed by parishes in search of musicians: In church music position descriptions, we have often see the phrases: ”vibrant parishes” and ”vibrant music programs.”  The advertiser, of course, is the [...]

Filed under: Liturgical Reform; Program Planning; Videos.
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Music and liturgy, musicians and liturgists – today on BlogTalkRadio

April 26, 2008 by Aristotle A. Esguerra0 comments.

At 5PM EDT, Host Brian “Commander Craig” invites Fr. Joseph Fessio, SJ, Todd Flowerday of Catholic Sensibility, and Jeffrey Tucker of Sacred Music to discuss liturgy and music planning for the Sixth Sunday of Easter, Year A in the Ordinary Form of the Roman Rite. Those who wish to see what the Church generally teaches [...]

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Colloquium 2007 videos now online

April 21, 2008 by Aristotle A. Esguerra0 comments.

Video clips of the various Masses from the Church Music Association of America‘s Sacred Music Colloquium XVII are now available on YouTube, courtesy of Darcy from the Gregorian Chant Blog. At the time of this writing she has made 34 videos available, covering four Masses. These videos, besides highlighting the two types of sacred music [...]

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Music list for the Papal Mass for the Fifth Sunday of Easter, Year A, April 20, 2008 (with audio, references and translations)

April 20, 2008 by Aristotle A. Esguerra1 comment.

Courtesy of the Pope 2008 blog, below is the list of music for tomorrow’s Papal Mass for the Fifth Sunday of Easter at Yankee Stadium in The Bronx, N.Y. Links, audio excerpts, sheet music sources and scriptural citations have been added for illustrative and educational purposes. Update: Score for Brahms added; MP3 for Palestrina added; Victoria Agnus replaced [...]

Filed under: Contemporary Religious Music; Devotional Music; Program Planning.
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Music list for the Papal Votive Mass for the Universal Church, April 19, 2008 (with audio, references and translations)

April 19, 2008 by Aristotle A. Esguerra1 comment.

Courtesy of the Pope 2008 blog, below is the list of music for today’s Votive Mass for the Universal Church at New York’s St. Patrick’s Cathedral that ended only moments ago. Links, audio, and scriptural sources have been added below for illustrative and educational purposes. (The Pope 2008 blog also has the complete list of [...]

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Propers for the Fifth Sunday of Easter, Year A (with audio and translations)

April 19, 2008 by Aristotle A. Esguerra0 comments.

In anticipation of Sunday’s Papal Mass for the Fifth Sunday of Easter, Year A at Yankee Stadium in The Bronx, N.Y., here is what the 1974 Graduale Romanum—the official songbook of the ordinary form of the Latin Rite—prescribes for this Mass; according to the GIRM, the texts and music found in the Graduale Romanum are [...]

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Propers for the Votive Mass for the Universal Church (with audio and translations)

April 18, 2008 by Aristotle A. Esguerra0 comments.

In anticipation of Saturday’s Papal Votive Mass for the Universal Church at St. Patrick’s Cathedral in New York City, here is what the 1974 Graduale Romanum—the official songbook of the ordinary form of the Latin Rite—prescribes for this Mass; it bears repeating that, according to the GIRM, the texts and music found in the Graduale [...]

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Propers for the Votive Mass of the Holy Spirit (with audio and translations)

April 17, 2008 by Aristotle A. Esguerra3 comments.

With all the talk about musical styles regarding today’s Papal Mass in Washington D.C., it might be useful to take a look at what the 1974 Graduale Romanum—the official songbook of the ordinary form of the Latin Rite—prescribes for today’s concluded Mass; after all, according to the GIRM, the texts and music found in the [...]

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