The Recovering Choir Director

Richard Proulx, RIP

February 19, 2010 by Michael E. Lawrence — 1 comment.

Word has trickled out today that Richard Proulx, former director of music at Holy Name Cathedral in Chicago, has died.  He was 72.
In addition to being a competent composer, Proulx served on the editorial boards of The Hymnal 1982 and the United Methodist Hymnal, two of the sturdier modern efforts in this vein, as far [...]

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Teach us with thee to mourn our sins: Reflections on the past thirty years of church music

February 8, 2010 by Michael E. Lawrence — 4 comments.

It’s always a shock to me when it comes time to plan for Lent.  It seems as if we suffer the double insult of Christmas getting away from us and Lent coming too quickly.  I always resent this, until I start sinking my teeth into the work.
There is something authentic about Lent, something that resists [...]

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“The Priest as Mediator: A Conversation with Rev. Allan J. McDonald”

February 5, 2010 by Aristotle A. Esguerra — 0 comments.

The NLM’s Arlene Oost-Zinner recently conducted an interview with Fr. McDonald, the current pastor of St. Joseph Catholic Church in Macon, Georgia and author of the Southern Orders blog. Among the topics touched on are: his seminary formation in the 1970s, his longtime lack of access to music proper to the Roman Rite, a thoughtful [...]

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Tags: Arlene Oost-Zinner; Fr. Allan J. McDonald; Roman Rite (Extraordinary Form; Usus Antiquior); Roman Rite (Ordinary Form); St. Joseph's Church (Macon).

Fourth Sunday in Ordinary Time, Year C

January 31, 2010 by Aristotle A. Esguerra — 1 comment.

Music for Mass (Ordinary Form of the Roman Rite)
St. Mary’s of Pine Bluff, Cross Plains, WI • St. Ignatius, Mount Horeb, WI

Prelude: Improvisation on Introit: Laetetur cor and ST. ANNE
Hymn: “O God, Our Help in Ages Past” (ST. ANNE), vv. 1–3
Introit: Laetetur cor, Mode II Gregorian chant (antiphon only)
Sign of the Cross: chanted, English
Greeting: Form [...]

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Tags: Gregorian Chant; Ordinary Time (Tempus per annum); Roman Rite (Ordinary Form); St. Ignatius (Mount Horeb); St. Mary's (Pine Bluff); Year C.

Profile of a “chant jock”

January 28, 2010 by Aristotle A. Esguerra — 0 comments.

The term “chant jock” was coined by Jeffrey Tucker recently.[1]
Here’s a profile of one written by by Elizabeth Steele and published in the January 15, 2010 edition of Canada’s Catholic Register newspaper:

HALIFAX – Luke Togni is old school — very old school. Or old schola, if you prefer.
Togni, 22, is passionate about Gregorian chant and [...]

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Tags: Elizabeth Steele; Gregorian Chant; Jeffrey Tucker; Luke Togni; St. Mary's Cathedral (Halifax); St. Thomas Aquinas Church (Halifax).

The CMAA Colloquium XIX Documentary

January 24, 2010 by Aristotle A. Esguerra — 1 comment.

SACRED, BEAUTIFUL, & UNIVERSAL: Colloquium XIX from Corpus Christi Watershed on Vimeo.
See also the Sacred Music Colloquium FAQ.

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Tags: Arlene Oost-Zinner; Church Music Association of America; Corpus Christi Watershed; Fr. Jeffrey Keyes CPPS; Horst Buchholz; Jeffrey Tucker; Kevin Allen; Loyola University; Mary Ann Carr-Wilson; Roman Rite (Extraordinary Form; Usus Antiquior); Roman Rite (Ordinary Form); Sacred polyphony; Scott Turkington; Wilko Brouwers; William Mahrt.

Third Sunday in Ordinary Time, Year C

January 24, 2010 by Aristotle A. Esguerra — 0 comments.

Music for Mass (Ordinary Form of the Roman Rite)
St. Mary’s of Pine Bluff, Cross Plains, WI • St. Ignatius, Mount Horeb, WI

Prelude: Improvisation on Introit: Adorate Deum and ONSLOW SQUARE
Hymn (Psalm 98): “Sing a New Song to the Lord” (ONSLOW SQUARE), vv. 1–4
Introit: Omnis terra, Mode VII Gregorian chant (antiphon only)
Sign of the Cross: chanted, [...]

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Tags: Gregorian Chant; Ordinary Time (Tempus per annum); Roman Rite (Ordinary Form); St. Ignatius (Mount Horeb); St. Mary's (Pine Bluff); Year C.

Solemn Pontifical Mass in NYC for the Feast of the Annunciation

January 20, 2010 by Aristotle A. Esguerra — 0 comments.

Via Fr. Zuhlsdorf:
I had this nice piece of news in my mailbox today:
His Eminence Edward Card. Egan, Archbishop Emeritus of New York, accepted the invitation of the Agnus Dei Council of the Knights of Columbus in New York City to celebrate a Solemn Pontifical Mass in the Extraordinary Form of the Roman Rite — a [...]

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Tags: Edward Cardinal Egan; Knights of Columbus; New York City; Pontifical Mass; Roman Rite (Extraordinary Form; Usus Antiquior).

Second Sunday in Ordinary Time, Year C

January 17, 2010 by Aristotle A. Esguerra — 0 comments.

Music for Mass (Ordinary Form of the Roman Rite)
St. Mary’s of Pine Bluff, Cross Plains, WI • St. Ignatius, Mount Horeb, WI

Prelude: Improvisation on Introit: Omnis terra and SALZBURG
Hymn: “Songs of Thankfulness and Praise” (SALZBURG), vv. 1–2
Introit: Omnis terra, Mode IV Gregorian chant (antiphon only)
Sign of the Cross: chanted, English
Greeting: Form A, English
Penitential Rite: Form [...]

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Tags: Gregorian Chant; Ordinary Time (Tempus per annum); Roman Rite (Ordinary Form); St. Ignatius (Mount Horeb); St. Mary's (Pine Bluff); Year C.

“Some thoughts about ‘turning back the clock’”

January 13, 2010 by Aristotle A. Esguerra — 0 comments.

Jeffrey Herbert writes:
[Msgr. Guido Marini's recent presentation on the spirit of the liturgy] is a forward looking vision for the liturgy, an interpretive foundation for the Missal of Paul VI which brings it out of the morass of inculturating adaptations, innovations and experiments and seeks instead to set it within the liturgical traditions of the [...]

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Tags: Jeffrey Herbert; Msgr. Guido Marini; Pope Benedict XVI; Roman Rite (Ordinary Form).