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Reading Recommendations on what the Church says about Women Being Allowed to sing in choir
Wouldn’t the current Canon Law supersede everything that was written that limited/barred women from singing? While it specifically states that men can be duly instituted lectors and acolytes, it makes no mention of sex when referring to cantors.

Comment by SponsaChristi June 2019 permalink
Reading Recommendations on what the Church says about Women Being Allowed to sing in choir
We have a mixed schola, and people have complained, well all of two, I told them where to go Thanks. If people have complained about me singing with the schola (we don’t have mixed voices, we all sing in the same range), I haven’t heard of it. I’ve …

Comment by SponsaChristi June 2019 permalink
Reading Recommendations on what the Church says about Women Being Allowed to sing in choir
a_f_hawkins, Thanks! That’s the kind of stuff I’m looking for. I’ve just located a copy at one of the universities in my city. There’s another book that Jefferey Tucker references in an article he wrote some time ago as well, Sacred music and litur…

Comment by SponsaChristi June 2019 permalink
Reading Recommendations on what the Church says about Women Being Allowed to sing in choir
Did you bring your beekeeper's netting, gas, gloves and other attire? What are you suggesting? I know it’s a controversial topic. I didn’t realize Musica Sacram also applies to the EF now as well.

Comment by SponsaChristi June 2019 permalink
Losing my religion?
One thing that doesn’t seem to have been brought up yet is that, as church musicians, you’re fulfilling one of the duties of you state in life, and there is merit in that even if you’re distracted throughout Mass and aren’t as devote as you would re…

Comment by SponsaChristi June 2019 permalink
Losing my religion?
It might be worth trying to negotiate a paid week off each year for a yearly retreat. It shouldn’t come out of your vacation time. I believe there is something somewhere that says pastors are to ensure the spiritual needs of those who dedicate their…

Comment by SponsaChristi June 2019 permalink
Losing my religion?
I was just thinking about this the other day. I used to do two Masses on Sundays to avoid this problem, but it became too onerous. I’m in the habit of going to frequent daily Mass, and try to find more creative ways to “pray” during Mass on Sundays,…

Comment by SponsaChristi June 2019 permalink
Angelus Domini - SATB
However, it is not clear to me what connection Ostrowski sees to the Angelus prayer or chant. Neither the melody nor the words are the same (or even similar). On the contrary, there is a similarity in the chant, albeit a brief one, but there is s…

Comment by SponsaChristi June 2019 permalink
lyrics dropped in Alleluia, Alleluia, Let the Holy Anthem Rise
And yet they keep the line, “till Trump from east to west shall wake the dead in number”.

Comment by SponsaChristi June 2019 permalink
How to respond?
FWIW: As a young child, I always preferred the chants (the Litany of the Saints sung at Baptism, the priest’s chanted parts of the Mass, which I used to sing with him, much to my parents’ disliking). I never really liked “kid friendly” church songs …

Comment by SponsaChristi May 2019 permalink
Organists vs. Singers?
I don't think I would want to sing like an oboe. I have sounded like one with a cold, though. LOL Clearly you’ve never heard one played well. My condolences. If this doesn’t bring you to tears, clearly you have no soul. https://youtu.be/G56q…

Comment by SponsaChristi May 2019 permalink
Organists vs. Singers?
If you want an instrument closer to voice I found the trumpet to be close Actually, the oboe is the closest to the human voice. Some include the violin and cello, but the double reed of an oboe mimics vocal chords, and its diversity in expressivene…

Comment by SponsaChristi May 2019 permalink
Trouble with Music Director for sister's wedding
As a last resort, you could make the service a wedding without a Mass, if the pastor doesn't accept that "Mass of Creation" would be offensive. That’s not a very good reason to forego the graces of a Nuptial Mass. If she doesn’t have…

Comment by SponsaChristi May 2019 permalink
Trouble with Music Director for sister's wedding
If this law is still in effect, I can assure you it is seldom practiced. In our area, weddings occur at whatever parish will accept the fees from the happy couple and can schedule the time. It’s so common now that the paperwork is done as a normal …

Comment by SponsaChristi May 2019 permalink
Trouble with Music Director for sister's wedding
Why must the wedding take place at this 'church'? The suggestion to have the wedding at a more congenial church is sterling Canon Law dictates which church a Catholic couple can be married in and who can preside over it in order for it to …

Comment by SponsaChristi May 2019 permalink
Singing the Stabat Mater
We sing it on Passion Sunday every year. It’s actually listed as part of Vespers on Passion Sunday as an optional sequence in the EF.

Comment by SponsaChristi March 2019 permalink
Gassed at the Organ
Natural gas has no odour as well, so something is added to it so you smell it. Gas leaks aren’t something to mess with. You smell gas, you don’t even turn a light on. You get out and call the gas company. They’ll investigate and shut to gas off. The…

Comment by SponsaChristi March 2019 permalink
Solfege with Transposed Chants
We use a movable Do. Whatever line the Do Clef is on, that’s Do. So to answer your question regarding the gradual from last Sunday, we begin on sol.

Comment by SponsaChristi March 2019 permalink
Frivolous question re tract for Lent I
We’ve sung it in full at least twice in the last 8 years. It kinda disappoints me when we don’t.

Comment by SponsaChristi February 2019 permalink
Your "private Mass"
I used to attend our early morning low Mass just for myself, which I would leave feeling full of energy and eager to come back to sing later. After we got a new priest I had to stop because going to Mass early in the morning made me want to take a n…

Comment by SponsaChristi February 2019 permalink
Reparation to the Immaculate Heart of Mary
This Saturday is also Candlemas.

Comment by SponsaChristi January 2019 permalink
New Organ Scholarships at Christendom College
All it says is is the scholarship name.

Comment by SponsaChristi January 2019 permalink
Music for Churching of Women in the Old Rite
Who would be receiving it? It’s for mothers who have just given birth and are coming back into the Church. That’s why it’s done the day of the baby’s baptism. To do otherwise would be treating the ceremony as a novelty.

Comment by SponsaChristi January 2019 permalink
Music for Churching of Women in the Old Rite
With all due respect, this sounds kinda hokey.

Comment by SponsaChristi January 2019 permalink
Singing at Church
There was a time when the hymnals had four parts to each hymn and the congregation sang in their respective range...but that was back when singing was taught in school. I’m a woman who comfortably sings tenor and have no problem singing down to A2…

Comment by SponsaChristi December 2018 permalink
Gregorian schola range
Is Gregorian chant too low for tenors? It depends where you pitch it. I’m a woman who sings tenor and sings in the Schola with the men, and generally speaking, I have no issues unless something is written pretty low and gets pitched low. I can comf…

Comment by SponsaChristi December 2018 permalink
Music for the laying-on of hands?
Every ordination I have attended the laying on of hands has always been done in silence. No music. What’s wrong with silence?

Comment by SponsaChristi December 2018 permalink
Master of Ceremonies: hand clicker/clacker?
The Organ wouldn’t work because it has to be done by the MC. It’s done to facilitate moving together. At the Seminary the FSSP just have the MC snap his fingers. Our MC just does a single clap with his hands.

Comment by SponsaChristi December 2018 permalink
Priest asks congregation to extend hands and join in blessing...
Lay people, save for parents blessing their children, and husbands blessing their wives (wives can’t bless their husbands since they have no authority over them), cannot give blessings. They can ask God to bless someone or something, but it’s not th…

Comment by SponsaChristi October 2018 permalink
Prayer of Preparation for musicians?
There’s this one: http://www.ccwatershed.org/media/pdfs/13/10/10/22-18-18_0.pdf My personal go-to is “O God come to my assistance. O Lord make haste to help me”

Comment by SponsaChristi September 2018 permalink

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