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Jesus Christ Has Risen Today EASTER HYMN descant
Many don't know that they have to modify the vowel as they go higher...anything past a G is more "uh" than the word printed. And it's difficult for a soprano to find that one mouth shape configuration that makes their resonance p…

Comment by emac3183 March 10 permalink
Polyphonic and Orchestral Mass Ordinaries
The Sparrow Mass and Byrd a 4 are really strong contenders so far! Thank you @GerardH. Apparently my Latin is dyslexic--had to laugh at that one.

Comment by emac3183 January 9 permalink
Midnight Mass 2025
Holy Family Catholic Church (St. Louis Park, MN) 9pm Mass during the Night Prelude: Lo, How a Rose E’er Blooming In the Bleak Midwinter (Darke) Let All Mortal Flesh Keep Silence - Bairstow Good Christian Men, Rejoice Lullay, My Liking (Holst) It C…

Comment by emac3183 December 2025 permalink
All Souls 2025
Holy Family Catholic Church, Saint Louis Park, MN See the attached liturgy guide for the 9am Mass. For the Faure Sanctus, we edited the text (sped it along) so that it included the Benedictus. It was actually pretty effective! For the 11am Mass, t…

Comment by emac3183 November 2025 permalink
Choir Website(s)?
I use Flocknote and keep a running Google Doc with links to repertoire PDFs and recordings/practice tracks.

Comment by emac3183 October 2025 permalink
Children's Polyphony for the Feast of Christ the King
Palestrina's Jesu Rex Admirabilis might work in this context. https://www.churchmusicassociation.org/wp-content/uploads/2022/11/PBM_Palestrina_Jesu_rex_admirabilis_SSA_TTB.pdf There are editions setting more verses, if you'd desire more …

Comment by emac3183 September 2025 permalink
Choir rooms
We have a beautiful choir room that used to be a storage room. Nice floors, choir stalls which encourage (and necessitate) standing, and an acoustic that's quite live! Major rehearsals happen there, and then Sunday morning rehearsals happen in …

Comment by emac3183 July 2025 permalink
Mass Musician Cue Sheet
Here is the document that I will send to our organ subs and print out to place on the organ. An order of Mass is found on the back.

Comment by emac3183 July 2025 permalink
Mass Musician Cue Sheet
I will be making one specific to our liturgy (*and will post it here when complete if I remember) for when I move on from my position in the next few weeks. In the NO, it will vary depending on your practice. When do you start/end the Entrance Chant…

Comment by emac3183 July 2025 permalink
Tips for candlelit liturgy
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Comment by emac3183 April 2025 permalink
Tips for candlelit liturgy
The booklights that I have singers use in those situations have an "orange" setting to them which are close enough to candle light to avoid distracting the people.

Comment by emac3183 April 2025 permalink
Miserere Mei, Deus
We sang this for a post-communion on Good Friday. All volunteer singers, and it went pretty well. My wife caught everything after the first couple of measures. My daughter (3 months old) had a few solos.

Comment by emac3183 April 2025 permalink
Triduum (Holy Week) 2025 Music lists
Saint John the Baptist, Jordan, MN Lots of the same as last year, with a few additions....Propers were Source and Summit Missal or Gregorian. We finally went Gloria to Gloria a cappella. Palm Sunday 10am (SJB Choir) Gathering Space before Mass Hos…

Comment by emac3183 April 2025 permalink
Looking for "lively" Motets for the Easter Season
I would second @Xopheros' setting of Ascendit Deus! Very easily learned, but worthwhile. We have used it the last two years.

Comment by emac3183 March 2025 permalink
Ash Wednesday 2025
Saint John the Baptist, Jordan MN Ours was cancelled...our priest was sick, and the blizzard closed school anyways. Missa Primitiva Source and Summit Propers (Gregorian Communion qui meditabor) My Miserere (it will have to wait until Good Friday to…

Comment by emac3183 March 2025 permalink
standards for music at Mass
I agree on the need to workshop #6. Here's another take: 6. The music avoids secular styles, instead belonging (in order of preference) to the Church's chant, polyphonic, or paraliturgical hymn (German chorale, Anglican hymn, etc.) tradit…

Comment by emac3183 February 2025 permalink
standards for music at Mass
I'm assuming you mean "quality standards" and not "standards in the repertoire." All criteria must apply, at least to an ever-increasing degree. 1. (if applicable) The text is orthodox and avoids ambiguous expressions of f…

Comment by emac3183 February 2025 permalink
Miserere Mei, Deus
Bumping this with a new draft and Ash Wednesday approaching!

Comment by emac3183 February 2025 permalink
Welcome, Christoph Dalitz!
Thank you for your work! Ascendit Deus has been a God-send, and we look forward to using more :)

Comment by emac3183 February 2025 permalink
Have you played/sung for funeral of close family member??
I second GerardH's idea after playing for my grandmother's funeral. Play if you really want to (and not because you feel pressured to as the "family musician"), but I wouldn't sing. It just isn't a recipe for a beautifu…

Comment by emac3183 February 2025 permalink
Laetare Sunday Youth Schola quandary
High schoolers make things awkward that they think should be awkward, but often that's only when the teacher/director shows awkwardness. I would attack the "problem" head on, emphasizing the significance and beauty of the line with an…

Comment by emac3183 February 2025 permalink
Candlemas 2025 Music Lists
Saint John the Baptist, Jordan, MN Proper Chants from Source and Summit Missa de Angelis Creed I ICEL God, Whose Almighty Word (ITALIAN HYMN) Lift Up Your Heads Let All Mortal Flesh Keep Silence Alma Redemptoris Mater Nunc Dimittis, Gibbons (from h…

Comment by emac3183 February 2025 permalink
Motet list resources for Sundays throughout the year
Here's my list for this year...the farther we get down the line, the more options I gave myself to select as best fits the choir's needs. I have some overlap, but I'm really in a "grow repertoire" phase for the choir, so I w…

Comment by emac3183 January 2025 permalink
Litany of Saints for Epiphany Water Blessing
As I am not an expert on canon law, I will defer to my pastor for that. He asked, he got an answer, and he is being obedient to the Archbishop. I believe he asked about the English translation, since he would need to be given faculty for that...and …

Comment by emac3183 January 2025 permalink
Litany of Saints for Epiphany Water Blessing
Upon further clarification with our archdiocese, we are not allowed to use the rite in any way...Latin or otherwise. A sad day, but it was good to check. Thank you all for your help!

Comment by emac3183 January 2025 permalink
Epiphany Proclamation 2023
Thank you! Should've known to give them a look. Here's the link in case anyone's having trouble finding it: https://www.ccwatershed.org/2024/12/09/announcement-of-easter-the-moveable-feasts-el-anuncio-de-la-pascua-y-fiestas-movibles-2…

Comment by emac3183 December 2024 permalink
Epiphany Proclamation 2023
Bumping this thread...does anyone have the English version engraved for 2025?

Comment by emac3183 December 2024 permalink
Working on a Mass Setting
My first thought is that your second measure puts the emphasis on the word "to" instead of the word "God." Work to avoid very-unstressed syllables on beat 1. Same thing at the very end "fa-THER." I don't think the …

Comment by emac3183 December 2024 permalink
Immaculate Conception Holy Day Status
Well, regardless of the liturgical question, Happy Feast (or belated Feast if you celebrated yesterday!)!

Comment by emac3183 December 2024 permalink
July 1–4, 2025 - Fons et Culmen Sacred Liturgy Summit in Menlo Park, CA - Feat. Cdls Sarah + Ranjith
I am so excited for this! Hope to meet many of you there!

Comment by emac3183 December 2024 permalink

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