Anglican use: Music Program at Our Lady of the Atonement Church & Academy
  • Richard J ClarkRichard J Clark
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    Edmund Murray is the Director of Music and Organist at this Anglican Use Parish.
    "On Fridays, Mass is celebrated in Latin according to the Ordinary Form. Each day, one of the school choirs leads the liturgical singing."

    http://www.ccwatershed.org/blog/2014/may/19/overview-music-program-our-lady-atonement-part-1/
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  • MaryAnn Carr WilsonMaryAnn Carr Wilson
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    This looks really wonderful, and thanks for sharing.

    I have a very fine young soprano in my choir, aged 15, who will be moving there next month. For weeks now I have meant to contact Mr. Murray and put in a good word for her.

    This is a young lady who is very devoted to study and prayer, accustomed to singing propers weekly, and even singing as cantor with 1-2 other voices on Gradual verses, etc. I can say it is part of her spirituality. The article mentions a young mens' schola, which is excellent. Does anyone know if young ladies are also given the opportunity to sing propers in this particular program?
  • Blaise
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    MCW,

    I am from OLOA. The women of the adult choir (ask Mr. Murray, but I think high school freshman and up are welcome in the adult choir) may intone the Gospel Acclamation at the 11 o'clock Mass if there are enough singers, otherwise all choristers will do so. For the children's choirs, they serve on a rotating basis at the 9 o'clock Mass, often singing the minor propers. Also, for special occasions, such as Easter, men and women may alternate verses of a sequence. Finally, much of our choral music includes chant like melodies (such as Nestor, Durufle, etc.). As a parishioner of this parish, I invite all who wish to do so to visit our Masses and to offer worship.

    Where are you at, by the way?
  • MaryAnn Carr WilsonMaryAnn Carr Wilson
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    I do hope to visit, and thanks for the response, Blaise.
    I serve as Music Director at St. Anne Church in San Diego, staffed by the FSSP.

    What are the minor propers, btw? All except Gradual and Alleluia/ Tract?
  • M. Jackson Osborn
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    The minor, or lesser, propers are what we commonly refer to as 'the propers', the major, or greater, propers being the readings and collects of the day. So, as of Vatican II, we have the following minor, or lesser, or just plain propers:
    1) introit
    2) gradual, or responsorial psalm
    3) alleluya and verse, or tract, or Lenten acclamation
    4) offertory antiphon
    5) communion antiphon
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  • JulieCollJulieColl
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    Thanks for this definition, M. Jackson Osborn! I've heard strange variations of this, and it's actually caused some (minor) bickering in my schola since one (former) member used to insist that the Gradual and Offertory were "minor" propers and the others were "major" and therefore we weren't supposed to spend as much time practicing the minor ones, and they could more easily lend themselves to be Rossini-ized.
  • ClemensRomanusClemensRomanus
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    Blaise, my brother Danny Davila sings at OLoA at, I think, the 11am. He really likes it.
  • Blaise
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    Clemens,

    Where are you at? Have you been to one of our Masses? I am just curious.
  • ClemensRomanusClemensRomanus
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    I'm in Grand Prairie in the Dallaa area. My brother keeps asking me to come down there for a Mass, but I just haven't been able yo yet. We are planning to go that way in July, so perhaps we'll finally make one.
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