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Ward Method Implementation and Pacing
@MatthewRoth The 30 minutes is not the challenging part, as we do many activities, music games, singing, movement, etc...during that time period. If anything, I have less time with the students than Ward method intends, because I only see them twice…

Comment by rvisser May 7 permalink
Tips for candlelit liturgy
I used dimmable stand lights this year. We sing from the loft and the church was quite dark despite our stand lights.

Comment by rvisser April 28 permalink
Palm/Passion Sunday
Queen of Peace, Cloquet, MN (NO) Palm Sunday Choir - 25 middle school students Hosanna chant (English) Procession: All Glory, Laud, and Honor (a cappella during procession from the gym to the church) Psalm: Ignatius Pew Missal Gospel Acclamation: O…

Comment by rvisser April 18 permalink
Triduum (Holy Week) 2025 Music lists
Queen of Peace, Cloquet, MN (NO) Choir - approx. 8 adults and 20+ students in grades 3-12 Holy Thursday Processional: Lift High the Cross (CRUCIFER) Introit: Ignatius Pew Missal Kyrie: Mass VIII Gloria: John Lee Psalm: Ignatius Pew Missal Gospel A…

Comment by rvisser April 18 permalink
Advice needed: auditions and job applications
@ MarkB - I remember a Cathedral music director telling me (a 20-yr-old college student, at the time) not to pursue a career in church music for the same reasons you listed above. I was a new convert to Catholicism, finishing up an undergrad degree,…

Comment by rvisser March 25 permalink
Programing in Durufle Requiem
The Agnus Dei would have the wrong text for a Sunday Mass. The Requiem Agnus Dei is: Agnus Dei, qui tollis peccata mundi, dona eis requiem. Agnus Dei, qui tollis peccata mundi, dona eis requiem sempiternam. Rather than: Agnus Dei, qui tollis peccat…

Comment by rvisser February 5 permalink
College Suggestions for Organ and/or Composition Major and Musical Wisdom Requested
I am a Minnesota native, so I feel like I should mention that Macalester in St. Paul has a phenomenal bagpipe band. Macalaster is within walking distance (about a mile) of St. Thomas University, which, although a Catholic institution, appears to be …

Comment by rvisser February 1 permalink
Organ and String Music for Christmas
At the risk of being tarred and feathered for the choice of arrangers...I have used this setting of "What Child is This" with two violinists, and it works very well. https://giamusic.com/resource/what-child-is-this-print-g3265

Comment by rvisser December 2024 permalink
English Propers for Rorate Caeli Mass
That is very helpful. Thank you!

Comment by rvisser November 2024 permalink
English Propers for Rorate Caeli Mass
Resurrecting an old thread...does anyone have a musical setting of Luke 1:49; 46-55 with the antiphon "The almighty has done great things for me, and holy is his name?" The only settings I am finding are for the third Sunday of Advent, whi…

Comment by rvisser November 2024 permalink
Your All Saint/Souls Masses
All Saints - Mass with K-12 students/parish Choir: Grades 3 and 4 Schola...this was their first time singing for Mass (they sang beautifully!). We have a funeral later this week, and the family requested that the 3rd and 4th graders sing for the fun…

Comment by rvisser November 2024 permalink
OCP rant time
I made my own OCP "hymnal" by copying only the hymns that I use (from the giant binder) and putting it into one three-ring binder, in plastic sleeves. There were so many old copies of the accompaniment books in the loft that I don't e…

Comment by rvisser October 2024 permalink
Own Arrangements in Services?
If you are just starting organ, this might be a helpful resource for you: https://organistsonline.org/hymns/ I have used it with organ students in the past. The arrangements have fewer notes (and many can be played on manuals only) but the harmonie…

Comment by rvisser October 2024 permalink
music for children - Catechesis of the Good Shepherd musical resource
@ Bri - did you ever finish this project? I would be interested to see it. Thanks!

Comment by rvisser October 2024 permalink
[FT] Director of Sacred Music/Organist (incl. TLM and High School Choir) - Sleepy Eye, MN
I am moving from Sleepy Eye to Cloquet this summer (Queen of Peace), so my position here is open late-July. I've been here for 2 years, NihilNominis was here for 6ish years prior to me, and Jacob Flaherty was here for a few years before that. T…

Comment by rvisser May 2024 permalink
Count the liturgical atrocities
The only Lenten thing about that liturgy is that it was a penance for me to listen to it...

Comment by rvisser February 2024 permalink
What hymnal do you recommend for a TLM community?
Francis - do you have an SATB edition as well?

Comment by rvisser February 2024 permalink
What hymnal do you recommend for a TLM community?
I looked through the index of the Brebeuf hymnal and don't see any Latin Ordinaries. Does anyone know what's in it?

Comment by rvisser February 2024 permalink
Putting together list of useful chants not in PBC
Divinum mysterium Edit: just realized it's in there as Corde natus

Comment by rvisser December 2023 permalink
What hymnal do you recommend for a TLM community?
@OMagnumMysterium - are the hymns SATB? A bit of background - The TLM moved from the church where I work to a different church building 15 minutes away. This is all in the same church cluster basically. All of the parishes in the cluster use breaki…

Comment by rvisser December 2023 permalink
What hymnal do you recommend for a TLM community?
Does anyone use the St. Edmund Campion Missal and Hymnal?

Comment by rvisser December 2023 permalink
What hymnal do you recommend for a TLM community?
@davido - I looked up the Catholic Book of Hymns and Chants and it’s not clear if it has Latin Ordinaries. I really like that it’s SATB, though.

Comment by rvisser December 2023 permalink
What hymnal do you recommend for a TLM community?
Thanks! I found Masses 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 16, and 17. Follow up question...does anyone have a recommendation for a hymnal for a TLM community? I would like something that has the Gregorian Masses (1, 8, 9, 11, 17 are the ones we use most often), a g…

Comment by rvisser November 2023 permalink
Finding a piece to teach middle school
I teach high School choir at a Catholic school, and also assist with Middle School. This year I've been doing a liturgical response game with my students. I'll sing the priest's part and the students respond with the congregation part…

Comment by rvisser October 2023 permalink
Christmas participation
In my previous post at a suburban Catholic mega-parish, the Festival Choir sang for Easter Vigil and the "faithful remnant" (this is what the pastor called them) returned for one of the Easter morning Masses. Same thing for Midnight Mass/C…

Comment by rvisser September 2023 permalink
Psalm 139 You have searched me and you know me, Lord. - Looking for psalm setting
@ rich-enough That is exactly what I was looking for! Thank you! My pastor typically uses the readings of the day rather than the readings for the optional memorial. @ Diapason84 I'm not sure I'd call that one a psalm setting ;)

Comment by rvisser July 2023 permalink
Ward Level 1 Method Course offered in LaCrosse, Wisconsin this summer (July 17-21, 2023)
Update: there are 5 spots still available for the Ward class

Comment by rvisser April 2023 permalink
All Glory Laud and Honour: Where do you end?
@ Nihil - your singers didn't remember this. I asked numerous cantors and choir members where they end for that song and they all told me at the end of the verse. Ugh. So that's what I did

Comment by rvisser April 2023 permalink
Chant notation in Finale
@ Jeffrey Quick - I haven't gotten the 4 line staff to work yet (I did just update my version of finale, so maybe that will help) but your comment to "Use Staff Styles to remove stems" is a game changer. I use to remove stems by going…

Comment by rvisser March 2023 permalink
Chant notation in Finale
@CGM - I guess I'm not old yet...only 15 years of Finale usage, but that IS almost half my life ;) I'll report back when we've tested it out. My husband is teaching a high school music course for a homeschool co-op in our area. He tak…

Comment by rvisser March 2023 permalink

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