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Tips for candlelit liturgy
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Comment by emac3183 April 30 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 29 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 22 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 22 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 11 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 6 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 19 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 18 permalink
Miserere Mei, Deus
Bumping this with a new draft and Ash Wednesday approaching!

Comment by emac3183 February 11 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 11 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 11 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 6 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 4 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 30 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 2 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 1 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
Favorite Mass settings (Novus Ordo edition)
Mass in Honor of Saint Thomas More by Fr. Weber is our parish's favorite. Very Mode 8 melody, so it's a good transition to a Missa de Angelis (exactly what we did in our NO parish). I use it for school Masses and OT generally speaking. A g…

Comment by emac3183 November 2024 permalink
Choir Sitting for Eucharistic Prayer?!
I'm definitely open to that argument–it seems to me that the uniformity is in our showing reverence according to our ability/circumstance. I agree aesthetics/communal experience is not the only consideration, but I do wonder what the pastoral j…

Comment by emac3183 November 2024 permalink
Choir Sitting for Eucharistic Prayer?!
In our loft, the very limited space makes it really tough to kneel, and even if the choir did, the vast majority of them would then not be able to see anything, and with a healthy mix of ages (including some in their 80s), uniformity would be lost. …

Comment by emac3183 November 2024 permalink
Choral Wedding Repertoire suggestions
Another somewhat modern take on the Song of Songs: I Am the Rose of Sharon (Ivo Antognini): https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HnkZivbkh0g Jesu, Joy of Man's Desiring is always nice, and I would love to hear a choir do it justice. One communion …

Comment by emac3183 November 2024 permalink
Immaculate Conception Holy Day Status
Update from the Archdiocese of Saint Paul/Minneapolis: the obligation is dispensed in this diocese.

Comment by emac3183 November 2024 permalink
Free volunteer training
Just finishing up this beta testing. Highly recommend, especially for volunteer choirs with lesser experience/musical training.

Comment by emac3183 November 2024 permalink
Your All Saint/Souls Masses
Saint John the Baptist, Jordan, MN. All Saints (School Mass with grade 4-8 Schola and community Mass with mixed choir): English propers (Source and Summit), Gregorian communion Missa De Angelis with Creed I ICEL For All the Saints SINE NOMINE Prai…

Comment by emac3183 November 2024 permalink
Composer question - how to add variation to a strophic setting?
A couple low-effort options: You could turn a few of the verses into plainchant, though I'm not sure how well that fits the ethos of this piece. . This runs through the text a bit faster and provides much needed variation in voicing. It would a…

Comment by emac3183 October 2024 permalink
Nicest Pew Cards with Mass Ordo?
Here is what we have in the pews...in addition to the more complete version in the front of our missal.

Comment by emac3183 October 2024 permalink

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