JamesSenson

**BTW I find this topic extremely important because I fully believe the 'cantor Mass' is the #1 reason we lack a demographic of singers in the choral sphere. And furthermore, it's the…

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Thank you all for the responses.

Here's another debate:
Has the 'Cantor Mass' given the impression (or perhaps become the standard) that only ONE person is capabl…

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Yup, most especially for TLM, can totally understand solo'ing some of the propers, most especially for an untrained ensemble. Also for us living in the secular world, …

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I've been meaning to write up a full length thesis on this topic but it would be helpful to get your response to the following items below. My ambition to expound on these ideas is in reaction …

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Saint John the Beloved Catholic Church, McLean, VA
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Tenebrae / Liturgy of the Hours, Office of Readings from Thursday of Holy Week

After first psalm<…

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Fyi in case anyone vacations in VB, Saint John is not far from the beach

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I know only some churches with solid music directors but as a whole, Diocese of Richmond is quite terrible. When a majority of the churches say their confession times are only by appointment, that&#…

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I can see the Offertory being an appropriate time to acknowledge the readings through music. My issue with Communion music based on readings is that it takes away from the wealth of hymns actually a…

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Saleri - I fully agree. I was raised Catholic, fell away as a teenager to become Protestant and came back a few years ago. The manipulation of the liturgy, whether through a liturgy committee or mu…

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Thank you all for the responses.

It is interesting how the music director's power of choice among hymns can dictate the orientation and disposition among congregants. On the …

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Thanks for the reply!

I should've included the Antiphon details in the first post:

For the processional hymn, we time the last verse to end when the priest and alta…

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For the English Ordinary Form of the Mass, I am really curious to know your opinion on the strategy of hymn selection, specifically on choosing hymns based on...
a.) readings (1st Reading, 2n…

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Andrew Hill directs the Saint Gregory Choir, which includes the men and women chant choirs for the TLM.

Elizabeth Black directs our girls schola (Choir of Our Lady of Ephesus)
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I've seen it before on this forum but cannot find: anyone have any leads to the three Memorial Acclamation chants in chant notation?

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If you would like more information about what we do with training organists/cantors, please email directly jsenson@stjohncatholicmclean.org

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We have school Mass every Friday (Saint John the Beloved, McLean VA) and this is the second full year we have introduced the Introit and Communion antiphons sung at this particular Mass. It is very …

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Curious to know if anyone else has a guide to give to couples or families. This is what we have (Saint John the Beloved, McLean VA), feel free to copy/use/comment/etc.:

Marriage Plann…

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I thought I would share this apprenticeship program for high school students that we have started this year at our parish which has been quite an awesome experience for Elizabeth Black, myself, and t…

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