TCJ

During Corpus Christi, our choir tries to be just in front of the congregation. Unfortunately, it's a free-for-all and people shove their way in front of anyone and everyone and it's reall…

Thanked by 2Chant_Supremacist Roborgelmeister
If you don't like what you encounter regarding copyrights and all that, you're likely not going to enjoy reading about what you need to compose your own psalm setting. Rather than rehash, …

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Depending on the Mass and attendance we do it multiple ways:

1. Choir sings the antiphon and then goes down to receive. I play organ meanwhile. I can receive at a different Mass.

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The problem of people picking that music at funerals goes away if you just have a church policy that they don't get the option of choosing anything. The church does that. It works great when y…

Thanked by 2Dr_Haze Abbysmum
I would be looking for a new job because that is an indicator of more crazy things to come.

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Are you required to use the Picardy third when playing a hymn to the tune PICARDY?

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I taught the choir this two days ago and they sang it for a funeral today. Thank you very much for providing this as a resource!

Thanked by 2Fr_Buffer irishtenor
I can't think of a better time to have personal time with Jesus. When else are you going to have Him physically in you?

Thanked by 2hilluminar tomjaw
"What about individual settings of psalms composed for a single Mass in the year. Do they expect $150/per year for that single setting? What's the cost for one-offs?"

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Thanks TJC
I don't see much repetition in Sanctus VIII, compared to Kyrie & Agnus Dei, just a similar descending phrase at the end of each line. Still, even that is something to menta…

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Put choir "mailboxes" at the bottom of the loft steps. When they come up to the loft with nothing, let them know all their stuff is in the mailboxes. After a few trips up and down the sta…

Thanked by 5Abbysmum tomjaw ServiamScores irishtenor Liam
CHM doesn't really make anything harder. What happens is you have to manage your own bills. That means you need to be aware of what is being billed, who is billing you, when you expect them, e…

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Who can say no to champagne?

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Hospitals do not bill CHM. When you sign up for CHM, you read VERY CLEARLY in their policy that you do declare yourself SELF-PAY. If you tell a hospital you are self-pay, they (surprise, surprise!)…

Thanked by 3francis irishtenor davido
CHM does not pay hospitals or doctors directly. There is no way a doctor or hospital is going to bill them UNLESS the person involved makes a major mistake (and doesn't understand policies). I…

Thanked by 2rich_enough francis
Doctors and hospitals will not send bills to CHM, so forwarding bills is not an issue. If you are self-pay (which you are when you use CHM), the bills get sent to you, not CHM. There are things to …

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Having the option of using Holy Ghost gives more variety in hymns.

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We use Flocknote along with Dropbox for file sharing. Just send the link via text message. Works well enough.

As far as people reading stuff, text message/flocknote seems to be the b…

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Not enough organists so we need pianos?

What's interesting is how back when there were plenty of organists and organs, churches abandoned them in favor of the new fad of pianos an…

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