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I know of this one:

https://basilica.nd.edu/music/liturgy-alive-composition-competition/

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My preference when on hold is silence.

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I have a set of short Advent Offertory pieces sung here as a demo by Matthew Curtis at Choral Tracks: https://youtu.be/EzhwX-n50Gs?t=20

If anyone would like to use them, please…

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Yeah the liturgical style of the LA Religious Ed Congress is not representative of what young Catholics want.

I find this argument growing tiresome. No one can say for certain what A…

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Really well done! Thank you for sharing!

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Faure's setting is beautiful but IMHO it's been done to death recently.

Stimson, whether intended or not, your comment about the Faure REQUIEM being done to DEATH is a worthy…

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Thanks canadash! That is a great point. I do hope the pastor will see that even though there has been some grumbling, there are those who think it worthwhile.

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So this happened this past weekend:

Three weeks ago, I introduced a new Mass Ordinary setting to my parish. I was very excited about this step in this parish’s history. I was excited…

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Thank you a_f_hawkins for sharing the link above about St. Ignatius of Loyola. This is my parish where I am the Director of Music. We are surviving. I believe the water has begun to recede a littl…

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Beautiful!

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The priest himself directed most of the singing, and it was all a capella. I asked him if this was by choice or out of necessity. He said it was necessity.

If they're already sing…

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I once had a lady complain to me that the new Gloria we were singing was too high. It's "high" note was a D. The old Gloria we had been singing for years went up to an E-flat.
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The Blessed Sacrament is the bread of heaven, the bread of angels, the bread of life, the one bread. But it is not in the bread. The bread is not a container for the Blessed Sacrament.

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My new parish has been singing this communion song during Advent for quite some time. And of course, it has come up in discussion to use it once again this year. I was not familiar with it until no…

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Yes indeed, though I'd suggest that children aren't any less potentially bright today; they simply are not asked to be bright.

THIS CANNOT BE STRESSED ENOUGH.

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I go to the ambo and sing the psalm a capella in a chant-like manner, usually using a somewhat ornamented Gregorian psalm tone with a simple improvised chant-like responsory for the people. For the A…

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Am I the only one who thinks that liturgy programs should resemble books and not flyers?

Nope, you're not.

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For DMs specifically:

What is the ratio of your parish's total number of weekend Masses to the number that you are directly involved in providing music for? And are you present…

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I still say give 'em the Byrd.

As a musician, I feel like I should have heard this before.

Nonetheless, HIL. AR. I. OUS.

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I would be direct and honest. With the proper diplomatic tone of voice, I think what you have said is fine, save for 'disgusting', but then it's important to offer the couple options …

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