Antiphon and Verse for Good Friday at the Veneration of the Cross, according to the Roman Rite in its Ordinary and Extraordinary Forms. Crucem tuam adorámus, Dómine: et sanctam resurrectiónem tuam laudámus et glorificámus: ecce enim propter lignum … [More]

[http://www.kevinallen.info/] Recorded live at the Monastery of the Holy Cross in Chicago by the Lincoln Chamber Chorale, and included on the CD "Restoration of the Sacred," Kevin Allen's setting of the Eucharistic poem "Desidero, Mi Jesu" was set … [More]

Dear ACLumsden,

Many in this video, I believe, are perhaps less than five years into singing the chant, and then on a part-time basis. So your encouragement is most valued, especially as a veteran of the art!

The first years are so very critical in building up the belief that one can actually sing these more complex propers; but, also as critical, once that belief is secure, to use the acquired textbook technique as a point of departure to a more perhaps 'passionate' rendition (both in solo … [More]

Dear ACLumsden,

In defense of the ensemble interpretation, what you hear is a large ensemble of women who had less than a week singing together, most under a new conductor, and some, perhaps, that were new to the experience (and thus perhaps overly careful or "in the notes," so to speak). So before dismissing the rendition entirely, please be aware that these factors played a part.

Can one name an average pianist who can pull of, say, Chopin's Fantaisie Impromptu flawlessly and with all its … [More]

Dear ACLumsden,

In defense of the ensemble interpretation, what you hear is a large ensemble of women who had less than a week singing together, most under a new conductor, and some, perhaps, that were new to the experience (and thus perhaps overly careful or "in the notes," so to speak). So before dismissing the rendition entirely, please be aware that these factors played a part.

Can one name an average pianist who can pull of, say, Chopin's Fantaisie Impromptu flawlessly and with all its … [More]

During the final Mass of the Church Music Association of America's Sacred Music Colloquium XIX, Arlene Oost-Zinner directs the Intemediate Women's Schola in the Alleluia verse for the Thirteenth Sunday in Ordinary Time, Year B, June 28, 2009. Mary … [More]

During the final Mass of the Church Music Association of America's Sacred Music Colloquium, Professor William P. Mahrt of Stanford University directs the Advanced Women's Schola in the Offertory chant for the Thirteenth Sunday in Ordinary Time, Year … [More]