Cathedral Music Notes

Shortly after I started at the Cathedral of Mary Our Queen in Baltimore, I began writing a weekly column for the bulletin. Some of those articles are published here as they were not available on the cathedral website, but as the articles are now more easily available, I thought I would build a list here of all the articles by date.

2017-12-17 – Music for Lessons and Carols
2017-12-10 – Music for Advent and Christmas
2017-12-03 – Are You Ready?
2017-11-19 – Musical Talent
2017-11-12 – The Singing Cathedral
2017-11-05 – Africa is Calling Thee
2017-10-29 – Sing with All the Saints
2017-10-22 – Do We Need Instruments?
2017-10-15 – All Are Welcome
2017-10-08 – Growth and Instant Results
2017-10-01 – Organized Sound
2017-09-24 – Generosity
2017-09-17 – Cathedrals in Our Hymnal
2017-09-10 – Finding Your Way
2017-09-03 – Music as Service
2017-08-27 – Upon This Rock
2017-08-20 – The Hymnals Are Here!
2017-08-13 – The Sound of Silence
2017-08-06 – Personal Space
2017-07-30 – Stand and Sing
2017-07-23 – Common Knowledge, Uncommon Wisdom
2017-07-16 – Growing Music
2017-07-09 – Leave Your Baggage Behind
2017-07-02 – The Hymnboard
2017-06-25 – Enthusiasm: Where is Yours?
2017-06-19 – Familiarity Increases Singing
2017-06-11 – How Great Thou Art
2017-06-04 – Sound Help Wanted
2017-05-28 – Sylvia Dunstan
2017-05-21 – Ending or Beginning
2017-05-14 – Ritual Song
2017-05-07 – And the sheep hear his voice…
2017-04-30 – Do You Recognize Me?
2017-04-23 – What does it take to convince you?
2017-04-16 – Let Us Rejoice and Be Glad
2017-04-09 – If you can walk…
2017-04-02 – Out of the Depths
2017-03-26 – An Opportunity to Serve
2017-03-19 – A Scrutiny of Music
2017-03-12 – What School Did You Attend?
2017-03-05 – A Cappella Sunday
2017-02-26 – Screens, Leaflets, and Books
2017-02-19 – A Musical Community
2017-02-12 – Faith, Service, Community
2017-02-05 – Effective Repertoire
2017-01-29 – A Book of Repertoire
2017-01-22 – Tours
2017-01-15 – Here I Am
2017-01-08 – A Message for All People
2017-01-01 – Greet Now the Swiftly Changing Year
2016-12-25 – Hark! The Herald Angels Sing
2016-12-18 – Savior of the Nations, Come
2016-12-11 – People, Look East
2016-12-04 – Christmas Carols
2016-11-27 – A Seasonal Opportunity
2016-11-20 – Music as Community
2016-11-13 – Music Is a Vehicle of Faith
2016-11-06 – Cathedral Acoustics
2016-10-30 – What We Offer
2016-10-23 – Oratorio
2016-10-16 – How many songs do you know?
2016-10-09 – Celebrating with Music
2016-10-02 – Musical Language
2016-09-25 – Spiritual Music
2016-09-18 – Are You Afraid of the Dark?
2016-09-11 – Growth from Crisis
2016-09-04 – The Unexpected
2016-08-28 – Go Forth
2016-08-21 – Training the Next Generation
2016-08-14 – Sharing the Work
2016-08-07 – Extra Super Holy
2016-07-31 – Call and Response
2016-07-24 – Teach Us to Sing
2016-07-17 – Offering Our Gifts to God
2016-07-10 – Praise Ye the Lord!
2016-07-03 – Singing the Word of God
2016-06-26 – Give Glory to God
2016-06-19 – The Gift of Song
2016-06-12 – Musical Invitations
2016-06-05 – Giving New Life
2016-05-29 – Reunion, Graduations, and Worship
2016-05-22 – Holy, Holy, Holy
2016-05-15 – Breathing Life into Music
2016-05-08 – Speaking Music
2016-05-01 – Better Singing Through Love
2016-04-24 – We Are One in the Spirit
2016-04-17 – Old Hundredth
2016-04-10 – What instruments do we use for worship?
2016-04-03 – Peace Be with You
2016-03-27 – Jesus Christ Is Risen Today
2016-03-20 – Fruits and Pitfalls of Repetition
2016-03-13 – In Front of the Congregation
2016-03-06 – My iPhone can play the Cathedral organ!
2016-02-28 – Concerts at the Cathedral
2016-02-21 – Leading Congregational Song
2016-02-14 – On Eagle’s Wings
2016-02-07 – Do you ever feel unqualified?
2016-01-31 – Music for Catholic Schools Week
2016-01-24 – Pastoral Music
2016-01-17 – I made it!
2016-01-10 – Discovering Purpose
2016-01-03 – We Three Kings
2015-12-27 – And suddenly there was a multitude
2015-12-20 – Magnificat O-Antiphons
2015-12-13 – Who is Advent?
2015-12-06 – Upcoming Christmas Carol Events
2015-11-29 – Do you rent or own?
2015-11-22 – Ladies First
2015-11-15 – Cathedral as Model
2015-11-08 – A Hymn of Praise
2015-11-01 – Holiday organ selections
2015-10-25 – Five Music Lessons from Running
2015-10-18 – McNeil Robinson
2015-10-11 – Singing in good times and bad
2015-10-04 – The organ is too loud
2015-09-27 – Math and Music
2015-09-20 – Choosing Music
2015-09-13 – Choir Recruitment
2015-09-06 – Gregorian Chant
2015-08-30 – A New Chapter
2015-08-23 – Music for a Feast Day
2015-08-16 – Giving Thanks in Song
2015-08-09 – Catholic Calisthenics
2015-08-02 – Trust in the Room
2015-07-26 – Meeting Celebrities
2015-07-19 – No Recessional Hymn
2015-07-12 –
2015-07-05 – I heard you singing!
2015-06-28 – Driving Liturgy
2015-06-21 – Musical Seeds and Summer Crops
2015-06-14 – Speak up, sing out
2015-06-07
2015-05-31
2015-05-24 – Pentecost 2015
2015-05-17
2015-05-10
2015-05-03 – Mutli-tasking at Communion
2015-04-26 – Choral Vespers featuring Charles Stanford
2015-04-19 – A Stranger on the Road
2015-04-12 – How many verses?
2015-04-05 – Easter Sequence
2015-03-29 – Looking forward and back through the Passion Chorale
2015-03-22 – Out of the Depths
2015-03-15
2015-03-08 – Vernacular Music
2015-03-01 – Planning music and choosing jelly
2015-02-22 – Progressive Solemnity
2015-02-15

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