by Jenny | Mar 29, 2025 | Episodes
What does the phrase ars celebrandi really mean and what does it have to do with the spiritual lives of priests and the lay faithful? What are means of acheiving excellence in ars celebrandi? Are there special challenges that American Catholics face in entering into...
by Jenny | Mar 25, 2025 | Episodes
Join Fr. Innocent Smith, OP, as he takes us on a tour of St. Thomas Aquinas’ poetry and compositions for Corpus Christi. We discuss Aquinas’ training in poetics, his liturgical horarium and experience, how the commission to write texts for Corpus Christ...
by Jenny | Mar 10, 2025 | Episodes
Discover a genre designed for choirs with limited forces and money with our guest, Dr. Janet Hunt. We discuss the origins of the concertato motet, various composer who composed in this genre, texts set, and liturgical use of the pieces. Dr. Janet E. Hunt, FAGO,...
by Jenny | Mar 3, 2025 | Episodes
Dr. Charles Weaver joins us to outline a history of solfège and the practical and theoretical knowledge that arises from employing the early hexachordal system to understanding and singing Gregorian chant. Learn more about Dr. Weaver here:...
by Jenny | Feb 24, 2025 | Episodes
What are the origins of the liturgical use of the Credo? Do we still have the original melodies to which it was sung? How did the singing of the Credo develop during the medieval period into the Renaissance? Dr. Harrison Russin joins us to answer these questions....
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