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....
by Jenny | Feb 18, 2025 | Episodes
How did we end up with a Kyriale in the Graduale Romanum, with its 18 Masses, group of Credos, and ad libitum section? Find out the specifics, as well as the general trends and conditions that brought about this organization in the liturgy. Find out more about Dr....
by Jenny | Feb 12, 2025 | Episodes
We’re back with season 7 and we’ve got an inspiring story of building up people, a parish and school, and fostering vocations through a sacred music education program and some elbow grease. Listeners can learn more about the program profiled in this...
by Jenny | Jun 19, 2024 | Episodes
The 18th century orchestral mass repertoire comes with all sorts of questions for the liturgical musician. Is this repertoire properly called “Viennese”? Does this music really fit, in style and length, with the sacred liturgy? What does the Church have to...
by Jenny | Jun 19, 2024 | Episodes
For Bishop Earl Fernandes of Columbus, Ohio, sacred music and the Eucharistic revival are inextricably linked. When he was consecrated bishop at age 49 in 2022, he was the U.S.’s youngest bishop, and his experience with sacred music as a young person involved...
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