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Season 1
Episode 1– An Archbishop’s Reflections on Sacred Music – with Archbishop Alexander K. Sample
Episode 2 – Beauty and Catholic Culture: a Story of Conversion – with Vida and Josh Hernandez
Episode 3 – The Role of Sacred Music in Catholic Education – with Charles Cole
Episode 4 – Introduction to Gregorian Chant – with Dr. William Mahrt
Episode 5 – The Spirituality of Gregorian Chant – with Fr. Cassian Folsom, OSB
Episode 6 – Historical Techniques for Teaching Music to Children – with Charlie Weaver
Episode 7 – The Role of Sacred Art in Evangelization and Church Patronage of Art – with Dr. Elizabeth Lev
Episode 8 – Evangelization and Catechesis through Music: South American Jesuit Missions and Working with Underserved Populations – with Lisa Knutson
Episode 9 – Modern Sacred Music – with Kevin Allen
Episode 10 – Teaching Sacred Music in Nigeria – with Fr. Jude Orakwe
Episode 11 – Developing a Sacred Music Program: St. Vincent Ferrer, NYC – with James Wetzel
Episode 12 – The Participation of Little Children in the Sacred Liturgy – with Dr. Timothy O’Malley
Season 2
Episode 1 – Sacred Music and Sacred Silence as Powerful Spiritual Medicines – Part 1 with His Eminence, Robert Cardinal Sarah
Episode 2 – The Worship of God: The Heart of the Mission of the Church – Part 2 with His Eminence, Robert Cardinal Sarah
Episode 3 – All about Saint Cecilia, Or: When in Rome – with Gregory DiPippo
Episode 4 – The Spiritual Fruits of Singing the Mass for Both Priests and the Laity – with Fr. Nathan Cromly, CSJ
Episode 5 – Musical Treasures of the Mozarabic (Hispanic) Rite – with Jim Monti
Episode 6 – Understanding Christ in the Psalms – with Dom Benedict Andersen, OSB
Episode 7 – St. Elizabeth of the Trinity as Musician and Spiritual Friend – with Dr. Anthony Lilles
Episode 8 – The Pipe Organ: King of the Instruments – with Dr. Nathan Knutson
Episode 9 – The Music of Notre Dame de Paris: The Organs and Organists through the Centuries – with Olivier Latry
Episode 10 – Beauty, Reverence, and Whether It’s All in the Eye of the Beholder – with Dr. Alice von Hildebrand
Episode 11 – William Byrd: English Catholic Composer and Recusant – with Dr. Kerry McCarthy
Episode 12 – The Hows and Whys of Illuminated Chant Manuscripts – with Elizabeth Lemme
Episode 13 – Pope Pius X’s Motu Proprio on Sacred Music – with Dr. Susan Treacy
BONUS Episode 1 – Conducting and Group Vocal Tips for the Parish Music Director – with Dr. Timothy McDonnell
Episode 14 – From Ragas to Responsories: A Hindu Becomes a Catholic Priest – with Fr. Gaurav Shroff
BONUS Episode 2 – Teaching Gregorian Chant to Children: A Look at the Ward Method – with Kevin Collins and Dr. Jennifer Donelson-Nowicka
Episode 15 – A Catholic Portrait of Abbé Franz Liszt – with Dr. Jay Hershberger
Episode 16 – “Lord, Teach Us to Pray”: The Spiritual Fruits of Obedience in Matters Liturgical – with Dom Alcuin Reid, OSB
Bonus Episode 3 – The Top 5 Misconceptions about Music at Mass (Part I: nos. 1 and 2) – with Dr. Jennifer Donelson-Nowicka
Bonus Episode 4 – 40+ (Mostly Free) Resources for Making Excellent Sacred Music in a Time of Restrictions
Bonus Episode 5 – Introduction to the Organ for Pianists – with Dr. Crista Miller
Episode 17 – Sacred Music as a Vital Part of Parish Life and Fellowship – roundtable with Mary Ann Carr Wilson, Charles Cole, and Fr. Robert Pasley
Episode 18 – 7000+ Hours of Gregorian Chant: Behind the Scenes at the Neumz Project with John Anderson and Alberto Díaz-Blanco
Episode 19 – Where Do I Start? A Pastoral Plan for Changing a Parish Music Program – with Dr. Mary Jane Ballou
Season 3
Episode 1 – Sanctity, Beauty, and Universality in Modern Sacred Music – with Sir James MacMillan
Episode 2 – Growing up Catholic in China and Musical Life in the Church in China – with His Eminence, Joseph Cardinal Zen
Episode 3 – Motets – with Dr. Aaron James
Episode 4 – Music of the Ordinariate – with Fr. James Bradley
Episode 5 – Swimming the Thames and the Tiber – with Dr. Jay Hershberger
Episode 6 – Dominican Chant – with Fr. Innocent Smith, O.P.
Episode 7 – Modality in Gregorian Chant – with Dr. William Mahrt
Episode 8 – Pius X School of Liturgical Music: A Snapshot of Sacred Music Education in America – with Dr. Francis Brancaleone
Episode 9 – Liturgical Changes in Tudor England: Thomas Tallis’ Stable Position – with Dr. Kerry McCarthy
Episode 10 – Sergei Rachmaninoff and the Sounds of Russian Orthodoxy – with Dr. Richard Fountain
Episode 11 – The Origins of Gregorian Chant: The Roman Schola Cantorum and Old Roman Chant – with Dr. Joseph Dyer
Episode 12 – Saint Juan de Ribera, Devotion to the Eucharist, and the Importance of Prayer in Liturgical and Musical Renewal – with James Monti
Episode 13 – Meeting Your Spouse in Choir, Weddings, and Babies – with Theresa and Ben Volpe, Sam and Lauren Rowe, and Drs. Jacek and Jennifer Nowiccy
Episode 14 – Historical Notation, and the Link between Meaning and Notation in Sacred Music – with Charles Weaver
Season 4
Episode 1 – What Does “Pastoral” Mean? Leadership and Service in Sacred Music – with Archbishop Salvatore J. Cordileone
Episode 2 – Introducing People to Sacred Music: How to Plan a Great Event – with Janet Gorbitz
Episode 3 – Secular Music at Mass: Understanding the Use of Worldly Tunes in Renaissance Polyphony – with Dr. Andrew Kirkman
Episode 4 – Building Your Parish Choir’s Repertoire: Great Motets and Helpful Tips – with Dr. Aaron James
Episode 5 – The Beuron School: The Invention of a Modern Canon for Liturgical Art – with Emily Sottile
Episode 6 – New Jobs and Early-Career Church Musicians: Starting Off on the Right Foot – with Sam Rowe
Episode 7 – Capturing the Classical Polyphonic Sound: Historical Performance Practice for Parish Choirs – with Charles Weaver
Episode 8 – The Psalms as the Basis for Christian Sung Prayer: Exploring the Four Senses of Scripture in the Divine Office – with Dr. William Mahrt
Episode 9 – Olivier Messiaen as Musical Theologian – with Dr. Robert Sholl
Episode 10 – Paleography, the Semiological Approach to Singing Chant, and the Work of Dom Eugène Cardine – with Dr. Edward Schaefer
Episode 11 – Music of the California Missions: Understanding the Construction of a Vibrant Musical Culture – with Dr. Craig H. Russell
Season 5
Epsiode 1 – Improving Catholic School Masses and Catholic Identity in Education – with Fr. Christopher Smith
Episode 2 – The Story of Musical Notation – with Dr. Thomas Forrest Kelly
Episode 3 – Understanding and Preventing Church Musician Burnout – with Dr. Kensley Behel
Episode 4 – A Musical Offering: Reflections on Improvisation, Inspiration, and Harmony – with Naji Hakim
Episode 5 – A Bishop’s Guardianship of Beauty and the Liturgy: Reflections on the Liturgical Life of the Ordinariate – with Bishop Steven J. Lopes
Episode 6 – Do College Composition Departments Prepare Composers to Write Sacred Music? The Story of a Composer’s Evolution – with Dr. Frank La Rocca
Episode 7 – The Impact of the Council of Trent on Composers: The Case of Juan de Esquivel – with Dr. Michael O’Connor
Episode 8 – Mocquereau’s “Classical Solesmes” School of Singing Chant: Understanding the Arguments about the Rhythm of Gregorian Chant – with Prof. Charles Weaver
Episode 9 – Organ Improvisation, Hymn Tune Introits, and Cathedral Choir Schools – with Dr. Christoph Tietze
Episode 10 – Teaching Gregorian Chant to Young People: The Canticle Apostolate – with Mary Ann Carr Wilson
Episode 11 – Lessons from Mary Berry on Persevering & Loving Gregorian Chant in the Midst of Trials – with Christopher Hodkinson
Episode 12 – The Lives and Musical Education of Child Oblates in Medieval Monasteries – with Dr. Susan Boynton
Bonus – The Role of Beauty and the Church’s Sacred Music in the Spiritual Life, Intro to the Catholic Institute of Sacred Music – with Dr. Jennifer Donelson-Nowicka
Episode 13 – Becoming a Sacrifice of Praise: Advice for Choral Directors for Pursuing Musical Excellence & Developing a Polyphonic Repertoire in Parish Choirs – with Christopher Berry
Episode 14 – Sanctifying Time: The Hours of the Divine Office through the Day and through the Liturgical Year – with Dr. William Mahrt
Episode 15 – All about Rogation Days – with Dr. Michael Foley
Episode 16 – Charles Tournemire as Liturgical Organist: Improviser & Composer of L’Orgue Mystique – with Kevin Faulkner
Season 6
Episode 1 – Priests and Musicians Working Together: Salaries, Contracts, and All the Practical Stuff – with Michael Olbash
Episode 2 – It’s All Greek to Me (Until It’s Latin): The Evolution of Language in the Roman Rite – with Fr. Nicholas Schneider
Episode 3 – Marian Chant: The Music of Lady Masses – with Dr. William Mahrt
Episode 4 – Fundraising for an Amazing Sacred Music Program – with Dr. Lucas Tappan
Episode 5 – Tenebrae and the Lamentations of Jeremiah – with James Monti
Episode 6 – 3 Warmups, 3 Motets, and 3 Polyphonic Masses Every Choir Should Learn – Choral Institute Preview – with Prof. Christopher Berry
Episode 7 – Your Questions, Answered: Liturgical Q&A about Sacred Music – with Christopher Carstens
Episode 8 – The Sacramentality of Sound: Bells and Their Place in Catholic Life – with Fr. Christopher Gray and Carl Zimmerman
Episode 9 – Gregorian Chant and the Art of Memory: Chant Books (Tonaries) and Florilegia – with Dr. Anna Maria Busse Berger
Episode 10 – Integrating Scholarship and Praxis in the Life of the Catholic Singer – with Dr. Charles Weaver
Episode 11 – Sacred Music and the “Sunday Experience” – with Bishop Michael Barber, SJ
Episode 12 – The Final Flowering of Late Renaissance Venetian Choral Music – with Charles Cole and the London Oratory Schola
Episode 13 – What is Sacred Music, & Why Does It Matter? with Archbishop Salvatore J. Cordileone
Episode 14 – Liberal Arts and Fine Arts: Understanding the Trivium, Quadrivium, and the Place of Music in Catholic Education – with Mark Langley
Episode 15 – Medieval Irish Chant: Sources and Liturgical Practice – with Dr. Ann Buckley
Episode 16 – Music and the Eucharistic Revival – with Bishop Earl Fernandes
Episode 17 – The “Viennese” Orchestral Mass and the Work of Johann Michael Haydn – with Dr. Erick Arenas
Season 7
Episode 1 – Building a Great School & Parish Sacred Music Program in a Rural Community – with Kelsey LaCour
Episode 2 – How Did the Parts of the Mass Ordinary Get Arranged into Groups in the Kyriale? – with Dr. Andrew Kirkman
Episode 3 – Singing the Credo: Historical Origins and Development – with Dr. Harrison Russin
Episode 4 – When and Why Did Ut Change to Do? And Other Historical Questions about Solfège – with Dr. Charles Weaver
Episode 5 – Short on Singers or Dough? Enter Concertato Motets – with Dr. Janet Hunt
Episode 6 – The Liturgical Compositions and Eucharistic Poetry of St. Thomas Aquinas – with Fr. Innocent Smith, OP
Episode 7 – Is Formality Inauthentic or Insincere? Understanding Excellence in Ars Celebrandi in American Catholic Parishes – with Archbishop Salvatore J. Cordileone
Episode 8 – A Catholic Curriculum: A Model Music Program in a Classical High School – with Dr. Alexis Kutarna
Episode 9 – Meditating on the Mysteries of the Lives of Mary and Jesus: Music of Heinrich Bieber and Franz Joseph Haydn – with Fiona Hughes
Episode 10 – Should Postludes Be Loud? And Other Organ Repertoire Questions for the Catholic Parish Organist – with Prof. Christopher Berry