E. & G. G. Hook & Hastings Organ, Opus 801 • Transformed Acoustic!
The Cathedral of the Holy Cross in Boston completed in 2019 a nearly two year renovation of the building. This included the removal of a sea of carpeting which was replaced by marble and stone. The...
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Ave Maria • The American Boychoir • Fernando Malvar-Ruiz, Director Christe qui lux es et dies • The Seraphim Singers • Jennifer Lester, Director Fearfully & Wonderfully Made • Richard Kelley,...
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Gregorian Chant – Implementing the First Option
GIRM ~ General Instruction of the Roman Missal The main place should be given, all things being equal, to Gregorian chant, as being proper to the Roman Liturgy. Other kinds of sacred music, in...
View ArticleThe Next Challenge – Encouragement – Resources
Dearest Musicians, Colleagues, Friends, As many parishes are working towards reopening, there is a great deal of understandable anxiety for those responsible for its implementation. It is also no...
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Silence and The Thoughts of His Heart
HERE HAS BEEN been too much hurt and suffering in the world to express anything adequately in words. There is societal and personal pain, grief in the music world, challenge in our liturgical and...
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It must be said.
Dearest Musicians, Colleagues, Friends, OST OF OUR parishes in Boston have begun to open to the public. The Cathedral Parish has been open since Pentecost. That seems like an eternity ago! For music...
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Safety in Music is a Pro-Life Issue
PRECIOUS FEW are fortunate enough to make music with others on a consistent basis. I am one of the lucky ones. Most are not. Despite more favorable personal circumstances I still mourn the absence of...
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Announcement of Easter & the Movable Feasts • El Anuncio de la Pascua y...
N KEEPING WITH an ancient practice of the Holy Church, the moveable feasts of the coming year are announced following the Gospel. Interestingly, the rubrics indicate that the Gospel be sung! (However,...
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Sing a New Song! • Resources for Pastoral Musicians
DOCUMENTS: • USCCB: Hymnody at the Service of the Church: An Aid for Evaluating Hymn Lyrics • Live event handout (includes Assumption Vespers II) • Video – presentation on Singing the Mass and...
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From the Bell Tower – Boston Cathedral Singers Release First Album
Available on Apple iTunes, Amazon Music, Spotify, and all digital formats BOSTON – A beacon of light during the height of the pandemic, four singers at the Cathedral of the Holy Cross sought artistic...
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