Society of Saint Gregory

Canonico wrote:Strange co-incidence, mbc, because this afternoon the Vatican Information Service announced that a new Bishop of Mandaville (Jamaica) has been appointed; an American Jesuit. Guess what his name is? GORDON BENNETT SJ

Yes, yes, that's who I had in mind... (phew!)

M.

Mr and Mrs Bennett-I-know-he's-the-Bishop-but-does-he-have-to-go-on-so-long? And their son Gordon.

(Disclaimer: the person or persons depicted in this (feeble attempt at a) joke are purely fictional, and any resemblance to persons living or dead (or translated) is unintentional.)

presbyter wrote:Well that's me and TT - and Musicus I guess - any more?

I'll be there.

M.

I'd heard that there were plans to have a "pick 'n' mix" opening rite, using the Gloria as one option, but this is not what is proposed in the Ordo Missae translation that ICEL recently sent to the Bishops (according to The Tablet's published text). It was proposed for the English version of the 2n...

Gwyn wrote:...though I must confess I don't know that many tattooed, broken-nosed, cauliflower eared criminal gang-land thugs who are also liturgical experts.

Come to the Composers Group meeting in Salford on July 10th!

M.

presbyter wrote:...those avid readers, Mr and Mrs Tament and their daughter Tess - named after her paternal grandmother, Old Tess....

Oh dear me, their daughter seems to have come without her clothes on...

(Sorry.)

We have three or four Glorias in current use: Bob Hurd's Missa Ubi Caritas (I get to play the drum for that one!!) Peter Jones' Coventry Gloria (I get to play the organ loudly for the final Amen !!!) We do those two plus: Glory to God in the Highest (John Bell) Gloria from Mass for John Carroll (Mi...

I've since purchased the updates to version 2 and version 3 direct from Sibelius UK, there's never been a problem. Yes, I should have mentioned, I too have had no problem with getting upgrades from Sibelius. It's getting the initial discounted version which may not be straightforward for UK church ...

UK churches can buy software at educational rates, plus the VAT. ... Sibelius 3 (Mac or Windows) is £253 + VAT. Are you sure, Musicus? According to the Sibelius web-site the educational price is available to schools/colleges/students, but no mention of churches or charities. When I bought Sibelius...

I blush, I stammer, I fiddle with my tie...

Then there was the head of composition at college who said: "You just write tunes..." That was what my A-level music teacher said to me, and I suppose I took it as a discouragement, whether or not that's how it was meant. Actually what he said was 'you should write songs for the Eurovision Song Con...

quite another presenting them to a group of folk who know what they're doing. Well quite, yes, I'm sure it would be... But you're safe enough at the composers group. It's a very sympathetic audience - much more so than unleashing a piece on a hostile and demanding public. (A much smaller audience t...

So, do I have my break ... or do I wear myself out ... ? Take that break. Not being able to turn my back on things because someone else is bound to do something half-baked in my absence is a condition I find I have to face up to repeatedly in myself. It's probably true that things will fall apart i...

and one called something like The role of the cantor , which I'll have to look at before I can give you the details, because I can't find it on the web (which probably means I've got the title wrong). Yep, it's actually: The Church Musician by Paul Westermeyer (Minneapolis, Augsburg-Fortress Press,...

Two books I've found helpful are: The Volunteer Choir by Frank Brownstead, and Pat McCollam (Pastoral Press, 1987) ISBN: 0912405376 How to Be a Successful Choir Director by John Bertalot (Kevin Mayhew, 2002) ISBN: 1840038659 Both, obviously, are aimed at church choir directors rather than more gener...