WANTED: Full, Active Participation
Found this in the Denver Catholic Register.... Our good friend Perry will get a kick out of it.
How's the singing at your parishes?
In tribute to the archbishop's beloved Les Mis, the workshop really should've been called "Do You Hear the People Sing?" But oh well....
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How's the singing at your parishes?
A highly regarded music director from the Archdiocese of Seattle will be featured as part of an upcoming presentation and workshop with the theme, “Let My People Sing.”
Sponsored by the Archdiocesan Music Committee and Office of Liturgy, the event is for musicians, clergy and all interested parishioners. The activities will be held at the John Paul II Center, 1300 S. Steele St. in Denver.
Dr. James Savage, director of music at St. James Cathedral in the Archdiocese of Seattle, will give a presentation at 7 p.m. on Oct. 7 called “How to Put ‘Active’ Back in ‘Active Participation.’”
Savage was invited to speak at the recommendation of Horst Buchholz, director of music at the Cathedral of the Immaculate Conception in Denver, said Mary Lou Lybarger, music director at St. Joseph Parish in Fort Collins and chair of the Archdiocesan Music Committee.
“Horst had visited him and heard the congregation and said it is one of the best singing congregations that he’s ever heard,” Lybarger said. “We’re all excited to see what message he has.”
A workshop with the theme, “Recipes for Successful Assembly Singing,” will be held from 9:15 a.m. to 2 p.m. the next day. A Mass will be celebrated at 8:30 a.m.
In tribute to the archbishop's beloved Les Mis, the workshop really should've been called "Do You Hear the People Sing?" But oh well....
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posted by Rocco Palmo at 12:57
4 Comments:
The singing is better in my parish than most others, but still could use a lot of improvement. It is a mostly black parish, so you end up with Negro spirituals, gospel tunes, and even - shudder - Marty Haugen, with old fashioned smells and bells to go along with it. The results could be (and sometimes are) awful, but usually they are quite supurb. (Liturgically, the pastor is sort of a mixture of Bishop Marini, Msgr. Peter Elliot, and Busby Berkeley, if that is possible.)
There needs to be more singing from the congregation though.
OCP is unquestionably the antichrist incarnate. May it's very memory be a curse. Amen! Amen!
I game so long as if she can sing like Celine Dion or Arethra Franklin. If not, then its time to break out the tar and feathers.
Still congregational singing with a competent choir in the background is the best. I grew up with an excellent parish choir and There's no excuse for the refusal to sing good hymns and anthems at mass. None whatsoever.
My favorite Mass time is the 5:30 weekday one because there's no music at all. The cantor at my church has a lovely voice but her range and training are beyond most people. I sing soprano and I can't follow her. My husband doesn't even try. Either let the choir do all the singing or get musicians and cantors who come up with music that normal humans can sing. Oh and no more music from Jesus Christ Superstar during communion, please!
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