Catholic liturgical music is serious, solemn, transcendent, but Catholic musicians are never more fun and inspiring than when they are talking about what they love most. This is what happens at sacred music events around the world: the social and intellectual are critically important elements. The musicians (and music enthusiasts) at the Chant Café, a project of the
Church Music Association of America, bring that sense of life and love to the digital world. As St. Augustine said, "Cantare amantis est."
Among the contributors:
Also past contributors:
Jeffrey Tucker, writer, editor, entrepreneur, musician |
archiveNick Gale (1975-2015), organist, choral director, for 13 years Master of the Music at the Cathedral of St. George in Southwark |
archiveBen, schola director and organ student |
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As an 18 year old, I joined my family in England in April of 1974 and did an independent study of English church music. One of the churches we attended was the Brompton Oratory and the music for the mass was by Antonin Dvorak. My mother was able to obtain the music and perform it in the United States. The experience of hearing church music in the most revered churches and cathedrals in England was quite an experience and now, as a convert to Catholicism, I appreciate, even more, the great opportunity to be involved in the Catholic church and be participant and witness to the revival of the Catholic church in Britain and the US.
Ken Kietzman