For those of you musicians out there who haven’t already joined and become a member of the CMAA forum, you should! In addition to learning from others, and networking with other musicians, you get to see many of the newest projects in the sacred music world, even before they are “publicly” released. Many of the creators even ask the forum for input.
Just one cool example of this is Richard Rice’s “Simple Latin Propers” for the ordinary form, where the texts from the Graduale Romanum (introit, gradual, alleluia, offertory, and communion, with two verses). He’s been releasing these weekly. By frequenting the forum, you not only can help be another set of eyes on these new works and help refine them, but you also get access to them before they are published into a full book!
Here’s a few he has completed for the future:
- Exaltation of the Holy Cross (this Sunday!)
- Christ the King
There are also some older ones that are past, but you can look through the thread to find them.
For more in the future, follow the thread here