Vox Feminae

Day Seven - Colloquium 2011

2011-06-20T17:47:00.000-07:00

I'm working on the files... but just had to post the Credo from the Byrd Mass for Four Voices. Dr. Horst Buchholz directed this polyphony choir for the Sunday Mass to end the week. Credo More files: Introit Kyrie, Byrd Mass for Four Voices

Day Five - Colloquium 2011

2011-06-17T21:07:00.000-07:00

We ended our day with a very beautiful Vespers service in the extraordinary form. It was conducted by Dr. William Mahrt, featuring his polyphony choir with the assistance of the Master schola, made up of Wilko Brouwers, Aristotle Esguerra, David Hughes and Paul Weber. The Vespers recording is the entire hour-long service. Vespers recording. Also during the day, at the Votive Mass of the

Day Four - Colloquium 2011

2011-06-16T22:00:00.000-07:00

Another wonderful day in Pittsburgh! We had a slight bit of drizzle in the afternoon, which did tend to increase the effect of the heat in the church in the afternoon... but nothing to complain of, really. Day four was a big day for singing for me. This year I was able to sing with Dr. Horst Buchholz' polyphony choir, and our polyphonic Mass setting, the Missa Brevis (Antonio Lotti 1665-1740),

Day Three - Colloquium 2011

2011-06-15T21:20:00.000-07:00

Day Three was another beautiful day in Pittsburgh. The weather has been absolutely wonderful this year, sunny and warm, but not oppressively hot. After dinner this evening, Msgr. Wadsworth (ICEL) and Jeffrey Tucker gave a short presentation on the new Missal translation chants. Here is a photo of them in the middle of that... Today we celebrated Mass at the Church of the Epiphany again, today a

Day Two - Colloquium 2011

2011-06-14T15:10:00.000-07:00

Well... first off a photo of Dr. William Mahrt (President, CMAA) and Jeffrey Tucker (Editor, Sacred Music Journal) while they examine the first copies of the newly printed Simple English Propers. The book is listed on Amazon and is also being sold to Colloquium participants. .. I only have had a few minutes' time, but I have some recordings from this afternoon's Mass that may be of interest...

Colloquium in Pittsburgh 2011

2011-06-14T05:03:00.000-07:00

Well... people began arriving at the Power Center at Duquesne University for registration shortly before 2:00 pm yesterday afternoon. It was wonderful to see friends from previous years as well as meeting people who were attending for the first time. After all the planning over the past months, it was very nice to be able to put faces with names. Dr. William Mahrt gave a welcoming address to the

Fun stuff...

2011-06-07T22:04:00.000-07:00

I've mentioned that I enjoy singing with a small women's ensemble in Macon... well, I recorded a few things at our rehearsal this evening and thought I'd share. Obviously, the recording quality is not professional... and it was a rehearsal, after all, but... we are singing some fun things. We sang the Ave Maria chant as a beginning prayer... it is a bit different in the timing than I am used to,

The Colloquium is Filling Up!

2011-05-10T13:27:00.000-07:00

As we approach this year's Church Music Association of America's Colloquium (to be held in Pittsburgh's Duquesne University again), only a few more spots remain.