ABOUT THE AUTHOR. ix
PREFACE. xi
1. PERSONAL REFLECTIONS ON THE MASS. 3
2. PERSONAL THOUGHTS ON MUSIC MINISTRY.. 11
- RESPONSIBILITIES OF THE MUSIC DIRECTOR/MINISTER.. 15
- PURPOSE OF MUSIC AT MASS. 26
- ENHANCED MEANING.. 27
- ENVIRONMENTAL ENHANCEMENT.. 28
- ADDING ENERGY TO THE MASS. 29
- RE-EVANGELIZING THE COMMUNITY OR DR. HAHN’S “NEW EVANGELIZATION”. 30
- SUMMARY.. 33
3. TEMPO VERSUS RHYTHM AND EXAMPLES OF THE PHRASE BASED‘RHYTHM/FLOW METHOD’ 35
- TEMPO VERSUS RHYTHM... 37
- EXAMPLES OF HOW TO APPLY ‘RHYTHM BASED/FLOW/ METHOD FOR IMPROVED MEANING OF THE TEXT.. 39
- EXAMPLE I “We Three Kings”. 39
- EXAMPLE II “O God Our Help”. 41
- EXAMPLE III “Now Thank We All Our God”. 42
- EXAMPLE IV “Hosea”. 43
- EXAMPLE V “Glory and Praise to Our God”. 44
- EXAMPLE VI “How Great Thou Art”. 44
- EXAMPLE VII “Let Us Be Bread”. 46
- EXAMPLE VIII “I will Praise Your Name”. 48
- MORE ON MY SHOCKING DISCOVERY.. 49
- THE PHRASE BASED ‘RHYTHM/FLOW METHOD’ 52
- SUMMARY.. 54
4. THE ROLE OF CANTOR and THEIR CARE, ‘FEEDING’, and TRAINING.. 55
- WHAT IS A CANTOR.. 57
- WHO SHOULD NOT BECOME A CANTOR: 59
- WHO SHOULD BECOME A CANTOR: 60
- CANTOR FORMATION.. 61
- CANTOR COACHING AND VOCAL TECHNIQUE.. 61
- THE RESPONSORIAL PSALM AND TO ‘AMBO’ OR NOT TO ‘AMBO’ 63
- THE GOSPEL ACCLAMATION AND VERSE .. 66
- CORRECT WORD PRONUNCIATION.. 68
- CANTOR ANNOUNCEMENTS. 70
- CANTOR DRESS AND DEMEANOR.. 71
- SUMMARY OF CANTOR PREPARATION AND COACHING.. 72
- CANTOR SELF-EVALUATION AFTER MASS. 73
5. CANTOR PHYSICAL POSITIONS AND PHOTO GALLERY.. 75
6. POTENTIAL PROBLEMS / PET PEEVES /HELPFUL SUGGESTIONS. 87
- THE TIME BEFORE MASS. 89
- REHEARSAL BEFORE MASS WITH THE ASSEMBLY.. 90
- PARISH ANNOUNCEMENTS. 91
- EARLY DEPARTURES FROM MASS. 91
- ANNOUNCING A HYMN.. 91
- THE KEYBOARDIST’S PERSONAL ‘PERFORMANCE’ STYLE OR ‘STYLE KEYBOARD EXECUTION’ 92
- MULTIPLE MUSICAL INSTRUMENTS AT MASS. 93
- HEALTHY LEGITIMATE VOCAL TECHNIQUE.. 94
- ORGANISTS/KEYBOARDISTS AS CHOIR DIRECTORS. 95
- VARIOUS MUSIC GROUPS SERVING DIFFERENT MASSES IN THE SAME PARISH.. 96
- BILINGUAL MASSES. 97
- TRAINING MUSIC MINISTERS. 98
- SACRED MUSIC 101
- CHOIR REPERTOIRE.. 102
- LISTENING AS ASSEMBLY ‘PARTICIPATION’ 105
- MORE ON HYMN SELECTION FOR THE MASS. 106
- HYMN TUNES. 107
- MUSIC EDUCATION AS A ‘BY-PRODUCT’ OF MUSIC MINISTRY.. 109
- TALENTED AND VOCALLY GIFTED CANTORS. 110
- WEDDING AND FUNERAL MUSIC.. 112
- THE GREAT EASTER VIGIL. 115
- CREATIVE PARISH MUSIC STAFFING.. 118
- PARTICIPATION IN THE MASS BY THE ‘ALTAR MINISTERIAL TEAM’ 119
- THE’ PARISH LITURGY PLANNING TEAM/COMMITTEE’ 120
7. TRUE HORROR STORIES with SOME REMEDIES. 123
8. CONCLUSIONS / BEGINNINGS / HOPES / DREAMS. 137
- THE CHALLENGE.. 148
- THE TIME IS NOW! 149
9. PRAYERS FOR CANTORS MUSIC MINISTERS CHURCH MUSICIANS. 151
APPENDIX.. 169
APPENDIX 1 A CANTOR'S PERSONAL CHECKLIST FOR WEEKEND MASS (Sample Form). 171
APPENDIX 2 MUSIC DIRECTOR/MINISTER’S HYMN SELECTION CHECKLIST
FOR WEEKEND MASS (Sample Form).173
APPENDIX 3 Parish HYMN REPERTOIRE PLAN (Sample Form)..175
APPENDIX 4 SAMPLE LIST OF OFTEN MIS-PRONOUNCED WORDS. 177
APPENDIX 5 CANTOR SELF-EVALUATION AFTER MASS (Sample Form). 181
APPENDIX 6 LIST OF OFFICIAL DOCUMENTS ON LITURGY FROM THE
UNITED STATES CONFERENCE OF (ROMAN) CATHOLIC BISHOPS. 183
APPENDIX 7 SELECTED BIBLIOGRAPHY.. 185