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Catholic musicians gathered to blog about liturgy and life

Posted on December 15, 2012 by Jeffrey Tucker
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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:
  • Mary Jane Ballou, D.S.M., harpist, organist, director of Cantorae St. Augustine. specialist in sacred repertoire for women's voices | archive
  • Jennifer Donelson, D.M.A., managing editor, Sacred Music, associate professor at St. Joseph's Seminary, Dunwoodie | archive
  • G Hildreth is an erstwhile Catholic music director and cantor who now sings where she may and blogs at scelata.blogspot.com | archive
  • Nathan Knutson, D.S.M., sacred music director at St. Charles Borromeo Seminary, Philadelphia. Admin with wife Lisa, domenicozipoli.org.| archive
  • Kathleen Pluth, hymn writer and translator, S.T.D. (cand.) student at the Angelicum in Rome | archive
  • Fr. Christopher Smith, S.T.D., pastor of Prince of Peace Catholic Church in Taylors, SC | archive
  • Mary Ann Carr Wilson, director of the San Diego summer Chant Camp | archive
  • Adam Wood, church musician and writer at Music for Sunday | archive
  • Ben Yanke, schola director and organ student in Madison, WI | archive
Also past contributors:
  • Charles Culbreth, "Mr. C" (1951-2018), longtime parish music director in Visalia, CA | archive
  • Jeffrey Tucker, writer, editor, entrepreneur, musician | archive
  • Nick Gale (1975-2015), organist, choral director, for 13 years Master of the Music at the Cathedral of St. George in Southwark | archive
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