I love contemporary music at mass. Yes, you read that right. I absolutely love contemporary music at Mass. But not that outdated stuff from the 70s. Much of the music written recently is much better.
Jeff Ostrowski, 2011; SATB arr. Jeff Ostrowski, 2012
Kevin Allen, 2005
Frank La Rocca, 2012
Kevin Allen, 2009 or 2010 (I believe)
By Adam Bartlett, 2010
Kevin Allen, 2009 or 2010 (I believe)
By Adam Bartlett, 2010
By Aristotle Esguerra, 2008
Don’t ever tell me traddies are stuck in the past!
Ben is a Catholic college freshman, loves his big family, but most of all, HE'S CATHOLIC!
From the Ordinary to the Extraordinary was started as a place to post my thoughts on things I enjoy and care about, anything from the ordinary and mundane things of everyday life to the extraordinary exciting things. Some of my passions include cross country running, sacred music, the liturgy, web design, video production and media production, particularly radio.
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My thoughts exactly! Our women’s schola sang Kevin Allen’s Ave Sacer Christi Sanguis for the Feast of the Precious Blood. Very awesome music. I’m just glad talent didn’t die out with Vatican II… I was a little worried for about 40 years of my life…
Very cool! I love Kevin Allen’s music. The guy is a genius. By the way, I added one more 2008 piece by Aristotle Esguerra. Note that everything is less than 5 years old…. wow.
Great stuff! I particularly enjoy Kevin Allen’s compositions. Thanks for posting.
Beutiful. I like the “Frank La Rocca” one.
Whoops I mean, that’s ‘beautiful’