Tuesday, February 23, 2016
Songs & Updates for Saturday, February 27, 2016
This Saturday is the 3rd Sunday of Lent.
Mass last week overall went fairly well, despite being a bit light on singers and having to crash through quite a bit of material at practice. Welcome back Tom, and thanks as always to everyone who was able to be there!
Tuesday, February 16, 2016
Songs & Updates for Saturday, February 20, 2016
This Saturday is the 2nd Sunday of Lent.
Mass overall went fairly well last week. We ended up crashing through quite a bit of material before Mass -- there were probably a few pieces we should have spent more time on, but we didn't run into any major issues. Huge thanks to Jonathan for the last-minute guitar coverage!
Wednesday, February 10, 2016
Songs & Updates for Saturday, February 13, 2016
This Saturday is the 1st Sunday of Lent.
Mass last week went very well! We had piano for the first time in quite a while, and overall, everything sounded much more confident. Moving forward, Kristen will be with us about every other week.
We also started tweaking the sound system a bit to compensate for having piano, including bringing the piano master down and the gain on the other mics up. I also asked all the singers to move to the first two rows to better take advantage of the choir mics. In listening to the recordings, the piano is still a bit overpowering, but we'll keep tweaking the levels in the coming weeks and hopefully find a balance that works.
A few of us stuck around briefly after Mass to look at songs for Lent. Speaking of that, our music for February has been approved without any changes.
We also started tweaking the sound system a bit to compensate for having piano, including bringing the piano master down and the gain on the other mics up. I also asked all the singers to move to the first two rows to better take advantage of the choir mics. In listening to the recordings, the piano is still a bit overpowering, but we'll keep tweaking the levels in the coming weeks and hopefully find a balance that works.
A few of us stuck around briefly after Mass to look at songs for Lent. Speaking of that, our music for February has been approved without any changes.
Wednesday, February 3, 2016
Songs & Updates for Saturday, January 6, 2016
This Saturday is the 5th Sunday in Ordinary Time.
Mass last week went fairly well -- thanks to all who were able to be there!
Lisa K., Ginny and I stuck around for a bit afterwards to look at a few pieces for Lent, including 'Whatsoever You Do', 'Hold Us In Your Mercy' and Mass of Remembrance, which we'll start using next week. We also reviewed the Psalm (which we may try to do as a cantor trio) and looked at a possible Lenten Meditation piece that was suggested by Maggie and Deb, 'At Evening'.
Lisa K., Ginny and I stuck around for a bit afterwards to look at a few pieces for Lent, including 'Whatsoever You Do', 'Hold Us In Your Mercy' and Mass of Remembrance, which we'll start using next week. We also reviewed the Psalm (which we may try to do as a cantor trio) and looked at a possible Lenten Meditation piece that was suggested by Maggie and Deb, 'At Evening'.