Songs & Updates for Saturday, January 13, 2018

This Saturday is the 2nd Sunday in Ordinary Time.

Thanks for another solid Mass last week! I especially liked how Lord, Every Nation (here) turned out. We've had trouble integrating piano in the past, but everything seemed to blend together well this go around. Here I Am, Lord (here) also had some great harmony -- we'll be revisiting this song later in the month.

With Epiphany behind us, the Christmas Season has officially come to an end (I hope everyone enjoyed the holiday!). This week, we return to Ordinary Time until the start of Lent in mid-February.

Songs & Updates for Saturday, January 14, 2017

This Saturday is the 2nd Sunday in Ordinary Time.

Nice job last week! We had another strong night, with most everything going smoothly. No more Christmas songs for a while, though :-(

I also wanted to put out a special thanks to Lise for singing with us over the past year! Lise is our youngest member, and joined us in January, 2016. Lise's mom is taking a job out-of-state, and this was her last week singing with us.

Songs & Updates for Saturday, January 16, 2016

This Saturday is the 2nd Sunday in Ordinary Time.

Mass last week was probably one of our strongest in quite a while. Huge thanks to Jonathan for covering guitar and Jaclyn for cantoring! Just to give you an idea of how we sounded from where I stood, check out the recording of our Closing song, 'You Are the Voice'.

Songs & Updates for Saturday, February 28, 2015

This Saturday is the Second Sunday of Lent.

Karina and I once again weren't at mass last week due to the weather.

Jonathan reports that "Jackie joined us and cantored.‎ First Sunday of Lent, very strong community presence despite the weather. Jim and I started the wrong song completely for communion, we started chatting with someone about joining us on piano. Maggie was refreshing ['Open the Eyes of My Heart'] a bit after mass."

Songs & Updates for Saturday, January 17, 2015

This Saturday is the Second Sunday in Ordinary Time.

Thanks as always to everyone who was able to make it last week! Things seemed to go fairly well with only a few minor issues.

Our Gathering and Closing song (Praise to You, O Christ, Our Savior) was a bit messy, but that was my fault for not introducing it much sooner. Our Communion song, Lord, When You Came, turned out quite nicely, though.

Songs & Updates for Saturday, March 15, 2014

This Saturday is the Second Sunday of Lent.

Nice job to all who were at mass last week -- despite having under-rehearsed new materials and being short-staffed, things went exceptionally smoothly. Also, nice job to one of our newest members, Erin, on percussion both before and after mass :-)

Songs & Updates for Saturday, January 18, 2014

This Saturday is the Second Sunday in Ordinary Time.

We finally returned to our normal practice routine last week with rehearsal after mass. We went over choir parts for the Mass of Joy & Peace Gloria. We'll be using this setting through the end of Lent.

In addition, we started working with 'Shout to the Lord' once more. 'Shout' is a piece we started shortly before Jonathan's summer tour last year. We'll most likely use it as a prelude or meditation song sometime in the near future (no date set yet).