Songs & Updates for Saturday, June 21, 2014

This Saturday is Corpus Christi, and the 11th Sunday in Ordinary Time.

Last week, we had a pretty small group, but still managed to have some fun with choral pieces 'Shepherd of My Heart' and 'Eat This Bread'. I also had fun harmonizing on the Psalm and Alleluia with Lisa K..

After mass, Jonathan, Lisa P. and I began reviewing Mass of Creation (Note we'll begin using this again next Saturday) and worked the songs for this week. These included forgotten favorites like 'Song of the Body of Christ', 'I Am the Bread of Life', and 'Lord, I Lift Your Name on High'. We also spent some time on learning the choir parts, wrapping up around 7:30.

For planning purposes, please let me know if you're going to be at mass this week. I think I'm going to make this a regular request for the duration of the summer, to avoid surprises like no one showing up :-)

Songs & Updates for Saturday, June 14, 2014

Welcome back to Ordinary Time! This Saturday is Trinity Sunday.

Last week went very well. We were a bit light on singers, but had a very strong instrument section (the exact opposite of what happened the week before). We were able to pull off a pretty good rendition of 'Veni Sancte' (although we didn't exactly follow the original plan) and had some fun with 'Holy Spirit'. Father also put in a good word for us during his homily about Time & Talent.

The sound system was (nearly) fully operational with the exception of one of the guitar mics. The sound mixer had to be plugged in and turned on, and there was also some feedback through the main speakers. The system still isn't balanced properly, though, since some of us are having trouble hearing others.

Songs & Updates for Saturday, June 7, 2014

This Saturday is the Eighth Sunday of Easter and also Pentecost Sunday.

Last week, things went very well despite concerns over the entire guitar section being out. It ended up that it wasn't necessary for Father to lead music, since we had more than enough singers and two melodic instruments. I was a bit concerned that the music would feel too 'empty' without guitar, but the simplicity of it all worked quite well. Huge thanks to all who were able to be there, especially my partner-in-crime Maggie. I didn't realize sax and violin sounded so good together, and enjoyed the chance to play director for the night :-)