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.

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'.

Songs & Updates for Saturday, January 30, 2016

This Saturday is the 4th Sunday in Ordinary Time.

Both Kristen and I were out last week due to the weather. Jim reported that Mass went well with a good showing of singers and he and Maggie covering instruments. We also have a new singer joining us -- welcome to the group!