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Morning, OT, if we are going to do an Entmoot choir, we could do A Mighty Fortress Is Our God, which is now in the Catholic liturgy too. Most of the stuff in the everyday Catholic liturgy is pretty dull these days, what's the matter with Mozart and Verdi anyhow?

Most of the stuff in the everyday Catholic liturgy is pretty dull these days, what's the matter with Mozart and Verdi anyhow?

Yeah, really. That's why I don't do choir anymore....can't stand the music. I sing alto but am out of practice. Used to do a lot of choral stuff in high school.

Most of the stuff in the everyday Catholic liturgy is pretty dull these days, what's the matter with Mozart and Verdi anyhow?

I know what you mean. I'm a huge Anglophile when it comes to church music. Have you ever sung any hymns from the Oxford Hymnal? Our choir director in NJ used it a lot, and the choir director in our Parish uses it from time to time. I haven't joined the big choir, but sing in the Festival Choir, which does Midnight Mass, two morning Masses on Easter and Confirmation. We also sang for our Assoc. Pastor's 25th Anniv. Mass this year. I enjoy the Festival Choir because it is not every Sunday. The organist always finds really GOOD and challenging music for us to do. It always causes him some consternation, though, because we typically only have 4-5 rehearsals before we sing for Mass.

When we moved here, I just didn't want to make the commitment to the Sunday Choir because I had little kids. Don't have that excuse anymore, but I like being down in the pews singing out so others will feel free to sing along!