Monthly Archives: March 2022

Never Too Young provides yet another Ash Wednesday offering, this time with a text by Mary Hochman and set by Gerard Chiusano. The text is fine for young and old and this song is worthy of consideration. While it is … Continue reading →

I am in an appropriately Lenten part of Never Too Young and finding a lot of songs by Janet Vogt. She wrote this one with Mark Friedman and it is for Ash Wednesday, obviously. I’m saying this a lot, but … Continue reading →

Another recent song from Ryan’s parish is this Marty Haugen song that is new to me. It is a lovely Lenten song of hope. GIA sell the sheet music with another song as “Two Simple Songs for Lent”. It appears … Continue reading →

One of the unexpected benefits that has come out of this blog is that I can check what the parish I was at used for a liturgy the last couple of times it came around. Over the years various lovely … Continue reading →

This was used at Ryan’s parish on for the First Sunday in Lent and it fit the Gospel perfectly. It has a text by Herman G. Stuempfle and is set to EBENEZER by Thomas J. Williams. It’s kind of a … Continue reading →

This song by Janet Vogt and Mark Friedman is for your christian rock band at school and is designed for lots of people jumping up and down in the gym. It is heavily syncopated, has a wide vocal range and … Continue reading →

This is a choir piece for Christmas by Gerard Chiusano. It must be because OCP puts a minimum quantity of five on any sheet music purchase. It also has two harmony lines and a few melodic leaps that make it … Continue reading →

This is another Christmas song from Janet Vogt in Never Too Young. It is probably best for a Christmas pageant or school service. The text is at OCP where they will sell you the sheet music.

I have been looking for OCP songs that came after As One Voice was published in Australia to fill a gap in my knowledge of church music, and Never Too Young, while aimed at young people is a source for … Continue reading →

This is a wonderful but long piece that needs to be done at the vigil. My problem is if you exclude chant there are few metrical settings. The text is here. My recollection is that the old version could be … Continue reading →