Monthly Archives: March 2024

I’m not sure if Monica O’Brien is having a lend of us listing this song among her up-tempo, contemporary songs in her recent newsletter. This is by Chris Currie and it is certainly contemporary, being a very recent song, but … Continue reading →

We are having a joint Palm Sunday mass for the parish so there will be no Vigil mass at which I usually play. I will therefore join in with the other music groups. I have cribbed music selections from a … Continue reading →

I don’t think I’ve done justice to the late James Maher msc on this blog. I did see him play at one of the AOV conferences and he was most impressive. This article has some of his background. I’ve done … Continue reading →

This was another of the uptempo songs Monica O’Brien suggested in a recent newsletter. It is in As One Voice for Kids but can also be purchased separately as sheet music. It has words by Maria Millward and the music … Continue reading →

Monica O’Brien sent an e-mail around with her eWorship newsletter recently, highlighting contemporary and uptempo music. Most of them I have blogged here already, but a few are new, so I’m going to have a look. “Can I?” is a … Continue reading →

I was having a gripe about Fiona Dyball’s otherwise exemplary presentation on sung prayer in high schools, in that so little of the material she used was Australian. Let’s redress that here with a song by Fiona Dyball herself. I … Continue reading →

Fiona Dyball finished up her presentation on “road tested repetoire for prayer services at Catholic Secondary Schools” following Taizé with people imitating Taizé. Incidentally, the link from her presentation to her article on school liturgy is now dead but it … Continue reading →

Fiona Dyball devoted a section of her talk on “road tested repertoire for prayer services at Catholic Secondary Schools” in 2018 to Taizé. She notes you can purchase then for download at their website, but good luck sorting through that … Continue reading →

I’m expanding on Fiona Dybell’s presentation she gave in 2018 looking at “road tested repertoire for prayer services at Catholic Secondary Schools”. Who Will Speak by Marty Haugen (there is a misprint on the handout – it’s not by Bernadette … Continue reading →

Continuing with my amplification of Fiona Dyball’s presentation: O God You Search Me by Bernadette Farrell. Dyball suggests this for wonder, God’s love and trust. The text is here and the sheet music can be purchased at OCP (NB the … Continue reading →