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I’ve had two consecutive weekends in Tasmania where I got to play at mass and this week I’ll be playing at my home parish. For Advent we are switching to Taylor’s Mass of St Francis, and using the “Celtic Alleluia” … Continue reading →

I’m getting towards the end of my catch up of David Haas’s songs from the Perth APMN conference. This is his setting of Psalm 123 so it can be used for when that psalm is set and specifically for anointing … Continue reading →

This adaptation by David Haas is a blast and just in time for Christmas.   The sheet music of his version is available to purchase at GIA, where the text is hidden in their preview. “Gaudete” is a renaissance song … Continue reading →

Entrance: Hail Redeemer King Divine (Brennan – Elvey) Psalm 22 (McKenna) The Lord is my shepherd, there is nothing I shall want. Gifts: The Lord is My Shepherd (Boniwell) AOV 1/26 Communion: Shepherd Me O God (Haugen) AOV 1/33 Thanksgiving: All You Works … Continue reading →

This is David Haas’s setting of Mary Louise Bringle‘s enchanting text. I only discovered who wrote the words when I found a sample page on the GIA site that was very well hidden. I had made up some simplified chords … Continue reading →

This is another very recent David Haas song, this time based on readings from 1 Peter. The text lends itself to a recessional. The verses are written for a cantor but they are not beyond an assembly despite the variations … Continue reading →

Peter Grant has sent a wonderful new song. He said this about it: I promised to send some recent compositions. Here is my latest, based on texts from John 6:68; Ps 24 (25) and Ps 119 called “I Will Follow … Continue reading →

Entrance: Christ be Our Light (Farrell) AOV 2/3 Psalm 127 (McKenna) Happy are those who fear the Lord. Gifts: A Trusting Psalm (Bates) AOV 1/115 Communion: Table of Plenty (Schutte) AOV 2/20 Thanksgiving: God of Day and God of Darkness (Haugen) AOV 1/56 Recessional: … Continue reading →

One of the joys of the recent APMN conference at Perth was hearing David Haas play some of his newer tunes. I like this one but the chorus goes awfully high for an assembly so it might be more a … Continue reading →

This is another of the songs by David Haas with which I was not familiar. This is based on John 14 and is suitable for Easter or funerals or perhaps as a thanksgiving song. The sheet music is at GIA … Continue reading →