Hi folks! It's been awhile. Although I've posted a few videos on my Youtube channel, I've not sent out a ChantHacks episode for a few months.

Yesterday, my wife, Catherine, son, Joseph, and I went to the Carmel of the Holy Family in Valparaiso, Nebraska for Mass. It being the Eighth Sunday after Pentecost, the Alleluia was Magnus Dominus. I love this Alleluia! Ten years ago (2015), I started writing a "paraphrase mass" based on this chant. (A "paraphrase mass" is composed using the material of a pre-existing tune, usually a Gregorian Chant.) I completed the Kyrie that year, but not the rest. 

Over the next couple of years, I completed the Gloria and Sanctus, both of which we sang at the British Columbia Sacred Music Symposium, August 3 & 4, 2019 (exactly six years ago). That's as far as I've gotten.

Here's a recording of the Kyrie sung in workshop by Belle Voci (bellevoci.ca) in August, 2017.

Let me know if you like it and think I should finish the mass (Credo & Agnus Dei).

God bless! Mark

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The chant at the beginning and the polyphony at the end are on the album "All Saints at St. Michael's -  25th Anniversary", which is available at www.markemersondonnelly.com/shop/

The polyphony at the end is from "Pater Noster" (2017) by Mark Emerson Donnelly. To hear the complete Pater Noster go to https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3rd0ZYJs1w0\
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Tune: JOSEPH MAGNUS by Mark Emerson Donnelly
Harmony by Mark Emerson Donnelly
Sung by Cantores in Domo Quartet (at St. Peter's Catholic Church, Omaha, NE)
Artwork: Icon of St. Joseph and Christ, by a monk of Fontgombault Abbey (Buy at Clear Creek Abbey's gift shop https://clearcreekmonks.org/gift-shop/st-joseph-and-christ-icon/ )

Full Text:
Great Saint Joseph, son of David,
Foster father of our Lord,
Spouse of Mary ever Virgin,
Keeping o'er them watch and ward!
In the stable thou didst guard them,
With a father's loving care;
Thou by God's command didst save them
From the cruel Herod's snare.

Three long days in grief and anguish
With His Mother sweet and mild,
Mary Virgin, didst thou wander
Seeking the beloved Child.
In the temple thou didst find Him:
Oh! What joy then fill'd thy heart!
In thy sorrows, in thy gladness
Grant us, Joseph, to have a part.

Clasp'd in Jesus' arms and Mary's,
When death gently came at last,
Thy pure spirit sweetly sighing
From its earthly dwelling pass'd.
Dear Saint Joseph! By thy passing
May our death be like to thine;
And with Jesus, Mary, Joseph,
May our souls forever shine!

Merry Christmas folks!

Here's the youtube link to Carol of the Bells
https://youtu.be/I1IGYtwNgUg

And the link to All Saints at St. Michael's - 25th Anniversary
https://markemersondonnelly.hearnow.com/all-saints-at-st-michaels-25th-anniversary

If you wish to purchase either of these CDs, go to https://markemersondonnelly.com/shop/

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Please support these podcasts and our other Church music projects. Go to https://LifeFunder.com/mdonnellymusic

You can also commission a composition (like the ChantHacks extro music), or host/sponsor workshops for a choir, parish, or diocese. If you’re a choir, schola, or parish music director, I am also available for mentoring. Please contact us either at [email protected] or [email protected]

Merry Christmas & God bless!

Listen to the unwrapping of the very first CD!
The All Saints at St. Michael’s - 25th Anniversary Re-issue is now available for purchase in the US and Canada, shipping included!  All Saints at St. Michael’s - 25th Anniversary Re-issue and our family's popular Christmas CD Carol of the Bells can both be ordered through our new store at markemersondonnelly.com/shop.  They should arrive in plenty of time for Christmas. When ordering BOTH CD's (and having them shipped to the same address), use the coupon code ALLSAINTS to get $5 off the total!

See my recent newsletter for more info:

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Please support these podcasts and our other Church music projects. Go to https://LifeFunder.com/mdonnellymusic

You can also commission a composition (like the ChantHacks extro music), or host/sponsor workshops for a choir, parish, or diocese. If you’re a choir, schola, or parish music director, I am also available for mentoring. Please contact us either at [email protected] or [email protected]

God bless!

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This is Part 2 of my interview with Charles Weaver, who teaches at the Julliard School of Music in New York. In this episode, Charlie and I discuss the importance of sight-singing. 
See Charlie's bio on Julliard: https://www.juilliard.edu/music/faculty/weaver-charles 

 Leave a comment if you're going to practice sight-singing or want to know how to start! 

1) Subscribe to our mailing list for upcoming special announcements about my work at https://markemersondonnelly.com/get-involved/ 
 You'll receive a separate email with FREE sheet music for TWO Regina Caeli's that you can sing for the rest of Eastertide! 

2) You can also commission a composition (like the ChantHacks extro music) for your parish or for a special occasion! Email [email protected] to schedule a video call for discussion, and see the link below for more info. 
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Leave a comment below and like this episode if you thought Mark's "hack" was successful!

In this episode, Mark discusses why he arranged Francesco Soriano's "Regina Caeli".  Give a listen to hear this unique piece, which you can sing for the rest of Easter!

1) To support this podcast and other projects, go to https://www.lifefunder.com/mdonnellymusic

2) You can commission a composition (like the ChantHacks extro music) for your parish or for a special occasion!  Email [email protected] to schedule a video call for discussion, and see the link below for more info.
https://markemersondonnelly.com/music/sacred-compositions/

3) Schedule a FREE 25-minute intro voice lesson!  Email [email protected]
https://markemersondonnelly.com/private-voice-lessons/

Happy Eastertide!

Subscribe to our newsletter to receive the sheet music for Mark's "Organum Novi Mundi" (ONM) of the Regina Caeli!   https://markemersondonnelly.com/get-involved/

In this episode, Mark discusses further the Rules of Style and re-visits Ep. 5 about his Organum Novi Mundi of the simple Regina Caeli. You also hear an inspiring recording of the Regina Caeli by the monks of Solesmes directed by Dom Gajard (1885-1972), the model of the Solesmes method!

1) You can commission a composition (like the ChantHacks extro music) for your parish or for a special occasion!  Email [email protected] to schedule a video call for discussion, and see the link below for more info.
https://markemersondonnelly.com/music/sacred-compositions/

2) Schedule a FREE 25-minute intro voice lesson!  Email [email protected]
https://markemersondonnelly.com/private-voice-lessons/

You can get CD's by Fontgambault and Clear Creek at Clear Creek Abbey's gift shop!
https://clearcreekmonks.org/shop/

Happy Eastertide!

This is Part 1 of my interview with Charles Weaver, who  teaches at the Julliard School of Music in New York. In this episode, Mark and Charlie discuss "informed" performance practice and the  "Old" Solesmes Method.
See Charlie's bio on Julliard: https://www.juilliard.edu/music/faculty/weaver-charles

1) Subscribe to our mailing list for upcoming special announcements about my work at https://markemersondonnelly.com/get-involved/

2) You can also commission a composition (like the ChantHacks extro music) for your parish or for a special occasion!  Email [email protected] to schedule a video call for discussion, and see the link below for more info.
https://markemersondonnelly.com/music/sacred-compositions/

3) Schedule a FREE 25-minute intro voice lesson!  Email [email protected]
https://markemersondonnelly.com/private-voice-lessons/

I was just at Clear Creek Abbey assisting in their preparations for the Triduum!
Support the brothers at Clear Creek Abbey, and purchase their latest CD:
https://clearcreekmonks.org/gift-shop/rorate-coeli-marian-sounds-of-advent/

A blessed Holy Week and Triduum to you all!

Click the link below to sign up for our new webinar series Chant Hacks for Building Your Chant Habits!  All the information in the episode is there.  Email [email protected] with any questions!
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In this episode, Mark focuses on the most frequent congregational response at Mass, "Amen," discussing WHY we should try to SOUND like we mean what we're saying, how we ought NOT to sound, and how we CAN sound as sincere and inspiring to others as possible, using the Old Solesmes Method.

Here's the link to the article from the "Catechism of the Council of Trent" on the importance of the "Amen." https://cloud.fidei.xyz/s/ActI68y1nmIe2fU

Subscribe to our mailing list for upcoming special announcements about my work at https://markemersondonnelly.com/get-involved/

Please support these podcasts and our other Church music projects. Go to https://LifeFunder.com/mdonnellymusic

You can also commission a composition (like the ChantHacks extro music), or host/sponsor workshops for a choir, parish, or diocese. If you’re a choir, schola, or parish music director, I am also available for mentoring. Please contact us either at [email protected] or [email protected]

Happy New Year & God bless!

Here's the link to the motet I mention towards the end of the podcast "Laetatus sum" by Alessandro Scarlatti.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XiOPqLsv_UA

In this second installment of the "Let the Music Speak" series, Mark again demonstrates how we can look at the music of Gregorian Chant as Commentary on the text.
This episode looks at the "jubilus" of the Alleluia chant for the 2nd Sunday of Advent!  Listen to learn about this centuries-old practice of joyful Catholic worship!

Subscribe to our mailing list for upcoming special announcements about my work at https://markemersondonnelly.com/get-involved/

Please support these podcasts and our other Church music projects. Go to https://LifeFunder.com/mdonnellymusic

You can also commission a composition (like the ChantHacks extro music), or host/sponsor workshops for a choir, parish, or diocese. If you’re a choir, schola, or parish music director, I am also available for mentoring. Please contact us either at [email protected] or [email protected]

Merry Christmas & God bless!