Monthly Archives: July 2023

Michael Herry’s song “Designer Label” has a subtitle, “with apologies to Country Road” an Australian clothing store. It is from his collection Dare to Dream, and is designed as a Recessional. The sheet music is free from the Marists. You … Continue reading →

This is the title track of Michael Herry’s collection Dare to Dream. The lyrics are once again by Tricia Walsh and suitable for Eucharist generally and Lent specifically. The sheet music is free from the Marists and you can hear … Continue reading →

Michael Herry wrote this song for the Year of the Family in the 1990s. After yesterday’s blockbuster this is a sweet singable song. There are Marian uses and Eucharistic uses as well as the obvious use for gathering. There are … Continue reading →

This is an ambitious title from Michael Herry’s collection, Dare to Dream. It is a choir piece (women, tenors, basses, cantor) and utilises didgeridoo. The music is by Herry and the text by Tricia Walsh. Getting from the slow verse … Continue reading →

I have left the familiar songs from this collection from Michael Herry called Dare to Dream to look at selections that are new to me. This one has a text based on Deut 6:4-7 and Psalm 26. The sheet music … Continue reading →

I am working through the very prolific Michael Herry’s collection Dare to Dream, which is freely available as sheet music at his website. The refrain text is anonymous and adapted by his collaborator Tricia Walsh. The verses are Psalm 138. … Continue reading →

This is another of Michael Herry’s songs from Dare to Dream, that I have already blogged. The links there are dead, however, so I’m reposting with up to date links. It is a great chant for Gifts. The sheet music … Continue reading →

Continuing with Michael Herry’s Dare to Dream collection is this song, which I have already blogged because it is in As One Voice. I’ve posted it again to let people know they can get the sheet music form the Marists … Continue reading →

In her kind response to my quandary over singing the Celtic Alleluia, Josie pointed out that some parishes use a chant response. Chris has come to the party with his chant responses and other suggestions:

If you are looking at a Australian catholic music, Brother Michael Herry is pleasantly unavoidable. His sheet music is all available to download for free at the Marist Brothers website, which unfortunately is not a pleasure. Don’t bother with their … Continue reading →