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The next piece in Fiona Dyball and Damian Whelan’s presentation related to Eucharist and First Eucharist in particular. They pointed to CWB II 115-118 which is: 115 Jesus calls us to his table (Jennifer O’Brien) 116 Jesus, you are bread … Continue reading →

When the handout got to confirmation, they don’t mention CWB II’s selections this time but it won’t hurt to go through them. My copy of CWB II has an awful lot of penciled in approximate chords here. In its defence, … Continue reading →

Fiona Dyball and Damian Whelan’s session kicked off with songs for baptism. In the workshop notes they mention the songs from CWB II that are recommended 99-107 – actually 97 as well, so for completeness. 97 Up from the waters … Continue reading →

This was the title of easily the most useful presentation that I attended at the recent APMN conference. It was run by Fiona Dyball and Damian Whelan and it was basically advice for parish music liturgy teams on what works. … Continue reading →

Sarah Hart was at the APMN conference this year and was a sparkling asset. I will catch up with a few of the sings she sang that I haven’t yet blogged soon. For now, there is this one that has … Continue reading →

One of the highlights of any APMN conference is the conference mass. Even if you don’t attend the conference, if one turns up in your city go to the mass. When everyone in the assembly is a musician or singer … Continue reading →

I have already blogged this when I did Gather 3, but I noticed my previous parish was using it for Advent this year so I made a new backing for fun. It is by Kathy Powell and based on the … Continue reading →

This is the last song in Patrica Smith’s And the Angels Sang collection. The are lots of great songs for the end of the year at schools and churches in this album. If you haven’t got anything planned yet just … Continue reading →

I’m nearing the end of my survey of Patrica Smith’s collection for Advent and Christmas, And the Angels Sang. The pleasant surprise is that there are so many wonderful songs written from the maternal perspective about Mary – I suppose … Continue reading →

This is another touching nativity scene in song from Patricia Smith’s new collection for Advent and Christmas, And the Angels Sang. When you look at Willow for the sheet music there is the keyboard arrangement from the folio, but also … Continue reading →