Author Archives: maddg

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 →

This is a joyful singable alleluia by Fintan O’Carroll and Christopher Walker that is widely used. At my previous parish we used a selection from one of many supplied verses that matched the verse for the week most closely. The … Continue reading →

After all those Paul Mason’s psalms to discover, Gen Bryant has brought us even more. She used some of her time during lock down composing psalms, which will be published by Willow later in the year. For now, they are … Continue reading →

The last “psalm” in Paul Mason’s Psalms for All Time is from Exodus 15 and it is used as one of the Response Canticles during the Easter Vigil. The text is in your missal or available as set by Kate … Continue reading →

This is Paul Mason’s setting for the fourteenth Sunday in Ordinary Time Year A, but is also useful elsewhere in Ordinary Time, Advent and for marriage and confirmation. It is from the collection Psalms for All Time. The text is … Continue reading →