Tag Archives: Sacred music

Cantate Domino Talk #3

Why the Traditional Rite Is Beautiful and Why Beauty Matters Dr. Peter A. KwasniewskiOctober 25, 2025Abbotsford, BC, Canada A warm thanks for Fred Pecson of Fiat Lux Catholic Photography for recording and photographing this event! Transcript When as a young … Continue reading

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Cantate Domino Talk #2

Psallite Sapienter / Sing Wisely Right Rev. Alban Riley October 25, 2025 Abbotsford, BC, Canada A warm thanks for Fred Pecson of Fiat Lux Catholic Photography for recording and photographing this event! Transcript – Coming soon!

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Cantate Domino Talk #1

What Kinds of Music Should We Be Using at Mass? Dr. Peter A. KwasniewskiOctober 25, 2025Abbotsford, BC, Canada A warm thanks for Fred Pecson of Fiat Lux Catholic Photography for recording and photographing this event! Transcript In order to address … Continue reading

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Coming soon! Cantate Domino Talks

Una Voce Canada is happy to announce that the talks from Cantate Domino (Sacred Music Symposium) will be published in full on UnaVoceCanada.org! On Saturday, October 25th, 2025 – Una Voce Canada hosted the Right Rev. Alban Riley OSB, and … Continue reading

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Cantate Domino | Sacred Music Symposium

As lunch will be provided, registration is required. Please email info@unavocecanada.org by October 17, 2025, and provide the name, email address, and phone number of each person who will attend.

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CANTUS FIRMUS – The Music of Mark Emerson Donnelly

By Mark Emerson DonnellyComposer-in-Residence Vídimus stellam ejus in Oríente, et vénimus cum munéribus adoráre Dóminum. “We have seen a star in the East, and are come with gifts to adore the Lord.”(Matthew 2:2; from the Mass of the Epiphany, January … Continue reading

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A different kind of Christmas gift

By Mark Emerson DonnellyComposer-in-Residence The Abomination of Desolation On the afternoon of Thursday,  November 19th, 2020, I was preparing for Offertorium’s evening rehearsal. Nothing extraordinary about this, except that I got a text at about 5 pm from one of … Continue reading

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Virtual Gregorian chant workshop by Mark Emerson Donnelly

“God’s voice is not heard in big musical productions […] but in the gentle breeze of Gregorian chant.” – Msgr. Donald Neumann (1948-2003) On October 16, 2020, Una Voce Canada composer-in-residence Mark Emerson Donnelly gave a virtual workshop to around … Continue reading

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“Memento Verbi Tui” – In memoriam: Marie Donnelly

By Mark Emerson DonnellyComposer-in-Residence Be Thou mindful of Thy word to Thy servant, O Lord, in which Thou hast given me hope:this hath comforted me in my lowliness. (Psalm 118) Though Mum and Dad didn’t play any instruments themselves, they … Continue reading

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Why so narrow? My approach to composing sacred music today

By Mark Emerson DonnellyComposer-in-Residence If you’ve read any of my previous articles on composing, you’ll likely know that I’m totally sold on a strict adherence to the rules of functional harmony, as exemplified by Palestrina. Though Bach, Mozart and Beethoven … Continue reading

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