Director of Music Blog - 2018
The 12 days of Christmas – huh?
December 28th, 2018 It really does sometimes seem that Christmas begins somewhere in late November and ends somewhere around Boxing Day...A couple of years ago I was in the city shopping ...
Christmas thoughts from our choristers
December 14th, 2018 As the Cathedral’s Music Programme prepares for the celebrations of Christmas, here are some thoughts from some of our youngest choristers: ‘I am celebrating my second Christmas here St. ...
Who is this arising like the dawn?
December 5th, 2018 ‘Who is this arising like the dawn, fair as the moon, resplendent as the sun, terrible as an army arrayed for battle?’ This passage of scripture (Song of ...
Circles
November 26th, 2018 Visiting St Francis Xavier Cathedral in Geraldton recently I was looking at the stripes painted along its walls - a very striking feature of the interior of this ...
Cathedral prepares for Remembrance concert
October 31st, 2018 The Cathedral is preparing to host a very special evening of remembrance to commemorate the 100th anniversary of the end of World War I. The concert titled ‘Remembrance by ...
How do we prepare for Mass?
October 29th, 2018 How do we prepare for playing at Mass? We practice, make sure we have all our music learnt, we check verses of hymns, psalms...have we left something off ...
NEWS ITEM: Cathedral’s Principal Cantor wins national award
October 24th, 2018 The Australian Catholic University (ACU) has announced that the Cathedral’s Principal Cantor Joshua Adams has just been awarded the 2018 Isabel Menton Composition Prize. This award (run by the ...
Teresian charism – in music?
October 16th, 2018 Celebrating the feast day of one of my favourite saints, St Teresa of Ávila, makes me marvel how, even when reading some shorter biographies of her, her dynamism, ...
NEWS ITEM: Cathedral plays host to young students from Sydney Conservatorium
October 8th, 2018 The Cathedral recently played host to the young students from the Sydney Conservatorium High School [caption id="attachment_2575" align="alignright" width="380"] Students from the Sydney Conservatorium High School with the Cathedral's ...
NEWS ITEM: Cathedral hosts world-renowned conductor
October 8th, 2018 On Saturday 6th October, the Cathedral hosted Stephen Darlington: one of the world’s foremost choral conductors and recently retired Director of Music at Christ Church Cathedral, Oxford. Stephen has ...