Music

Anyone exposed to music understands the paramount importance of a troupe of instrumentalists and vocalists being utterly harmonious as they tackle pieces in 2/2, 4/4 or 12/8 rhythm.

A celebrated Italian Catholic composer and conductor is dismayed with the “very strong decline of the standard of sacred music”.

Monique Achtman proclaimed that her dear friend Denis Grady was “the great connector” during his 72 years.

Back in 1993, the musical conductors for Bishop Carroll, St. Mary’s and Our Lady of the Rockies high schools in Calgary came up with what students then, upon looking back, say was "an audacious plan."

As many as 3,000 Catholic school children from poor families in the Philippines made their pop music debut in a new Christmas song by some members of the multi-platinum hip-hop/pop group Black Eyed Peas.

"Hallelujah" by Leonard Cohen, "Everybody Hurts" by R.E.M., plus many more songs and a few “yarns and jokes in between.” This is what Fr. Ray Kelly, affectionately dubbed “The Singing Priest,” will serve up at his first-ever Canadian concert at The Riverview Arts Centre in Greater Moncton, N.B., Oct. 22.

A new course from Regis College’s Windows on Theology series is offering a look at how everyday music can become a platform to help people draw closer to God.