Merry Christmas 2011
Here are some excerpts from
the Christmas eve mass with the Children’s choir, the
midnight mass with the adult choir and the Christmas morning mass with Emma and
Jay. Thanks to the instrumentalist
too! We had flutes, bells, timpani,
trumpet, fiddles, viola, cellos, drums, piano and tambourines. Lots of fun.
From 5pm Children’s mass
prelude on Christmas eve.
The Whole 5 pm mass music (50
minutes long)
Or
Excerpts:
Child of the
Poor (Angelica on piano)
O Holy Night, (Emma
sings and Jay on piano)
Ang
Pasko Ay Sumapit Medley (Chinky)
The First Nowell (Divia on fiddle)
From the 5pm mass
O Come all ye
Faithful, then Gloria (bells, Mika on timpani, Bill on trumpet)
Psalm and
Alleluia (Joyce and Angelica)
Communion carols,
Infant Holy, O Little Town, Silent Night
Midnight Mass music:
The Whole Midnight Mass with
Readings and carols (around 1 hour 12 minutes long)
Midnight mass Individual
music.
Prelude, carols, solos
Every Valley (Chink
solo, Angie on flute, Jay piano)
O Holy Night (Emma
solo, Anna harp, Jay piano)
Kumukutikutitap
song (Christmas Lights) (Chinky vocal solo and Jay on
piano)
Gesu Bambino (Emma, Jay and Tom on cello)
Midnight mass begins:
Proclamation
on the Birth of Christ, followed by O Come all Ye
Faithful (bells and all)
Midnight mass
readings, homily and mass parts
Communion
carols: God Rest You Very Gentleman, Infant Holy, Silent Night
Joy to the World
(bells whistles, trumpets, timpani, organ…the whole works!)
Dec 25, Christmas morning
prelude:
In the Bleak
Midwinter (Anna on harp)
O Holy
Night (Emma solo voice, Anna harp, Jay piano)
Gesu Bambino (Emma solo voice, Fran on fiddle)
Christmas Morning mass, 2011
Communion
carols, then Joy to the world
Here is the Advent Evensong
Prayer Service
O Come Devine Messiah on Dec
4, 2011
Psalm, Evening Offering
(Psalm 141)
First reading from Genesis
1:26-28
Psalm, God has
done great things for us (Psalm 126)
Second Reading from
Genesis 18:9-11;21:1-3
Children’s choir
sings, Come Lord Jesus
Third Reading, Judges
13:2-7; 24
Fifth Reading, 1 Samuel
1:19-20; 27-28; 2:1-10
Sixth Reading, 1 Kings
1:15-18, 29-31
Seventh Reading, Genesis
6:13-22
Psalm,
Lord, Show us your mercy and love
Excerpts
from Mass with Adult choir, handbells, two guitars
and piano. Rockin’ on October 23, 2011.
God
Is Love (choir and Bells)
Gloria
(some of last times singing and ringing this with upcoming Missal change)
Msgr Benwell
homily about Old vs New Testament and Eye for Eye
In Perfect Charity (how about that
bell duet with piano?)
You
Are Mine (nice bell arrangement by Jay)
Love
The Lord (nice part of the Worship Leader by Emma)
Sing of the Lords Goodness (the
bells love hitting the table on this one!)
Or listen to all these
excerpts back to back (about 31 minutes):
Welcome back choir after the Summer recess. Here
are some excerpts from mass on Sunday, September 25, 2011
Deo Gloria! A Thanksgiving Celebration, Sunday May 22,
2011
We had a terrific concert
lead by Jay Vince-Cruz. Blythe Lilly sang solo and in duets as well as with the
Queenship of Mary Choir and Children’s Choir and
instruments singing and playing. Here
are some of the pieces. Unfortunately, Deo Gloria was not recorded. It is available somewhere down this page!
Ave
Maria by Bach/Gounod sung by Blythe, Jay on piano
Ave
Maria by Franck, sung by Blythe, Jay on piano
Ave Maria by Schubert, sung by Blythe, Jay on
piano
Barcarolle
by Offenbach, sung in duet by Blythe and Joyce Ingle, Kyle Sweeney on piano
Lakme by Delibes sung in duet by Blythe and Jessica
Parker, Kyle on piano
Worthy
is the Lamb by Ricky Manalo sung by the
Children’s choir, led by Joyce. Kyle Sweeney on piano.
Nic on clarinet and Divya on
violin.
Exsultate, Jubilate by
Mozart sung by Blythe, Jay on piano
Resucito, “He is Risen” by Arguello,
sung by the Choir, Jay on piano, Nicholas on cello
Some Photos:
Blythe and Jessica singing Lakme
Blythe and Joyce singing Barcarolle
A video of Blythe and
Jessica signing Lakme, taken from halfway into
the song.
Easter Sunday, March 24, 2011
Mozart Alleluia, Anna O’Connell soprano, Jay
on piano
Beginning of Mass, Jesus is Risen
and the Gloria and bells
Easter Vigil 2011, March 23,
2011
Exultant,
Blythe
The Bells played for
Confirmation along with the adult choir.
Here are some excerpts:
Confirmation_GoMakeADifference
Confirmation Lord Send Out Your Spirit
Bell Choir photos
The bells played with the
adult choir at the Jan 9, 2011 mass.
Here are the musical parts
Happy New Year 2011!!!!
We played bells at the 10am
mass today. Give a listen to the mass:
January
2, 2011 – Mass with bells and adult choir
Merry Christmas 2010
Here are some of the pieces
from our Christmas Eve and Christmas masses:
Angels we have heard on High
Carol of the
Bells, Jay and Blythe on the piano
Various Christmas Carols
at Communion
The First Noel
and Silent Night
Gesu
Bambino, Blythe soprano, Fran on fiddle, Jay on piano
Gloria, Bells and all
God Rest Ye Merry
Gentlemen, at Christmas 9am mass
In the Bleak
Midwinter, bells
I Wonder as I
Wander, Blythe on soprano
Joy to the World,
Bells and all
Joy to the World
with children’s choir
Midnight
Mass prelude, Anna on harp, Blythe on soprano, Tom on cello
O Come All Ye Faithful,
bells
O Come All Ye Faithful,
again
O Holy Night,
Blythe at 5pm
Proclamation at
midnight, Blythe and bells
Blythe song in the morning,
tbd name
The Angel Gabriel,
Schola at midnight
Three Christmas Carols
at Communion
Christ the King mass on
November 21, 2010.
Bells played at the 10am mass
Let Us
Go Rejoicing (Psalm)
The
King of Love My Shepherd Is
To
Jesus Christ our Sovereign King
At the 11:45 am mass, we did
something a little different. We had a
saxophone and trumpet join us. Sorry
about the recording. The recorder was
too close to the sound and it saturated.
Lift High the Cross with Saxaphone
To Jesus Christ our Sovereign King with
trumpet
Rehearsal
for upcoming masses for the Vincentians, deaconate, etc.
A
Jubilant Song (with bells, whistles, horns, timpani, choir from October 21,
2007 Queenship Anniversary mass)
Deo Gloria Also from the Oct 21, 2007 mass
In September 2008: I
suggested to Jarred that we learn “So Longs My Soul”. Here is how it came out when we sang it at a
Choir festival in a previous summer.
Mass on April 18, 2010 –
Bells accompanied the Children’s choir today at the 10am mass. Great job Joyce with the
children’s choir.
Children’s choir on the Alleluia
Easter 2010 – Happy
Easter!!! Here is
some excerpts from mass at 10am on April 4.
Nice job bell choir and all.
Handbell Prelude: Ode to Joy
Opening Hymn: Alleluia, Let the
Holy Anthem Rise
Psalm: This Is The Day
Palm Sunday, 2010- Bell music
and trumpet during 10am mass
Were You There on Bells
Where Charity and Love Prevail,
Bells, Violin and Trumpet
Behold the Lamb and Eat this Bread,
Bells, Violin, Trumpet
Bell choir rehearsal March
21, 2010 – Happy Spring!
March 7, 2010
Choir singing “Come to the
Water”
Christmas 2009
JoyToWorld_Christmas2009_Bells.MP3
OComeAllYeFaithful_Christmas2009_Bells.MP3
Advent Service, 2009
The King Shall
Come_Advent2009.MP3
BleakMidwinter_Advent2009_bells.MP3
Advent preparation 2009
Weren’t we just getting ready
for Y2K just a few weeks ago? Well, 2009
will be ending in a few weeks. I
recorded our rehearsal on Nov 19 for the Advent Prayer Service to be held on
Dec 6 at 5pm. Here are the pieces. Drop me or Jarred a
line if you need music or anything.
Litany of Mary – Ora pro
nobis ,all
In
the Stillness of the Night – All
In the Stillness of the Night – All2
In the Stillness of the Night – All3
In the Stillness of the Night – Alto, …and death…
In
the Stillness of the Night – Alto, …o’s…
In the Stillness of the Night –
Men…faithful…
June 21, 2009 –
I recorded some of the music
from today’s
I recorded Deo Gloria from the
Deo Gloria from June 21, 2009
May 31 was Pentecost! We sang “I Say Yes My Lord” as a prayer after
Communion. Here is a recording that I
made of a rehearsal. Unfortunately, the
first verse is cut off due to technical difficulties. But you should get the gist of it.
Vernay printed a neat copy of the song for
us. Here is a scan of I Say Yes.
Jarred
mailed out the list of music for the summer of 2009.
Here is a scan of it.
EASTER SUNDAY 2009
Here is the bell choir and
children’s choir at the
AlleluiaAlleluia
Easter 2009.MP3
Holy Saturday, Easter Vigil
More to be added
Psalm-YouwillShowMeThePathOfLife.MP3
Good
In process
Holy
Katie and choir on Pange Lingua:
Preparations
for Holy Week and Easter 2009. Click on link to hear our latest rehearsals.
Holy Thursday
Good Friday
Easter Vigil
Happy New
Year 2009 to the Queenship of Mary Choir.
Here are some clips from our
rehearsal on Thursday, Jan 23 singing God is Love.
Advent Evensong recordings,
December 7, 2008, a date which will live in glory!
Here are a few of the musical
pieces that we did this Advent season.
Bells_ComeThouLongExpectedJesus.mp3
September 2008: I suggested
to Jarred that we learn “So Longs My Soul”.
Here is how it came out when we sang it at a Choir festival in a past
summer.
Here is an excerpt from
Singing in the Rain at Kelsey Theater at Mercer County Comm
College. You’ll hear Rosie giving
diction lessons to the silent star actress (she must have been from
Brooklyn). Next you’ll hear Scott giving
diction lessons to the star actor followed by the song Moses Supposes. What great singing and dancing.
Happy Easter!
Here is Alleluia, Alleluia
(Ode to Joy) with Children’s choir and bells.
Here is some of the Easter
Vigil music with bells, flutes, organ, clarinet, piano and trumpet. Oh and me
on fiddle.
Thanks Jarred, Angie, Tara, Gemma, and our trupeteer. It was great to sing with Diana again. Great job Katie, Ray, Diane
and choir!
Happy Lent 2008!
Here is the music from the
Good Friday Stations of the Cross service,
Here are the two hymns that
the bell choir played on during the Palm Sunday, 10 am mass. Nice job bells.
Thanks also to Brian on
trumpet and Angie on flute for joining us.
AllGloryLaud_Bells
Plam Sunday.mp3
OSacredHead_Bells_PalmSunday.mp3
Merry Christmas 2007!
Here are some excerpts from
the Christmas Eve masses. Thanks to all
the ringers
who played with us these two masses. Please excuse my counting and humming in the
recording!
BELLS:
Sing Along:
Nice job by Katie and Jarred
on O Holy Night.
Prep for Christmas Eve,
Christmas Hymns
Infant Holy Infant Lowly
music:
Wake from your Sleep music:
Happy 25th
Anniversary Queenship of Mary Parish!
We celebrated those 25 years
with a mass on October 21, 2007. Here
are some excerpts of this mass. It was
beautiful!
All music from the Anniversary Mass
Music in chronological order:
Gloria
(With horns and timpani)
All the
Earth Proclaims God’s Glory (children’s choir)
Mass
Parts Missa Pacem (with
bell choir)
A Jubilant Song (with bells, whistles,
horns, timpani, choir…awesome!)
Hail
Holy Queen (only the beginning, my recorder’s batteries died)
Readings/Comments in
chronological order in the mass:
A few photos from Oct 21,
2007’s anniversary mass
Our
instrumentalists for this mass
Welcome to a new choir
season, September 8, 2007. Below are
music files of the Gloria that we
are singing this season:
Happy Mothers
Day,
Here is the
women of the choir singing Hail Mary, Gentle Woman. Jen is playing clarinet…beautiful!
Here is one of our rehearsals
for the Mary’s Garden dedication on May 20.
We are singing Deo Gloria.
Deo Gloria All into Verse 1
Choir notes…
Here is our practice for
singing Gathered at your Table. To play
the music, just left click on the link.
To download these files to your computer, just right click the mouse and
select “Save Link As” on your hard drive
Here is the PDF of Glory of
the Bells. We are singing this
throughout the Christmas season
Gloria
of the Bells printout
(note it is over 7 MB, so could take a minute to download)
Queenship Advent Evensong,
To play the music, just left
click on the link. To download these
files to your computer, just
right click the mouse and select “Save Link
As” on your harddrive.
Good luck! And Merry
Christmas from the O’Connell’s!!!
Every Valley with Jarred on
piano and Tara on flute…beautiful!
Here is The Love of the Lord
with Jarred on piano and Tara and Angie on flute…doubly beautiful!
Here is the bell choir on
Carol of the Bells
Here is Diana Petras singing Deep River by Moses Hogan. This is a truly beautiful rendition of this
spiritual. I’m sorry that the sound
quality is not better. I tried editing
it, but may have made it worse. We’ll
have to ask her to sing it again for us!
A beautiful job by Jarred Tafaro
on the piano.
The whole Evensong music
from
Advent
Evensong Music …sorry, still under construction
25th
Anniversary year Kick off
Mass
Hear the Jubilant Song at our
Prayer service to kickoff our 25th anniversary year!
Rehearsal for the Prayer
service on Oct 22 to kick off the 25th anniversary year
A Jubilant Song (whole thing
with all parts)
Rehearsal
for “The Love of the Lord” from practice on September 21.
We are practicing again for singing this on Oct 8.
Here is a recording of that
rehearsal.
And Parts practiced:
Rehearsal for “Music of the
Morning” from June 1, 2006. We will sing
this again on June 18
“Music of the Morning” all
singing the whole song thru:
“Music of the Morning” Men
start on G:
Music of the Morning, Men on G
“Music of the Morning” Come
Rise UP, all:
Music of the Morning, Come Rise UP, All
singing
“Music of the Morning” Come
Lift up, women:
Music of the Morning, Come Lift UP, women
“Music of the Morning” Come
Rose up, Alto:
Music of the Morning, Come Rise Up Alto
“Music of the Morning” Come
Rose up, Soprano:
Music of the Morning, Come Rise Up Soprano
“Music of the Morning” Men:
Take Time…
Music of the Morning, Men: Take Time…
“Music of the Morning” Women:
Take Time…
Music of the Morning, Women: Take Time…
“The Bread Of
Life” rehearsal from March 23
“Come Follow Me” sung at mass
February 26
Practice of “Come Follow Me”
from Thursday, Feb 9 (Way to go Angie on the flute!!)
Link to bell choirs
Christmas songs at the Elms nursing home, 12/17/05
Practice Music For Christmas and Music Schedule for Dec 24 – Jan 1
Psalm 98, Forever
I will Sing
Missa Pacem, Gloria
Christmas
music, Dec 24 – Jan 1, 2006.pdf
Queenship Advent Evensong,
To play the music, just left
click on the link. To download these
files to your computer, just
right click the mouse and select “Save Link
As” on your harddrive.
Good luck! And Merry
Christmas from the O’Connell’s!!!
The whole Evensong music
from
Or you may click on
individual pieces that were performed:
Bells, O Come, O Come
Emmanuel/ The Promised One, prelude.
O Come, O Come Emmanuel,
entrance – All singing, Dustin on organ, Ray cantor.
Psalm, The
Fragrance of Christ, during incense.
The Fragrance of Christ – Chinky and Rey cantors.
Dustin on piano
Psalm, Let all the Earth – Diane cantor, Dustin on piano, Angie and Tara on flute, Fran on fiddle
A Voice Cries Out in the
Desert –Adults, Dustin conducting and on piano
A Litany for Advent – Rosie
and the children’s choir, Anna on harp, Angie and Tara on flute and Dustin on
piano
Magnificat, Mary’s Song – All singing, Dustin on
piano, Kelly cantor.
O Come Divine Messiah –
Recessional - All singing, Dustin on organ, Brad cantor, Bells, Flutes, and
fiddle
