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Read the Psalms monthly in 2024
For your consideration during New Year's Resolution Season: A little over a year ago, I decided I needed to do a better job of feeding my mind and spirit. I notice that my bedtime habit of listening to old British radio comedies (particularly Hancock's Half Hour) to help me drift...
Singing Latin grace with notation knives
A recent social media post showed a set of four knives with the lyrics and notation for a four-part grace-after-meals. Titled "Gratiarum actio," "the giving of thanks," the lyrics are, "Pro tuis beneficiis, Deus, gratias agimus tibi." "For your benefits, God, we give you thanks." On the reverse side,...
David Rollo, RIP; memorial service Saturday, June 24, 2017
David Marshall Rollo, a leader in Tulsa choral music for over a half-century, a friend and mentor to many, passed away on April 25, 2017, at the age of 74, of complications from pneumonia. I was blessed to know David for 40 years as his student at Holland Hall, as...
Tulseys awards voting underway
The third annual Tulseys are coming up on November 18, and voting is underway. Anyone can vote. (I'm not sure when it ends.) Someone (I don't know who) nominated me this year for the interactive category. I'm surprised and honored to be named in such impressive company. The 2009 winner...
The definitive story of the Mastersingers, the Weather Forecast, and the Highway Code
Month after month, the Google searches that consistently bring visitors to this site have nothing to do with Tulsa or Oklahoma or Republican politics. This BatesLine entry is currently the number one result for any combination of two of the following four terms: "Master Singers," "Highway Code," "Weather Forecast," "Anglican...
McGreevey and McKee
No, this is not satire (Hat tip: WorldMagBlog): Former Gov. James E. McGreevey has started the process to become a priest in his newly adopted Episcopal faith and hopes to begin a three-year seminary program in the fall. McGreevey, who often described himself as a devout Catholic while in public...
Palm Sunday Choral Evensong
This Sunday afternoon at 5 p.m., Coventry Chorale will be singing an evensong service for Palm Sunday at Trinity Episcopal Church, 5th and Cincinnati in downtown Tulsa. It's a worship service, so of course admission is free. If you've never been part of a sung service of Evening Prayer, you...
More Anglican chant: BBC Frequency Change announcement
Back in December I posted an entry about the Master Singers' Anglican chant versions of "The Shipping Forecast," later enhanced with a link to their other big hit, "The Highway Code." This week, reader Anne Kroehle sends me a link to another interesting text set to Anglican chant: The King's...
And now the weather... in <strike>plainsong</strike> Anglican chant
A bit of Internet serendipity: The news reached me that longtime BBC weatherman Michael Fish was being put out to pasture for the sin of being almost 60 and not at all telegenic. I remember watching his nightly forecasts during business trips to the UK. The article was an op-ed...
Royal School of Church Music in Tulsa
Participants in this year's Tulsa course of the Royal School for Church Music will sing several Choral Evensong services around Tulsa this week. Here's the schedule: Monday 14 July - Thursday 17 July 7:45 p.m. - University United Methodist Church 5th Street and South College Avenue Friday 18 July 6:00...
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