
‘A Sound of Beauty, Truth and Goodness’: Catholic Composer Named Tennessee Laureate
Michael Kurek is a man on a musical mission.
Michael Kurek is a man on a musical mission.
“You can’t wait until life isn’t hard anymore before you decide to be happy,” the singer told her audience.
These Christmas carols are becoming less familiar with each generation — we must do what we can to pass along these masterpieces
After her baptism in 1957, Williams saw her musical talent as a gift from God and her compositions as prayer.
“I’m going to love you and relate to you, but at the same time show you why I believe what I believe.”
Why did the Symphony No. 3 strike such a chord in 1992? Perhaps the reason is to do with the words that inspired the music.
The gift of creativity, like the gift of time or the gift of life, is not removed as soon as we use the gift sinfully.
COMMENTARY: In a career that spans six decades, the gifted lyricist hasn’t lost the edge that first thrust him into public consciousness in the 1960s.
Although chant is still not the principal form of music in most U.S. Catholic parishes, it has steadily been regaining popularity in recent decades.
“The greatest tragedy for many handicapped people,” says Feliciano, “is that they let others convince them that there are limits to what they can accomplish. It’s just not so.”
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