Sacred Music
Senior organ recital communicates beauty, reflects goodness of music department
FELICITY MORAN CRITIC’S CORNER COLUMNIST A senior sacred music major performed his senior organ recital at St. Peter’s Catholic Church on March 1 to a crowd of friends, family, faculty and music lovers. William Spinnenweber performed a selection of pieces from all different eras, exhibiting a wide range of skills and communicating to the audience the beauty of the organ and the excellence of his education in […]
Fine Arts Column: Beauty and the human person – Palestrina in Rome
WILLIAM SPINNENWEBBER FINE ARTS COLUMNIST True art is an expression of the beauty of God, and man, who is created in his image and likeness, participates in this divine economy through his custody of the created world. Without arts – especially literature, poetry, and music – man loses vital mediums to portray his miseries and joys. “Gaudium et Spes,” the Vatican II document on the Church in […]
Debate rules praise and worship music permissible in liturgy
CINDY WOLFE STAFF WRITER One hundred and seventy-five students gathered in the Gentile Gallery on Sunday, April 14, to debate whether praise and worship music should be used in the liturgy. Speakers presented diverse opinions regarding the motion: “This house believes that praise and worship music should have a place in the liturgy.” The motion […]
Benedictine monk joins sacred music program
ELISHA VALLADARES-CORMIER CATHOLIC VALUES COLUMNIST Franciscan University of Steubenville’s newest professor of sacred music believes each person plays a unique part in the story of creation. “Being a Benedictine monk, we tend to take a comprehensive view on things, that everything has a place,” said the Rev. Stephen Concordia, OSB. “We all specialize in something, […]
Catholic Values Column: ‘Pride of Place’: Music in the Liturgy
ELISHA VALLADARES-CORMIER CATHOLIC VALUES COLUMNIST Last month, I was able to attend the first Extraordinary Form Mass of the semester in Christ the King Chapel. I was immediately struck by the beautiful sounds of the university’s liturgical choir, Schola Cantorum Franciscana, as they prepared to sing for Mass. Throughout the Mass, the schola did an […]
Sacred music major shares spiritual beauty through organ recital
MONICA TORREBLANCA STAFF WRITER Friends, family and classmates gathered for a musical and spiritual journey as a Franciscan University of Steubenville sacred music major performed his junior organ recital at St. Peter Catholic Church on the night of Dec. 2. Luke Ponce, a sacred music major with an organ concentration, captivated the audience as his […]
Student concert gives voice to the wintry theme of ‘memento mori’
SARAH KADERBEK STAFF WRITER On the evening of Nov. 27, Franciscan University of Steubenville’s sacred music program students gathered in the Gentile Gallery to perform their concert program of “Requiem Selections.” Though the small audience was disproportionate to the talent displayed, the performance was breathtaking and well worth the listeners’ foray into the cold night […]
Fine Arts Column: Be Not Afraid (of Gregorian Chant)
LUCK PONCE FINE ARTS COLUMNIST In the liturgy of the Church, art has always played an important role in elevating the minds and hearts of the congregation to the contemplation of the divine, of Christ’s real and true presence in the liturgy itself. There is a simple demonstration of this you can conduct in less […]
Franciscan chamber orchestra engages audience with spring concert
BRADEN FELLINGER LIBERAL COLUMNIST On April 17, the Franciscan Chamber Orchestra performed its spring concert in Franciscan University’s Gentile Gallery. The concert was directed by Nicholas Will, assistant professor of music, and included works by Johann Christian Bach, George Frederick Handel, Antonio Vivaldi and more. The orchestra consisted of 15 members, most of whom were […]
Classical guitarist moves students with performance
TERESA GUTIERREZ STAFF WRITER On Thursday night in the Gentile Gallery, guitarist Ronald Dubois performed a concert and lectured on the role of classical guitar and sacred music over the centuries. Dubois masterfully played many different genres of classical guitar, and gave lectures on five different sections: Gregorian chant, Christian hymns, Christmas carols, masterworks and […]