3 Practical Solutions for Cantor Training
Do you need Cantor Training? Are you in the market for cantor training? Perhaps you are interested in becoming a cantor yourself, or you are a director who has cantors to train. Either way, this post will give you 3 solutions to finding easy and done-for-you resources...
10 Easy to Sing Catholic Hymns for Mass
Easy Catholic Hymns Anyone can Use I have been questioned a few times for easy to sing Catholic hymns that can be sung and played during Mass. While there is a plethora of liturgical music out there, Latin, English, Spanish, you name it, it can be hard to narrow down...
Breathing and Posture Techniques for Singers
There are many exercises out there for singers. Breathing exercises can come in many forms, techniques, and ways to approach them. That's good because you don't want to just be working the same muscles every time. Nor do you just want to learn ONE way of doing things....
Cantor Resources – The Mega List
When you are a musician in the Catholic church, especially in the digital age we live in now, it's not hard to find cantor resources. Often, though, it is difficult to navigate the plethora of cantor resources out there and decide what is worth it and not, what will...
How to Sing Descants for Beginners
The art of Descanting Descants are beautiful light melodic phrases floating above the familiar melodies of any song, Psalm, or Alleluia. They are meant to be sung above the soprano line as a beautiful countermelody. In my parish, we often sing the soprano and the...
Best Facebook Groups to Join for Catholic Music Ministers
Facebook has definitely been promoting their groups lately to get people to join groups. There are so many Facebook groups out there, from sports-related to arts to mamas to whatever, but have you ever seen a list for Catholic musicians? Enter the list of the best...
15 Helpful YouTube Channels for Cantors
It's no joke that YouTube can be used for many, many things, including preparing for Mass on Sunday. I have spent some time researching the most helpful YouTube Channels that any cantor could find useful (with a few variants, of course!) There are some channels that...
15 Fun Warm-ups for Vocalists
Warmups that Are Actually Fun There are a million and one warm-ups you can do on a daily basis, and there are many fun warm-ups you can make-up if you want. But why spend the time creating one when you can just pick from a list of proven awesome ones? I have used...
A Cantor’s Guide to Clear Diction
Having Clear Diction Matters, and Here's How You Can Get Better Having clear diction is important because simply put, people want to know what you are singing about. If your message is unclear or muddled, getting the gist of what you are singing is extremely...
recommended books & products
These links are affiliate links (which means I get compensated if you buy through my link), denoted by the *. I recommend these because I use them and refer to them often on this website. They will be invaluable tools to you as a Catholic cantor.
Sing to the Lord in Divine Worship - helps cantors understand their role in the Mass and the role of music in the Mass. Super heplful to me as I was learning more about being a cantor.
