Music Links

Music Links

Best Catholic Links: Music: A fabulous Catholic music site I recommend to any teacher. The site allows one to review different Catholic CDs and Tapes. Under each band or musician, a person can read about the type of music, the issues that it deals with, the appropriate age group, have access to the particular groups web site, for much more information such as, a singing rosary, reviews of books and youth forum and shop online. The enormous information on the site would assist a teacher with planning music and religion subjects, organizing a school mass or paraliturgy or making recommendations to students about alternative music to enjoy.--Marisa Di Vincenzo
Catholic Jukebox: This is a music resource site for Catholics. The purpose of the site is to highlight Catholic Music Artists. There is a directory of Contempory Catholic Musicians' websites, contact information, and links to MP3 sites. It is also linked to an American Catholic music radio station that broadcasts the 24 hours a day. -- Paulette Hill


Catholic Music Network: This all encompassing website is devoted to updating you on the latest Catholic music available. A top 20 sellers chart is provided on a weekly basis. The site also provides reviews and weekly spotlights on artists and releases. CDs are available for purchase and includes a sales section. Different sections like liturgical, traditional, children, and seasonal will help you pinpoint exactly what type of music you are looking for. As well as providing reviews, current articles on musicians, appearances and points of special interest globally are highlighted. Definitely a one stop shop for those seeking to enhance their Catholic music collection for the classroom.--Annette Goc
Catholic Music Network: What a fantastic site!! This is an extensive website with categoris ranging from contemporary, praise and worship, liturgical, traditional, children, instrumental, seasonal and international. This site was developed about five years ago by a group of radio personalities, youth ministers, musicians, home schoolers and teachers etc. who were interested in Catholic music. The primary goal of the site was to provide resources to allow children to develop and express their faith meaningfully through music. There are pictures of each album along with a brief synopsis of the content. Topics of albums range from Mary to teaching Catholicism. There are lists of artists, reviews of music selections, top-sellers and current news about upcoming releases. Under the children category, there are two selections that look especially interesting, one has to do with the Life of Mary and the other is focused specifically on the Sacrament of the Eucharist. Given that the Paschal Mystery is at he core of our faith development and liturgical celebration I think this would be great for any teacher of Grade Two students or any leader within a church who helps children in their First Holy Communion preparation.-- Gabrielle O'Reilly
Catholic Music New Releases: This website has a list of religious compact discs that are available. The website is updated frequently with new releases. It is great if you are looking for a particular song to tie in with a religious theme/unit . It also gives you the option of purchasing on-line.--Diana Ianuzzi
Chant Links: This website gives information on Chant Choirs that are existing at this time. It goes through the different choir groups that are representing various cities as well as different recording companies. Chants for religious holidays are also listed including both the prayer as well as the chant. These chants can also be played over your computer assuming that your computer is equipped with speakers. Explanations of the chants are available. This website also contains links of interest to Music chant sites other than religious ones including a Medieval music link. There is also a link to the Catholic Resources on the Net site that includes information on the mass, prayers, liturgy, etc. This site would be beneficial to Catholic educators in that music is definitely one of the ways that children respond to especially when dealing with our religion and faith. It also acts as a way of celebrating our unity in our religion.--S. DiGregorio
Cheryl Melody: This website reinforces character building values through music and performance. There are various types of music that children can sing along and learn how to respect each other and bring awareness to their peers, home and neighborhood. The music also emphasizes different themes which are prevalent in schools, such are anti-bully, conflict resolution, respect, self esteem, respect for others, respect for the earth, ways to "BE" Peace, nonviolence, working together (cooperation), positive Role Modeling, empowerment, and it gives HOPE!

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Christian Music Online: Christian Music Online is dedicated in providing the latest information on the Christian Music world. Christian Music is music used to praise and glorify God, who sent his Son Jesus Christ to die for our sins. Whether it is Contemporary, Praise/Worship, or other types of Christian Music, there is plenty of music and information provided. This website can be useful to teachers because depending on the grade level you teach, some students find that children songs are too “babyish”. This is an alternative and yet it still sends the same message.--Larry Bianco
Christiansandmusic.com: This site is full of both articles and music ideas with the porpose of soul development. It is an American site so some of the topics are not Roman catolic in orientation. However some christian topics are universal enough such as children and church. Some topics to also explore on the site are what I would deem "current event" issues but very relevant to today's catholic classrooms; 'What teenagers think about church music' and 'Christian rock music'. Both could be used as either part of the music curriculum or integrated as a stepping off point for engaging youth in discussion about lack of interest in church attendance and participation.
This site was quite article heavy so I have included an additional site which caters exclusively to children's faith developmment. Together the two would suit either a teacher or youth group minister or youth group leader in a parish. This children-oriented site is called, www.kidsownworship.com
This latter site offers everything from message boards, to interactive games, ideas for religious education at home, home schooling ideas, Pastor message boards and lastly how to order music selections which are individually described in a sentence or two. Emphasis for all music selections and interactive activities is on how to foster and promote faith development in children outside of church (in a fun and participation driven way). Songs and curriculum links can be downloaded for powerpoint presentations. All Cds are titled "Faith Weaver"-- Gabrielle O'Reilly

GIA Music: This site offers the viewer an opportunity to order music related resources. There are many criteria to chose from; styles, age groups, instruments, knowledge levels etc. The viewer chooses what he or she is interested in and is provided with related resources and brief descriptions of them. There is also other information provided about GIA and excerpts from the GIA quarterly magazine. If you need some music resources and don't know where to look - check it out! -- A. Mitchell; This site explores sacred music in all its diversity on the GIA web site. This music ranges from Gregorian chant to contemporary to gospel or a combination. They are have high-quality resources for information about hymnals, recordings, octavos, educational materials and calendars -- Frank Pignataro The GIA Sacred Music site offers information on educational materials as well as various resources for learning about our faith through music. There is a "Hymn Du Jour" which involves a response to a Bible excerpt that goes along with the current religious celebration. There is also a commentary section which is updated with older articles that may be accessed through the archives. You are also able to download catalogues and subscribe to the GIA magazine. What I found very interesting and beneficial for Catholic educators was the area where workshops are made available. You can choose from a set of topics such as skill sessions for various instruments to drama and dance as well as lessons for seasonal music. Once you find a topic you are able to choose a clinician (one of many) that you would like to deliver the workshop. Once a clinician is downloaded, that person's profile and background are available. These workshops could help a whole school staff in bettering their ability to deliver a quality as well as integrated music/religion program. --S.Di Gregorio
Christian Songs For Children: This website is great for elementary teachers. It offers songs for special days and Sacramentls (Mothers Day and First Communion). These songs can be downloaded and the lyrics can be printed. Children love singing and it is great to build and encourage a spiritual conection through music.--Diana Ianuzzi

The Gregorian Chant Home Page: A resource for those interested in one of the oldest and suddenly popular forms of music today.
Liturgy, Prayer, Music, and Formation: A Challenge for the Catholic High School - David Haas: This website focuses on providing ideas to encourage young people's appreciation of liturgy through music. It offers ways to create leadership qualities in the church's youth by creating leadership positions for them. Catholic educators in high schools may find this site helpful in developing retreats, concerts, and other spiritual formation experiences. The site also provides links to discussion groups, newsletters, and opportunity for personal prayer requests. -- MG
National Association of Pastoral Musicians – Liturgical Music Planning: This site is an excellent resource to use when planning Sunday liturgical music. The site breaks the church years A, B, and C into seasons and then into Sunday liturgies. They suggest hymns and psalms that are related to the readings for that particular Sunday mass. The best part is that they suggest over 20 hymns for each Sunday. The hymns are taken from over 30 hymnals from Gather Comprehensive to the Catholic Book of Worship III. This site can also be used to draw the music and the readings from Sunday mass into the school week.--Alfred Cadawas
Oregon Catholic Press: This organization publishes a wide variety of liturgical and inspirational music in the form of recordings, songbooks, and choral arrangements that are used in many Catholic churches throughout the United States. Obviously anyone looking for music , as well as materials for worship would find this web site useful. - A. Cronin; This web page is put together by Oregon Catholic Press and was established in 1995. It is U.S. based of course. It offers a selection of some best-selling music and books with a toll free number to call to place orders or ask for more information. This is a great site for music teachers or individuals putting together a special liturgy. The best part is the ability to listen to some of the music tracks. - Ines Mancuso
Resources for Church Musicians An Online Workshop (Denominations)
Soul Amp: Catholic Contemporary Music: This website provides lyrics and free mp3 downloads to various catholic songs. All songs are based on specific bible passages. Each song provides the lyrics, the bible reference from which the lyrics are based and the actual song (available in full version and sample form). Song themes can be connected to various aspects in the religion program (i.e. The Beatitudes). This website is useful to teachers wishing to implement music into their religion program and/or liturgical celebrations.--Marianna Russomanno

Super Catholic Music Links Page

This is a fun site because of the variety of music it gives access to. Music to enhance classroom learning, prayer liturgies, personal and group worship at your fingertips. There are 36 links to other music related sites and for easier navigation, this site is divided into 3 main areas: liturgical music, sacred music and liturgy resources, and chant links. -- Carmela D'Amato
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Theology Library: Music: This site provides a total of 36 different links, most of which are accompanied by a brief description of their contents. There is also a section entitled Relevant Components that is divided into the subcategories; Liturgical Music, Sacred Music and Liturgy Resources, and Chant Links. Lastly, there is a Catholics collection of 118 pages with over 5,100 links, in the spirit of the Second Vatican Council under the heading of Theology Library. This site would be useful and provide a building block to those Catholic educators who are not strong in the musical field. -- S. Levy
Theology Resources: Liturgical Studies and Music
A Thousand Teenagers Singing at Mass? - Terry May and Kathy Leos

World Library Publications

WLP publishes liturgy and music resources for worship. It has a user friendly search engine on the site to find a song for a service or for suggestions for music for a season or particular ritual. It also offers parish workshops and music reading sessions. It will also custom make a workshop for your needs! This site also accepts liturgical music for publication.-- David Lessy

Worship and Liturgical Music

This website will keep you busy for a while if you are looking for lyrics,music or resources. It has over thirty links for all types of music from liturgical to contemporary. There are a couple of children's music web sites that feature songs like the Rosary Rap. Much of the links offer free downloading in mp3 format. There are also links for youth magazines and music for highschools.--Lisa Ciardullo

This website has a variety of liturgical songs and music titles. Furthermore, it has lyrics for hundreds of contemporary Christian songs by song title. It also has links to Catholic images, pictures, posters etc. This site is useful to teachers both at the elementary and secondary level. Teachers who are interested in using music during Religion class or for those teachers who are on the liturgical committee, this site has ideas. It also gives ideas of songs for liturgical dance.-- Lisa Dimartino

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