Echoes of Advent: Music's Role in the Season's Spirituality

O Come, O Come Emmanuel. Creator of the Stars of Night. Alma Redemptoris Mater. All these classic hymns and more make up the liturgical sounds of Advent! In this episode, liturgical music expert Adam Bartlett joins Jessica to talk about how liturgical music can help us enter more deeply into the season of Advent. Jess and Adam discuss: Why it is more appropriate to sing the Gospel at Mass than speak it How singing the Antiphons can help us anticipate the coming of Christ at Christmas Why different liturgical seasons have different sounds, and what we should listen for in the sounds of liturgical music during Advent How meditating on classic Advent hymns can deepen our experience of Advent Adam Bartlett is the founder and CEO of Source & Summit, a liturgical publisher and digital platform that helps parishes elevate the liturgy. He is a composer, conductor, and teacher that has served as a parish and cathedral Music Director, seminary and graduate instructor, and as Sacred Music Collaborator with FOCUS. You can check out Source & Summit here: Source & Summit and on Hallow here