Gessica, Author at The Spiritual Cantor

8 Steps for Singing and Playing At the Same Time

by Gessica | Music, Sing, Teaching, Technique, Tips

Why Should you Sing and Play at the Same Time? There are several reasons you might want to play and sing at the same time. There is no one else to help you do one task or the other- therefore, you need to do both yourself You would like to increase your skillset by...

How to Become a Catholic Cantor

by Gessica | Cantor, Guidelines, Tips

The concept of a Catholic Cantor is simple: to engage the congregation into singing the praises of God during Mass. That’s the overall big picture of the role. There are several other roles and things that cantors may be expected to do. I won’t go into...

Cantor Feature: Robert

by Gessica | Cantor, Choir, Stories

Catholic Cantor Feature Seeing as there are many cantors around the world, some with very little recognition or appreciation, I have decided to do features of them on my website. While I have already featured the stories of 5 such cantors on A Cantor’s Ministry...

5 Ways to Be a Humble Cantor

by Gessica | Cantor, Choir, Prayers, Stories, Tips

This post is not assuming that you aren’t a humble cantor. You probably are. But it helps me to write it down and to remind others because I think we all can be prideful or forget why we are a cantor in the first place. Let me introduce myself. My name is...

Best Practices for Cantors

by Gessica | Cantor, Guidelines, Teaching, Tips

This post contains affiliate links. I only promote products that I love. Full disclosure. Why Do We need to know about best practices? As many Catholic cantors as there are in the world, it is my inclination that only a few really know about best practices. While I...