The long and impressive career of Dr. Christoph Tietze, Director of Music at St. Mary's Cathedral in San Francisco, makes for an interview that covers a lot of ground, including helpful tips for improving one's improvisation skills, steps to take if you're thinking about building a choir school, and an overview of his project on creating a collection of introits for congregational singing.
To learn more about Dr. Tietze and his work at the cathedral, visit: https://smcsf.org/
Find out more about the St. Mary’s Cathedral Choir School at St. Brigid School here: https://sfchoirschool.org
If you're interested in Dr. Tietze's Organ Improvisation Seminar this summer with the Catholic Institute of Sacred Music, you can learn more here: https://catholicinstituteofsacredmusic.org/
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