Gentle Reign

Reflections on my life as a Christian songwriter..."remembering into the future." - by Rory Cooney

Monday, February 10, 2014

Albums 16: Keep Awake (2000, WLP)

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Way, way back in the late 20th century, World Library Publications of Chicago, the music publishing arm of the missalette juggernaut J. S. P...
Friday, February 7, 2014

Starting a brilliant fire (A5O)

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Light and fire are the great images that pop out from the readings and psalm this Sunday. But as always, it's not about being "shin...
Thursday, February 6, 2014

Throwback Thursday: "Promising Presence" (1990)

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I thought it might be interesting to look back at some of my hieroglyphs, those "ancient writings" of mine that were the product o...
Wednesday, February 5, 2014

SongStories 22: Mass of St. Aidan

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Last time around trying to get music published, probably in early 2005, I wanted to publish a setting of the eucharistic texts that I call...
Tuesday, February 4, 2014

Liturgical Composers' Forum: Making Music Together

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At concert rehearsal, "Be Not Afraid," L-R John Foley, Bob Dufford, and Roc O'Connor, piano, Tom Kendzia I spent last wee...
Monday, February 3, 2014

Fire, light, and glory (Presentation of the Lord)

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It has been eleven years since the feast of the Presentation of the Lord fell on a Sunday, and you could tell that by the difficulty our pri...
Wednesday, January 29, 2014

More markings

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It was just about a year ago that I started this blog. I kept one from 2006 to early 2009, but it was small, and I kept it in an Apple propr...
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