The  Mass of St Gabriel which I composed is used At St Gabriel in Concord Ohio.It was originally in the key of E and named Mass of Divine Melody then changed  to Mass of the Guardian Angel. I  was with  Marge Syroney at the Fine Arts Association in Willoughby working on the notation when a young lady, who was Marge's next piano student, asked what we were doing. Marge told her I had written a mass and we are in the process of notating it. The student said that her Parish was looking for a Mass to celebrate they're 50th anniversary . I gave a link to my website to her and ST Gabriels music director  checked it out, liked it  and then asked if I could change the name to Mass of St Gabriel. It seemed meant to be ,and of course I said yes.The mass had been used at St Gabriel, St Cosmas and Damian youth mass and parts of it  at Matre Dei Acadamy Grade School.

Since the time of the first edition of the mass the mass has been accepted by the United States Conference of Bishops. The mass has also been renotated by Bob Soeder noted liturgical director and friend. Bob and Mary Hrich, the liturgical minister for the Cleveland Catholic Diocese   and Carol Linnsenmeir (viola) have assisted me in a new recording of the Mass, which is  available below . There are additions to the original, which includes a traditional Alleluia , a Lenten Gospel Acclamation and also a chanted one  There is also a new Gloria and  two extra declarations of Faith and also a Penitential rite (Lord have mercy)at the beginning of mass.

Below Are Links To The Audio Of The Mass

I rerecorded this Mass solo in the Key Of E  All acoustic guitar Below Is the Link for the current version of :Recorded Music and Sheet Music.

This Mass in E is important to  me because the music AND GUITAR WORK IN E feels more like the music I listened to to growing up The Beatles, The Who etc. Most of those guitar styles are used in Indie, Americana, Country . 

Link To Mass Of St Gabriel in E 

Below the Links are for the original recording in Eb .