Mary Jane Ballou is founder and director of Cantorae St. Augustine and has broad experience as an organist and choir director. Her regular articles in “Sacred Music,” the journal of the Church Music Association of America, focus on the practical joys and dilemmas of church music.

She is available for parish and choir workshops on Gregorian chant and a cappella singing. Want to know more? Check out her recent articles on worship, cantoraes, and singing.

“Changing Hearts and Minds in the Pews,” Sacred Music, Winter 2007 (vol. 134, no. 4), pp. 27-33.
“Your Choir, Your History: A Simple Guide to Documenting Your Experience,” Sacred Music, Winter 2008 (vol. 135, no. 4), pp. 59-62.
“To Welcome, Encourage, Teach, and Praise: Working with New Chant Singers,” Sacred Music, Summer 2009 (vol. 136, no. 2), pp. 63-65.