<![CDATA[SacredSounds]]> https://rss.com/podcasts/sacredsounds ONE LICENSE’s new educational web series, Sacred Sounds!

In this series, we’ll teach church musicians and administrative staff about sacred music, both traditional and modern. Each episode features a discussion of new sacred music, old sacred music, and copyright licensing of sacred music.

In Creators' Commentary, we interview composers, authors, and other industry professionals creating and publishing sacred music today.

In Liturgical Listening Party, we review new sacred music publications.

In Chants of a Lifetime, we we discuss the histories and uses of traditional hymns.

In Databasics, we offer tutorials about how to license sacred music and report copyright usage responsibly.

In In-choir-ing Minds, we answer questions that listeners have sent us.

We invite you to email any questions you have about sacred music or copyright licensing to info@onelicense.net with the subject line SACRED SOUNDS!

]]> RSS.com 2026.401.141116 Mon, 13 Apr 2026 13:14:46 GMT en 2dba7f04-e53a-542f-90d7-af3b6ebb96b6 https://media.rss.com/sacredsounds/20260217_040250_17cf744bfd792c09e317c26497f744f9.png SacredSounds https://rss.com/podcasts/sacredsounds yes ONE LICENSE 2025 ONE LICENSE ONE LICENSE false episodic podcast Chicago, Chicago, Cook County, Illinois, 60605, USA false <![CDATA[Deanna Witkowski/HAMBURG/Recorded Audio Licenses]]> Composer, performer, and ethnomusicologist Deanna Witkowski discusses the history of jazz liturgies and what jazz can teach us about worship. Madison explains the pedagogical philosophy behind Lowell Mason's HAMBURG. Siobhán answers listeners' questions about ONE LICENSE's new Recorded Audio Licenses.

]]> https://rss.com/podcasts/sacredsounds/2731320 e6096ec3-aa8d-4cc4-85bb-4468b3ea7249 3311 full 1 1 7 7 false Mon, 13 Apr 2026 13:14:44 GMT false <![CDATA[Rev. Nancy Raabe/ST. COLUMBA/Downloading Files from the Database]]> Daven and Stephanie interview pastor, composer, and musicologist Rev. Nancy Raabe. Madison shares the work of the polymath who preserved ST. COLUMBA. Siobhán explains how to find and download reprint files in the ONE LICENSE database, and what to do if you can't find reprint files for the songs you want to use.

]]> https://rss.com/podcasts/sacredsounds/2646372 47850b2e-89cb-406d-9003-9bdf8bc2987b 3247 full 1 1 6 6 false Fri, 20 Mar 2026 22:47:31 GMT <![CDATA[Mass of Healing and Hope by Don Stewart/WONDROUS LOVE/Licensing Congregational Reprints]]> Liturgical Listening Party: Daven and Stephanie review Don Stewart's folk-influenced Mass setting, the Mass of Healing and Hope

Chants of a Lifetime: Madison teaches us about the history of WONDROUS LOVE

Databasics: Siobhán explains what congregational reprints are and how to report copyright usage of congregational reprints

]]> https://rss.com/podcasts/sacredsounds/2560928 fb56dbcc-92cd-4b1d-97f1-5b02430188c3 2651 full 1 1 5 5 false Thu, 19 Feb 2026 16:53:10 GMT <![CDATA[Don Stewart/VICTORY/Licensing Hymnals]]> Creators' Commentary: Composer Don Stewart discusses bringing his Celtic folk influences into liturgical compositions

Chants of a Lifetime: Madison teaches us the history of Palestrina's VICTORY

In-choir-ing Minds: Siobhán answers a listener's question about why individual songs, but not entire hymnals, can be licensed

]]> https://rss.com/podcasts/sacredsounds/2560851 47fcf181-304d-4b8a-aa2d-1f597bc969d0 2859 full 1 1 4 4 false Thu, 19 Feb 2026 16:47:19 GMT <![CDATA[Jason Silver/GO TELL IT ON THE MOUNTAIN/Copyright Licensing of Arrangements]]> Creators' Commentary: Composer Jason Silver discusses setting Scripture to music

Chants of a Lifetime: Madison teaches us about the history of GO TELL IT ON THE MOUNTAIN

Databasics: Siobhán explains how to report usage of copyrighted arrangements

]]> https://rss.com/podcasts/sacredsounds/2560776 c821afeb-a03e-4552-987d-3f2e31c90a53 2908 full 1 1 3 3 false Thu, 19 Feb 2026 16:41:07 GMT <![CDATA["Amazing Grace" by Bradley Sowash/THAXTED/Searching for Text and Tune Separately]]> Liturgical Listening Party: Daven and Stephanie review Bradley Sowash's jazz arrangement of "Amazing Grace"

Chants of a Lifetime: Madison teaches us the history of Gustav Holst's THAXTED

Databasics: Siobhán explains why you might need to report usage of copyrighted texts and tunes separately

]]> https://rss.com/podcasts/sacredsounds/2560756 326aada1-2693-49d6-aea7-68f15e019097 2802 full 1 1 2 2 false Thu, 19 Feb 2026 16:33:55 GMT <![CDATA[Bradley Sowash/Public Domain Tunes/Searching the ONE LICENSE Database]]> Creators' Commentary: Composer Bradley Sowash discusses the art of arranging hymns for jazzers

Chants of a Lifetime: Madison teaches us what it means for a tune to be in the public domain, and how we can use public domain tunes in worship today

Databasics: Siobhán describes how to perform searches in the ONE LICENSE database

]]> https://rss.com/podcasts/sacredsounds/2560742 28bf27f9-e87c-4cdd-9164-b19f8a0369d8 3536 full 1 1 1 1 false Thu, 19 Feb 2026 16:26:47 GMT Chicago, Chicago, Cook County, Illinois, 60605, USA <![CDATA[Trailer]]> Meet the ONE LICENSE team!

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