Do what thou wilt shall be the whole of the Law.

Care Fraters et Sorors,

The Seventh Bi-Annual National O.T.O. Conference is fast approaching, and I am writing in order to formalize the plans for the choir that will be performing the Anthem for the Sunday celebration of Liber XV, the Gnostic Mass.

For several months a pdf file of the sheet music and an mp3 recording of the music have been available through the NOTOCON website. You can find them still on the promotions page at: http://vii.notocon.org/promotion/

Using these tools, Brothers and Sisters in the order who are so inclined can practice singing the Anthem in preparation for joining the choir at NOTOCON, either formally or informally.

If you wish to sing informally, you need only lend your voice, or print and bring sheet music if you desire it.

If you are interested in working more formally with the choir, I request that you email me directly to discuss your vocal range for placement in the group (jonah777@comcast.net). Additionally, please plan to bring a white robe to the conference, and block out time from 2:30 to 3:30 on Sunday August 9th, for a rehearsal with the musicians, as well as planning to attend Mass at 5:00, with some preparation time.

Please contact me before July 1st if you are planning to formally sing with the choir and attend the rehearsal. The rehearsal does not conflict directly with any other scheduled NOTOCON events.

Please help us make this a memorable and glorious celebration of the central ritual of our Order.

Thank you!

Love is the law, love under will.

Fraternally,
Jon
jonah777@comcast.net

Do what thou wilt shall be the whole of the Law.

Care Fraters et Sorors,

I just wanted to take a few moments to point out that we now have links on the promotions page of the NOTOCON VII site to the sheet music for the Anthem of the Gnostic Mass as composed by Frater H.K. 1131.

There is also an mp3 available for download for those who would like to practice with the arrangement prior to NOTOCON in August.

Anthem mp3

Amthem Sheet Music

We’ve been using this arrangement for several months in Seattle, and we are looking forward to joining our voices with those of our Brothers and Sisters around the Kingdom of the United States in celebration of our central ritual.

Love is the law, love under will.

Fraternally, Jon

Do what thou wilt shall be the whole of the Law.

I was very excited to be asked to put together Anthem music for NOTOCON VII using the Frater H.K. 1131 arrangement, and on October 26th we had a public celebration of Liber XV using the core of the choir we’re putting together, and some preliminary recordings of our rehearsal music.

This is a picture of some of our members rehearsing before Mass. We all got together at 3pm on Sunday to practice, then I got to do a run through with the team, and we celebrated Mass at 6.

This was my first opportunity to celebrate Mass using this arrangement, and I was very pleased. As Priest, it was gratifying the hear the congregation singing with so much power. Practice really did make the performance very moving, and I am really grateful to all the initiates and community members who came out early to practice, or who helped with the recording, as well as the member of the congregation who joined the chorus.

Now that we have a core of local singers, the plan is to add more voices to our practice version, and then to offer copies of the recording as an mp3 file to anyone who plans to attend NOTOCON VII so they can start rehearsing the choral parts themselves. Of course the sheet music is available in pdf format through Sabazius’ website. Anthem Sheet Music

Love is the law, love under will.

Fraternally, Jon