Lourdes Montgomery is one of the most gifted composers of bilingual (Spanish-English) psalms in the church today. Born in Havana, Cuba, she has two solo collections and many years of experience as a parish music director.
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Bienaventurados
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- Bienaventurados
- Blessing of Water/Bendición del Agua Bautismal
- Con Estas Cenizas, Señor/Perdona a Tu Pueblo, Señor
- De Pie a Tu Derecha Está la Reina, Enjoyada con Oro de Ofir
- Desde Lo Hondo (Salmo 129)
- Dichoso Quien Ama de Corazón
- Dios Asciende (Salmo 46)
- El Auxilio Me Viene del Señor
- El Cáliz que Bendecimos (Salmo 115)
- El Sendero de la Vida
- El Señor Es Mi Luz
- Gusten y Vean Qué Bueno Es el Señor (Salmo 33)
- Has Preparado, Señor, Tu Casa a los Desvalidos
- Hosanna al Hijo de David
- Hoy Es Día de Fiesta
- Misericordia, Señor (Salmo 50)
- Ojalá Escuchen Hoy Su Voz (Salmo 94)
- Padre, en Tus Manos Encomiendo Mi Espíritu (Salmo 30)
- Pan de Ángeles
- Psalm 104: Lord, Send Out Your Spirit/Salmo 103 (104): Envía Tu Espíritu, Señor
- Psalm 104: Lord, Send Out Your Spirit/Salmo 103: Envía Tu Espíritu, Señor
- Psalm 104: Lord, Send Out Your Spirit/Salmo 104 (103): Envía Tu Espíritu, Señor
- Psalm 113: Blessed Be the Name of the Lord/Salmo 113 (112): Bendito Sea el Nombre del Señor
- Psalm 128: Blessed Are Those Who Fear the Lord/Salmo 128 (127): Dichosos Los Que Temen al Señor
- Psalm 22: My God, My God/Salmo 22 (21): Dios Mío, Dios Mío
- Que Nuestro Único Orgullo
- Quiero Tocar Su Santo Manto
- Rito de Aspersión/Sprinkling Rite
- Salmo 117: Éste Es el Día/Psalm 118: This Is the Day
- Salmo 117: Éste Es el Día/Psalm 118: This Is the Day
- Salmo 23 (22): El Señor Es Mi Pastor/Psalm 23: The Lord Is My Shepherd
- Salmo 96 (95): Hoy Nos Ha Nacido el Salvador/Psalm 96: Today Is Born Our Savior
- Secuencia de la Pascua
- Señor, Tú Has Sido (Salmo 89)
- Somos Su Pueblo y Ovejas
- Te Doy Gracias (Salmo 138)
- Tú Eres Sacerdote para Siempre
- Tú Nos Invitas
- Ubi Caritas/Where Charity Is Dwelling/Donde Hay Caridad
- Vayan por el Mundo Entero
- Ven, Espíritu Santo (Secuencia de Pentecostés)
- Ésta Es la Raza
- Ésta Es la Raza/Lord, This Is the People
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Bio
Lourdes Montgomery is one of the most gifted composers of bilingual (Spanish-English) psalms in the church today. Since 2005, she has been serving as music director of St. Vincent's Catholic Church in Rogers, Arkansas, where she serves at bilingual, English and Spanish Masses. She lives with her husband, Michael Montgomery, a classical double bass teacher, composer and musician whose talent may be heard in her CD collections.
Born in Havana, Cuba, Lourdes came to the U.S. at the age of five. She studied classical and jazz piano at Miami-Dade Community College and later devoted herself to the study of music theory, as well as music composition with Dennis Kam and classical piano with Rosalina Sackstein at the University of Miami. From 1986 to 2005, she was music director at Mother of Christ Catholic Church in Miami, Florida. Prior to this time, she served at St. Kevin Catholic Church in Miami as the director of music for youth and school liturgies.
Lourdes has two collections of liturgical music. Her debut, De la Cruz a la Gloria (From the Cross to Glory), offers Spanish-language music for Lent and Easter. Her latest release, Blessed Be the Name of the Lord/Bendito Sea el Nombre del Señor, provides bilingual psalm settings of the verbatim Lectionary texts for Sundays and seasons throughout the year. Her liturgical music can be heard in many Spanish-speaking countries in South America as well as Spain.
In addition to liturgical music, Lourdes has written collections of double bass music accompanied by piano published by David Heyes’ RecitalMusic.net and has had performances of her work in England. She has also published music through St. Francis Music Publications in Florida. She is a passionate piano teacher who loves sharing her love of music with her students and has provided free lessons to students in need. One student, Gabriela Gomez, is now "paying it forward" by playing piano at St. Vincent's and performing with a local Mariachi group.
Lourdes's extensive experience as a pastoral musician and love of people makes her an excellent leader of workshops for Hispanic and bilingual parish communities. She has done presentations at both the national and international levels. Highlights include providing formational workshops in the Dominican Republic in 2005 and when Lourdes' song "Bienaventurados" was performed for Pope Benedict XVI at Mass at the National Stadium in Washington, DC, in 2008. This song, as well as "Con Estas Cenizas" were translated into English by Diana Macalintal for use in Breaking Bread and Today’s Missal Music Issue. Find Lourdes' "Con Estas Cenizas/With Ashes and Sorrow, O Lord" in the Spanish-language children's resource El Señor Nos Invita, Vol. 3.
