About Bear Music
Introduction
Bear Music publishes liturgical music by Martin Foster. It is music which has been written for the liturgy and has been ‘tested’ in the liturgy. Often written for a particular situation and set of resources it is hoped that it will prove useful to other communities.
Much of the music has been first ‘tested’ at St Mary’s University Chapel, Twickenham where Martin was Director of Music for over 30 years and led the music at the 11am Sunday Mass which is celebrated through the year. He regularly gives workshops and presentations for dioceses and for organisation such as National Network of Pastoral Musicians and the Society of St Gregory. His music is performed in the UK, Ireland. US and beyond. A list of published music is available.
Martin is currently Directory of the Joint Lectionary Project for the Catholic Bishops’ Conferences of Australia, Ireland and New Zealand. Before that hew Director of the Liturgy Office of the Bishops’ Conference of England and Wales for 30 years. Prior to that he was a Parish Music Adviser in the diocese of Westminster and began his career working at the St Thomas More Centre for Pastoral Liturgy.
Copyright
The music on this site is available under a Creative Commons licence. You may copy it as needed. It must always be as acknowledged and you may not make any commercial gain from it with out further permission.
ICEL texts (Mass Parts & Antiphons) should also be acknowledged but may be reproduced for local use freely and without further permission. Permission will need to be sought if there is any commercial transaction.
Grail texts have been included on the understanding offered to other websites that they may be reproduced as long as no financial gain is involved.
Calamus
Bear Music is included in the Calamus licence scheme.