It just figures that this would be the year I decided to Make An Effort and write new hymn descants for Easter! I had just finished arranging the hymns, prelude, and postlude for the little chamber orchestra we usually have when it became clear that we wouldn’t be having an in-person Easter service. I hopeContinue reading “Hymn Descant: EASTER HYMN”
Category Archives: Church Music
Christ, My All (for SATB choir and speaker)
Today is the 200th birthday of Fanny J. Crosby, who has been my go-to source of public-domain hymn texts for the past few years, so I figured I would finally share a setting of one of her texts that I wrote for my church choir last year, in the hope that church choirs will beContinue reading “Christ, My All (for SATB choir and speaker)”
New Christmas worship song: “Take Up the Story”
Between finals week and Advent, December is always an especially busy time for me. Last year, I realized after Christmas that I had forgotten to post the new song I wrote for my church, so I figured I would hold off until Advent 2019. You can see where this is going–I spent this month chasingContinue reading “New Christmas worship song: “Take Up the Story””