Looking forward to having one of my students over this Thursday evening to share some music with you all via live facebook.
Ady LOVES playing the piano and singing! She’s going to play and sing a song she composed not too long ago entitled “Wondrous, Glorious God”…a great selection for Thanksgiving!
She doesn’t know it yet, but I’m going to present her with the complete arrangement (vocal and piano score) in Thursday night’s live facebook event.
Her song “Wondrous Glorious God” will be available on Sheet Music Plus by this Saturday. (She doesn’t know that either….LOVE surprising my students!) 😉
See you all soon! This Thursday at 7pm on my facebook music page: https://www.facebook.com/thechurchpianist
You do not need a facebook account to view this live event on Thursday evening at 7pm EST
Oh! I almost forgot! I’m also publishing an early advanced piano arrangement of “Crown Him with Many Crowns” by this Saturday as well.
The whole arrangement: verse chorus, chorus is in the key of C Major 🙂
As a church pianist…I’m extra grateful for my parent’s influence on my life by providing me with a rich heritage of godly music.
My Dad turned 84 today and still singing for God’s glory.
Just thought I’d share a family video of him singing a couple of years ago with a long time family friend, Jerry Baker. Jerry Baker and his wife Linda, were missionaries in Christian broadcasting for a number of years.
Last Sunday I had to play for our church’s guest missionary couple. I had never heard of the song and there were at least five page turns.
I had one of our flute players turn pages for me. Another quick tip helped a bunch! I simply wrote the approaching chord on the last measure of each page so it would sound like I knew what I was doing at the turn of each page. 😉 Seriously, this tip helped me stay in the right chord frame for each page turn.
The Choreo Keeperwould have been a life saver that morning but I left it at home where I use it the most.
Lesson learned: Don’t schedule a vocal or instrumental ensemble during flu season! Always have a standby on hand for vocal or offertory specials.
I have a nine voice mixed ensemble scheduled to sing this Sunday morning. Due to a lot of various sicknesses going around…I’ve secured a standby vocal solo for this Sunday morning. I’ll let him know by Saturday afternoon whether or not he’ll need to sing.
Can the church pianist modulate up a half step from verse to chorus during congregational singing? The answer is…yes! 🙂
(Of course….with the song leader’s permission) 😉
Jenifer gives several modulating tips in the following video tutorial.
Click below the video to download the FREE printable that provides several modulation examples for modulating a half step from the verse to the chorus during congregational singing.