I just created a congregational arrangement of Love Lifted Me.

The verse will be available tomorrow!  I will write the chorus asap!

I wanted to give church pianists fill-in ideas for a peppy 6/8 hymn 🙂

Final touches have been added to the sheet music for Make Me a Blessing (very advanced piano solo).

This is a four page arrangement.  I  began in c minor to match the mood of the text and then when the text grows brighter….and soars into C Major!

Here’s a peek at page three….(please excuse the misaligned left hand note in the first measure).

This is a rough draft 🙂   Not much left to finalize the entire piece.

Yay!!! We’re back online!!  Thanks to my wonderful husband for repairing my

hard drive that crashed the same week my website had issues.

To share our celebration of the re-opening of our store… we are offering 20% off anything on our church pianist website… except for the “off-site” products.  The sale runs from March 16 through March 23rd, 2024   

The songs that are “off site”  should state so in the product description.

Coupon Code:  PIANO2024

This has become my favorite Christmas vocal solo.  My Dad wrote this at least ten years ago.

I like the minor key for the verses with a great story line about God’s birth to his death followed by a triumphant chorus proclaiming “Hallelujah! Christ is Born!”

Our men of the choir really like singing this piece!

Hallelujah Christ is Born

Low to medium range sacred Christmas vocal solo; 4 pgs *Price covers two copies. The haunting melody of this selection takes our Lord from the manger to the cross.

Price: $6.50

Anyone remember Allissa in the video below? It was created three years ago.

You’ll be pleasantly surprised at her accomplishments since this video!

Allissa and I meet a week from Thanksgiving to create the video.
I hope to publish the video by December 1st if not before.

Be on the look out for a free sacred congregational piano arrangement!

I’ll give you a couple  hints:

1. I’ve NEVER arranged this hymn before.

2. It’s a very stately old hymn that speaks of God’s protection

I’m working on the final congregational arrangement for my third volume of piano congregational arrangements!

This volume is geared to the church pianist at the early advanced level. Check out Piano Congregational Arrangements Volumes One & Two.

This collection will be published on July 20, 2023 at a special rate of  $13 (sales price good for July 20th (3pm EST)  through July 22nd (10pm EST)  After this time, the regular price of $16 will apply.

I LOVE meeting with my piano friend, Meryt Wilson, at least once a year for a time of encouragement and to share offertory resources and other ideas.

Do you ever do the same?  I live in a rather sparse land of church pianists and long for someone I can confer with to revitalize my playing.

It’s SO easy to get in a rut!

Meryt is such an encourager!

We usually sit down and play spontaneous hymns together.  This time we talked more and heard each other play.

Meryt previewed my new Congregational Piano Hymns Booklet Three….which I’m getting ready to publish.

We both were classically trained in our younger years.

Meryt is much more advanced than me in the area of classical music.

I thoroughly enjoyed hearing her play some of her own hymn arrangements.  She definitely writes VERY advanced hymn arrangements!  She has a way of weaving in classical melodies with hymns as though they truly belong.

My top favorites of what I heard her play was  “I’ll Fly Away” (my top choice!) and Who Is He in Yonder Stall (amazing! and VERY challenging!)

Meryt just published both of these pieces today!  You can find them on her Sheet Music Plus page at the following link:  Sheet Music Plus (Meryt’s page)

She has about 31 hymn arrangements on Sheet Music Plus ranging from level one to level 5.  Go take a peek at the link above and  see sample pages of her music.

In my next post, I’ll share my little  odds & ends list I compiled during our visit this past week.

Here’s a list at what I’ve been writing and hope to publish very soon!

One Day (congregational) *early advanced

Wonderful Grace of Jesus (congregational)* early advanced

My Country Tis of Thee (piano trio) Levels:  Early elementary, Late elementary & early intermediate

My grandson and two other pianists will be playing My Country Tis of Thee for July 2nd am service.