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I just wrote this arrangement of Silent Night for Ady, one of my late beginner students.
She needed something that wouldn’t take long to learn.
Ady loves it!
I will offer this Christmas piano solo for FREE until December 5, 2019.
Just click on the link below this video to download your FREE copy.
Great is Thy Faithfulness is one of my favorite hymns to this day! I was SO excited when I found out it would be in the public domain as of January 2019!
Yes, it took awhile for me to create this sacred piano solo but finally settled on the arrangement.
Warning: This is a VERY advanced piano solo of Great is Thy Faithfulness. I actually enjoy writing this level the most because I can pull out all the stops and not feel as restricted.
One challenge for me is recording myself at the piano. I get nervous! So..I tried to play by the music 🙂 I hope this arrangement is a blessing to the advanced church pianist looking for an offertory. (Hint: would make a nice selection for Thanksgiving Sunday)
PLEASE NOTE: THE AUDIO DOESN’T SEEM TO BE WORKING FOR EVERYONE.
WE’RE WORKING ON A SOLUTION (HOPEFULLY)
In the meantime: Click HERE to hear sample on my facebook music page.
I’m working on what’s becoming a VERY advanced piano solo arrangement of “Great is Thy Faithfulness”.
When creating advanced piano arrangements…I constantly hear a lot of notes that the soloist can’t reasonably cover on one instrument.
It would actually be easier for me to write a two piano arrangement to accommodate ALL the notes.
Just wanted to warn my readers that it’s very advanced…since I pulled out all the stops 😉
Here’s a sample audio “in the works”: Great is Thy Faithfulness (key change section into second verse)
Clarification: The image to the right shows the beginning (not included in this sample audio)
Great is Thy Faithfulness became a public domain hymn this past January!
I have an advanced piano arrangement in the works for this well-loved hymn to be published by the end of September 2019.
Here’s a sneak preview of the first page:
I enjoy creating pieces with a certain student in mind. This particular piece goes to one of my older female students who enjoys playing songs in a minor key.
The idea for the introduction hit me as I laid down to sleep this past Wednesday. I had to get up and write it down or the idea would have been history!
Even though I’m an advanced level pianist, I still enjoy playing this early intermediate arrangement of “O Come O Come Emmanuel”.
I just finished writing three Christmas piano arrangements today for several of my students!
I’ll publish them asap…hopefully by this weekend. The titles and levels are as follows:
O Little Town of Bethlehem (Late beginner)
God Rest Ye Merry Gentlemen (late elementary)
O Come O Come Emmanuel (Early intermediate)
Also in the process of writing the teacher piano parts for two piano ensemble numbers for Christmas recital.
Piano ensemble numbers are getting popular with my bunch of students. They absolutely LOVE playing in a group setting!
They like it so much that now they have one group lesson rehearsal once a month now until Christmas recital! The titles are: “Jingle Bells” with bell ringing in couple places 🙂 Also..O Come All Ye Faithful (our grand finale number)
I’m REALLY in the writing mood here lately. Hopefully you’ll see the results soon!
My favorite arrangement of “My Savior First of All” is by Mary McDonald from her book entitled “This is My Story”.
I’ll be playing this simple; yet elegant version tomorrow for offertory.
The introduction sets the mood for this beautiful hymn tune by John Sweney.
I love to hear my Dad sing this song too! I’ll be sharing clips of Dad singing this song and others asap.
Here’s a sample page from Mary McDonald’s version of “I Shall Know Him”.
Interested in a notebook which stores your 8 & 1/2 x 11 inch sheet music AND prevents page turns?! Every church pianist can greatly benefit from this special designed notebook!
I just recently purchased one of these ChoreoKeeper notebooks and absolutely LOVE it!
The ChoreoKeeper notebook easily displays up to six pages at once. (see video HERE where Catherine (the designer) shows how to display more than six pages with minimal turns) There’s more….the notebook can also accommodate 11″ x 17″ landscape format sheet music! See info HERE on Catherine’s blog. (scroll down a ways to see)
The notebook will easily hold up to 50 pages of music which is stored in bi-fold or tri-fold reduced-glare sheet protectors.
See the following link for more details: CHOREOKEEPER
Catherine, the inventor of the Choreokeeper, is graciously willing to give away one free Choreokeeper in a drawing to be held next Monday, July 15th!
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The winner will be announced here on my website sometime after 8pm EST on Monday… July 15, 2019