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Just sang “Will You Receive His Gift?” in a trio for our recent revival with Dwight Smith.
I enjoyed singing this song about Jesus’ free gift of salvation and how one only needs to believe and receive this wonderful gift. This particular arrangement was easy to learn…great harmony…allowing us to focus on the message. Thank you Niki Lott for writing such a beautiful song!
Your ladies’ ensemble will love singing this beautiful song by Mina Oglesby. The text describes how we are just plain old clay and how God is our Potter. He’s molding our lives to make us vessels of love.
I hope to reunite the ladies’ ensemble I directed years ago that sang this actual arrangement and share it with you all via video.
I do have a youtube video of Mina singing “The Potter’s Hands” and will share below…(THE ACCOMPANIMENT ON THE VIDEO IS NOT MY ARRANGEMENT) *LISTEN TO AUDIO SAMPLE)
I met a nice young lady at the Composer Symposium this past summer who attends the church where my husband and I were married!
She is a great violinist and offered to add the violin bow & slur marks to my arrangement of “Nearer My God to Thee”. It has taken me a while to finalize the arrangement but now complete and available in our music store.
A big thanks to Abby Phillips for adding the violin markings! See video of Abby below playing her own arrangement of “I’d Rather Have Jesus” in her home church.
I have always loved the words to A Passion for Souls by Herbert G. Tovey but have always wished for a different melody.
While looking over the words last week…a melody begin to flow in my head and I quickly penned it to paper.
At first I thought of writing it as a solo but while singing through it with a friend I soon realized a harmony part would be nice 🙂
My friend and I sang it this morning at church. Here’s the video.
I’ll be out of town this coming week but plan to publish it when I return.
Thoroughly enjoyed my week at the Composer’s Symposium in Atlanta!
Here’s a video clip of my Master Class piece with excellent critique! And…I didn’t even get ambushed by Robert Sterling! Woo-hoo! 😉 (inside joke)
Please excuse the raw video…lacking my video editor on laptop.
Judging panel from left to right:
Robert Sterling, Marty Parks, Brad Hix, John Parker and Joseph Martin
Thought I’d share a brief book review on a book I’m currently reading entitled “Playing Beyond the Notes”.
The writer communicates the different musical concepts with ample illustrations.
It’s one of those kind of books you can pick up and randomly choose a chapter of interest without losing the overall flow of the book.
A great reference book for any piano teacher, piano student or church pianist wanting to sharpen their skills in the area of music interpretation!
Click HERE to purchase or preview “Playing Beyond the Notes” by Deborah Rambo Sinn
I keep forgetting about sharing this advanced piano arrangement of My Savior’s Love. Thought I’d better do so in time for some of you to learn for Easter 🙂
I published this one in 2009…yeah…and forgot all about it until recently when one of my facebook friends mentioned liking the arrangement and someone today asked if it was available. That put me on a search!
It took a while for me to locate the original file but came across it tonight. So…hope it can be used by some of you church pianists out there! 🙂
Ever wondered what makes a grand piano sound better than most uprights? Robert Estrin with LivingPianoVideos does a wonderful job answering this question.
I’m in the market for a new piano and educating myself before making such a large investment. Here is what Robert has to say about the upright piano vs. a grand piano.
The contest I entered on SMP Press begins tomorrow…March 1, 2017! I entered “Were You There” very advanced arrangement and “He” early advanced arrangement.
Audio sample for “He” HERE
Both songs are available on SMP Press right now but please wait if you can… to purchase starting tomorrow. The contest selling period ends on April 11, 2017.
IMPORTANT REMINDER:
Special deal for those who purchase either or both contest songs from Sheet Music Plus during the contest selling period…
You can choose one free arrangement from our music store for each contest song you purchase. (Maximum: two free arrangements) *Doesn’t include offsite arrangements.
Just email us your receipt from Sheet Music Plus and your choice(s) of arrangements from our music store.
The contest selling period ends April 11, 2017 and you have until April 20th to email your receipt for your free arrangement(s).
Click on the song titles in the first paragraph to view on Sheet Music Plus (the location of the contest).
Here’s a video of the very advanced version of Were You There.
Clarification: The early advanced version…the 2nd video below….is not part of the contest and it’s available in our music store now
Many of you have asked about how to finger the runs and glissando in Then Sings My Soul piano arrangement.
Here’s a demo of the glissando on the last page of Then Sings My Soul.
Tip: I began the glissando with my 2nd finger…then immediately turned 2nd & 3rd finger under… and glazed across the keys…no need to batter your fingers with too much pressure 😉
I will give fingering tips soon for the runs in Then Sings My Soul.
Video Tip: If you pause and drag the timeline on video …you can watch in slow motion for a better look at the glissando.
