Comforting Hymns at the Piano with Jenifer Cook

January 24th, 2023

After watching the news this morning and hearing others with burdens in life…I felt led to create a mini video of comforting hymns for today.

I’ll be playing at least a half hour’s worth or more this Friday on Facebook Live at 8pm EST

The link to this event is on the first video clip below.

You can also use this link for Friday’s event:  https://www.facebook.com/thechurchpianist

I hope the following set of hymns will be of comfort to you today.

https://www.facebook.com/thechurchpianist

My Dad

December 22nd, 2022

This is our first Christmas without my Dad.  He’s with Jesus, the Savior of the world. WHAT a thot!

One of my fondest memories as a young girl was singing around the piano with family & friends at this time of year.

As the years passed, fewer times like this ever happened.  I cherish the few times we did get together around the piano in later years.

Here’s one of those recent times from about a year ago…one of the last times I played for my Dad here on this earth.

I cann0t play this song now without hearing my Dad pour his heart and soul into every word about his dear Savior!

Dad always sang… as though he were speaking.

I’m so thankful to my parents for exposing me to godly music during my upbringing.

 

Christmas Piano Music by Jenifer Cook

December 22nd, 2022

Merry Christmas to you all!  I’m sharing the edited version of my recent Facebook Live event…December 20th 2022

Suggestion: If you want to see the links to available sheet music for some of the pieces I played….First….enlarge the video below and click the word “youtube” on this video. Once you’re viewing this video on youtube…see the sheet music links in the video description underneath the video.

 

New Christmas Piano Solo: Hark the Herald Angels Sing

December 15th, 2022

Sorry but I have not had the time to input a lot of music into sheet music this Christmas.  Here’s a quickie for the elementary level of Hark the Herald Angels Sing.

I wrote it for my ten year old grandson to play at this year’s recital and offertory at church.

He enjoyed learning it…especially the intro and big bass ending!

The arrangement consists of an intro, verse, chorus and ending…all in the key of F Major.

Hark the Herald Angels Sing
Christmas piano solo (elementary level) Two pages in the key of F Major. I wrote this for my ten year old grandson to play for recital and for offertory. He especially enjoyed the intro and big bass ending!
Price: $2.75

Behind the Scenes! Christmas Practice!

December 11th, 2022

Just thought I would show you a peek of Allissa, one of my piano students, who I’m training to be a church pianist.

She is doing very well!  I write the songs for her to play at her level so she can already be getting “hands on” experience before she’s even playing out the hymnal. She has been doing some reading from the church hymnal.

In the following raw video…Allissa is practicing with a young girl’s group while the choir loft is being decorated for this Wednesday night’s annual Christmas play by the kids of our church.  Looking forward to the program!  Our youth Pastor’s wife writes a play for each year!  She is very talented!

 

New Intermediate Piano Solo: All Creatures of Our God and King

November 11th, 2022

I enjoyed arranging All Creatures of Our God and King.

What an uplifting hymn!  The author of this song, Saint Francis, is better known as Giovanni Bernardone.  He wrote over sixty hymns.

“At the age of 25 Bernardone left an indulgent life as a soldier, renounced his inherited wealth, and determined to live meagerly and to imitate the selfless life of Christ.”  Amazing Grace 366 Inspiring Hymn Stories for Daily Devotions by Kenneth W. Osbeck

This arrangement is written with the intermediate church pianist in mind.

All Creatures of Our God and King
Sacred intermediate piano solo, 3 pgs. 1:27 time length A nice piece year round but especially for Thanksgiving. An excellent competition piece as well!
Price: $4.00

 

 

Christmas Piano Solo Collection

November 10th, 2022

I have had readers asking if I could combine all the early advanced to advanced Christmas arrangements that are currently in my online store.

All of these selections are also sold separately.  

So…here’s the Christmas piano collection as requested with a total of fourteen songs.

Christmas Piano Solo Collection
Early advanced to advanced sacred Christmas Piano Solos Fourteen songs! All of these songs are available individually too! Away in a Manger Medley I Heard the Bells O Come O Come Emmanuel O Holy Night Hark the Herald Angels Sing It Came Upon a Midnight Clear Manger Medley O Come All Ye Faithful O Little Town of Bethlehem Silent Night The First Noel What Child is This? While Shepherds Watched Their Flocks by Night Who is He in Yonder Stall?
Price: $50.86
Price: $40.86

Christmas Piano Large Collection in the Works!

November 9th, 2022

I’ve had customers requesting to purchase all of my Early advanced to advanced sacred Christmas piano solos that I have for sale in my online store.

This will be a printable book.

There are a total of fourteen early advanced to advanced pieces.

(with the exception of the Christmas Song (offsite product)

I’m attempting to create this Piano Christmas Collection right now.

Just wanted you all to know in case you were interested in doing the same type purchase.

Retail price for fourteen Christmas pieces is $50.85  minus a 20% discount…making it a total of $40.86

Here’s the Christmas-Piano-Price-List

 

Thanksgiving Vocal Solo!

November 4th, 2022

Here’s a song that one of my piano students wrote two years ago that would make a great Thanksgiving special!

He’s a Wondrous Glorious God.  The sheet music can be found at the following link

https://www.sheetmusicplus.com/title/he-s-a-wondrous-glorious-god-digital-sheet-music/21881166

Only Trust Him (Early Advanced Sacred Piano Solo)

November 2nd, 2022

This arrangement of “Only Trust Him” is in my Piano Invitation Collection which was published several years ago.

Most of the invitation hymns in this collection have already been published as individual arrangements.

I have three more to publish as solos asap!

Only Trust Him
Early advanced sacred piano solo arranged by Jenifer Cook. Contains: Opening chorus, verse one/chorus and verse two and chorus. 3 pages in F Major throughout.
Price: $4.75