I have been writing a lot of music for my students who help out on the pianos during the services.

Just finished writing “Jesus Paid it All” today!  I will try to do better. It’s just that I’ve been writing a lot more hymn congregationals for my students who are helping out a whole lot more in the services!

Would you like to hear from some of my students who are involved in playing for our services?

My older two grandsons are now learning how to add to the hymns in the hymnal. I LOVE teaching them!

Oh! This article should have been all about this published arrangement but just so excited about my students being involved in our church music ministry!

Jesus Paid it All

Early advanced sacred piano solo arranged by Jenifer Cook. Contains: Introduction, verse one, interluded then verse two with a simple yet elegant ending.

Price: $3.50

Glory to His Name is one of my favorite hymns.   I play it frequently during the prelude at

our church.

This arrangement could easily be used for prelude or offertory.

I need to enter the dynamics before publishing this hymn arrangement.

See a sample below.

Hannah, my oldest grandaughter, likes to play soft songs with a flowing style.

So…I tried to write her a Christmas piano arrangement of O Little Town of Bethlehem with those ingredients.

O Little Town of Bethlehem (Early elementary

Early elementary sacred piano solo. 2 pgs. Key of F Major I wrote this for one of my grandaughters who is almost in book level 2B by Randall & Nancy Faber.

Price: $3.00

I created these hymn arrangements for my students.  They are able to play along with congregational singing with these straightforward arrangements or use the pieces for offertory or prelude.

Most of the songs are either C Major (where each hand is covering CDEFG) or  Middle C Position (Thumbs share middle C)

There are ten arrangements (4 of the hymns are 2 pages long)  but every hymn contains one verse and chorus.

Grace Greater

Jesus Loves the Little Children

Like a River

Nothing but the Blood

O Worship the King

Redeemed

Revive Us Again

Tell it to Jesus

Trust and Obey

Work for the Night

See the three samples below:

Simply Hymns Beginner Piano Solos Collection

Ten Hymns: Grace Greater, Jesus Loves the Little Children, Like a River, Nothing but the Blood, O Worship the King, Redeemed, Revive Us Again, Tell it to Jesus, Trust and Obey and Work for the Night is Coming

Price: $10.50

One of my readers recently asked for an arrangement of “Happy Birthday.”

Her church sings happy birthday to their church members.

She’s been needing an easy arrangement of this well-used  song.

The arrangement is short but to the point 🙂

Happy Birthday

Early intermediate arrangement. A must have for the church pianist. No more hunting around for the melody of this popular melody!

Price: $1.00

One of my daughter-in-laws recently searched for an easy arrangement of “Praise to the Lord the Almighty”.

She was going to play it in one of her brother’s wedding.

Neither one of us could turn up an easy arrangement of this song.

So, I decided to write an easy to learn arrangement for this hymn.

Praise to the Lord the Almighty

Early intermediate sacred piano solo. Four pages. Contains: Introduction, 1st vs and chorus, 2nd verse and chorus with an energetic ending! I wrote this for one of my daughter in laws to play at her brother's wedding. She needed an easy to learn arrangement of this hymn. I wound up writing this arrangement since we couldn't find an easy version.

Price: $5.25

Tomorrow is the second and last one hour class for hymn playing this summer.  The first class dealt with five part congregational style playing, phrasing and learning the different types of hymns/songs from the hymnal.

I will continue to develop my curriculum during this  school year as I share the lessons with my students.

Tomorrow’s session will cover fill-in notes for the dotted quarter note, half note and dotted half note.

I’m in the beginning stage for working up a tutorial book for hymn playing. Here’s one of the many examples I will be sharing tomorrow.

The class is made up of my early intermediate to intermediate students.

(Keep in mind this project is still under construction).

Just as a reminder. The hymns in a hymnal are written for voice parts only.  The pianist has to adapt the hymns to sound more piano-like.

Play the hymnal version vs. the revised version to feel the difference. The revised version should feel smoother and sound less mechanical.

All you’re doing is creating tied notes for the repeated alto notes and half note octaves for the left hand.

The timing of publication for this arrangement was good for me.

I needed the reminder of seeking God’s comfort…a place of quiet rest…near to the heart of God.

May this arrangement be used to encourage others.

Near to the Heart of God

Early advanced sacred piano solo arranged by Jenifer Cook A very devotional setting for this well loved hymn. Christians can find a place of quiet rest ...only found in Jesus.

Price: $3.75

Just finished creating an early advanced piano hymn solo entitled…”Near to the Heart of God”.

There is truly a place of quiet rest, a place of comfort sweet and a place of full release!

We can find peace and comfort if we stay “Near to the heart of God.”

Here’s a glance at the first page of this heart-felt arrangement.  Take your time as you travel across the keys… with a message of hope.

I will publish this arrangement by June 9th 2025

When I first started out with my website, I didn’t always publish a youtube video for each arrangement.

So…I’m now creating youtube videos for the arrangements lacking a video.

Here are the first four…