Posts Tagged ‘church pianist’

Upcoming Video: Update on Allissa!

Saturday, November 18th, 2023

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.

Meet Maddie the Church Pianist

Monday, November 13th, 2023

Meet Maddie the church pianist who loves learning to play!

Maddie started out in Level 1A (Faber books) and reached level 5 in two years!

Watch this video to hear Maddie share her journey thus far… Please feel free to share by copying this link to your social platform  Maddie the Church Pianist

Meet Maddie….The Church Pianist

Thursday, November 9th, 2023

New Arrangement: I Will Praise Him

Wednesday, November 8th, 2023

A nice hymn that focuses on praising God for His saving grace!

Here are the lyrics to the chorus…

“I will praise Him, I will praise Him! Praise the Lamb for sinners slain;

Give Him glory, all ye people, For His blood can wash away each stain!”

I Will Praise Him
Advanced sacred piano solo, 4 & 1/2 pages. Uses keys: F, G and A flat A nice piece for thanksgiving or any time of the year. *Special note: Jenifer composed the melody for the second verse. There are three verses total in this arrangement.
Price: $4.50

The Inspiring Church Pianist …Update

Tuesday, October 31st, 2023

 

 I’m pleased to announce that Maddie, the one-hand inspiring church pianist, has agreed to an interview.

Maddie hopes to encourage others by sharing her life as a pianist in general.  She is also the pianist at her church!

I look forward to sharing her interview sometime during the month of November.

You will also get to meet Maddie’s teacher as we get to know Maddie.

Thank you Maddie for being willing to encourage pianists around the world!

I will be announcing the date of the video publication asap!

In the picture:  Maddie’s teacher on the left (Mrs. Brubaker)

 

 

A Mighty Fortress is Our God (FREE Congregational)

Saturday, October 7th, 2023

Awhile ago, one of my readers asked if I had a congregational arrangement for “A Might Fortress is Our God.”

I didn’t at the time but decided to tackle it this week.  This particular arrangement is for the late intermediate church pianist.

What a challenge to stay within the written chords from the hymnal! Maybe I need to come up with a piano solo for this hymn too.

Important Notice!

This arrangement was created for congregational style only.  If  you insert the melody in measures #16 and #20…it can be used for a piano solo.

Print your own copy for free and then listen to the audio while you’re holding the music!

A Mighty Fortress is Our God (FREE PDF)

 A Mighty Fortress is Our God (audio)

 

Free Sacred Congregational Piano Arrangement Coming Soon!

Saturday, October 7th, 2023

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

 

Praise Him! Praise Him! Left Hand Improvising Tips

Friday, September 22nd, 2023

Just throwing a quickie your way!  Here are a couple left hand improvising tips for the hymn…Praise Him! Praise Him!

The tips can be applied to hymns in different time signatures.

I have a student who is late intermediate level and she wants to learn congregational style so bad! So…I’ll be walking her through different hymns and giving her improvising tips along the way.

Let me know if you all want more of these quickies along the way.  Click on this title to download your free copy of this page.  PRAISE HIM! PRAISE!

New Early Intermediate Congregational Collection Book Two!

Wednesday, August 16th, 2023

I’ve been busy creating this collection of early intermediate piano congregational arrangements!

More details soon!

 

Sixteenth Note Run!

Tuesday, July 25th, 2023

Add a sparkle to your hymn playing with this simple right hand run!