I thoroughly enjoyed the Composer’s Symposium this past July in Atlanta. I made a connection with someone there (thanks Marty Parks!) who strongly suggested I try submitting “Abide With Me” via Lloyd Larson of Lillenas Publishing Co.
I finally emailed my arrangement to Lloyd just a couple months ago. He responded by asking me to do an early intermediate piano solo book instead. Wow!
We’re in the beginning stages of deciding on a book title and song list. I look forward to this new adventure! This will be my second book to be published by another company. My first solo piano book is entitled “Showers of Blessing” (early intermediate)published by Soundforth who is now under Lorenz Publishing Co.
My new book will be published (hopefully) by November of next year. At my age, a year’s time goes in a flash…especially with many other writing projects at hand!
Thanks for everyone encouraging me to write more! I plan to!! I’m living my dream…always wanted to write and share with others.
I love finding new songs (new to me). We’ve used this particular song over the last several years at our church for special music.
“Then Came Jesus” has a great message of salvation. I also like that there are only two verses which helps my voice not to be worn out! 🙂
We left out the repeated chorus at the end. Here’s a video of myself and another lady singing “Then Came Jesus” in our church.
The original arrangement is written for a ladies’ trio. I’ll include another video below ours… of the trio arrangement.
The music can be purchased at: Marshall Music
Special permission given to share this video by: Rex Nelon Music
Jenifer will be airing live on facebook… Thursday, November 16th at 8pm EST.
The topic will be: Modulation Tips for Prelude
Jenifer will be sharing a couple of ways she enjoys modulating from one song to the next during prelude.
Invite friends and family to tune in on November 16th at 8pm EST. You don’t have to have a facebook account to view the session. We will provide a link on this website for easier access on the day of the session.
While playing Leaning on the Everlasting Arms for congregational this morning…the thought occurred to me to share one of my fill-in ideas I usually use for the last chorus. This particular hymn needs lots of dress-up to bring it to life!
Some of you pianists may not like “going off the grid” so the first line is for you. The second line is for those who like to venture out in space 😉
Hope all of you are having a wonderful Sunday worshiping the Lord with your church family.
The following example is taken from the first line of the chorus.
Just had to share one of my favorite transitional parts of the “Gesu Bambino” two piano arrangement. I will be entering this arrangement in the Holiday Arranging competition hosted by SMPress.
Meryt Wilson and I will be premiering this piano duo at the upcoming Live Facebook Session for church pianists on October 12 at 8pm EST at the following link:
I’m feverishly writing an advanced two piano Christmas duo for another SMPress competition. I have to turn it in by October 10th!
Meryt Wilson and I will be premiering this Christmas piano duo on October 12th at 8pm….live on facebook at the following link… https://www.facebook.com/thechurchpianist/
Please join us for an evening of fun as other church pianists gather round to learn a few tips on modulation and accompanying 6/8 hymns.
Here’s a sampling of “Gesu Bambino” two piano arrangement (It’s similar to the arrangement on my“Simply Christmas” CD.
Today is the last day to turn in your suggested topic(s) for the upcoming Facebook live session for church pianists on October 12 at 8pm.
The “most suggested” comment will be our main topic. I will announce our topic in a couple of days.
Click “comment” below to leave your suggested topic(s).
Oh…wanted to mention….my friend Meryt Wilson will be my cohost! She teaches piano at Ambassador Baptist College. We’ll open the session with a brand new Christmas two piano number (which I’m working on at the moment for anotherSMPress Contest).
Excited about this event! Mark your calendars now!
For those of my readers on facebook….I’ll be going live on Thursday, October 12th from 8-8:30pm (could last longer)
I will make this video available on my website a couple days after the live facebook session.
I’m asking my church pianist readers to give suggested topics. I will choose the “most mentioned” topic for this session…if reasonable enough 😉 You have until September 25th to enter your topic!
Submit your suggested topic(s) below. Thanks! Looking forward to this time of fellowship and learning!
I never really noticed the time signature change in “Just When I Need Him Most” until today.
We sang this at our church last night for a congregational and the people REALLY enjoyed singing it. The words are so comforting!
It’s just one of those seasons at our church where there’s a lot of physical needs and such a song reminds us of Jesus’ ever-present help 🙂
We sang this song in a prayerful mood with a slow walking speed so I had time to add left hand flowing patterns similar to the following free pdf of “Just When I Need Him Most”.
Most importantly, notice the key change at the chorus….but the flow will still be pretty much the same 🙂 I actually changed to 6/8 timing one measure earlier than the hymnal shows… because it felt more natural to not hold as long before entering the chorus.
Maybe this will help a beginning church pianist to see what fill-ins could be used for a slow to medium hymn in 6/8 or 9/8 timing… such as my arrangement of “I Must Tell Jesus”.
Warning: This arrangement is NOT intended for piano solo use… due to missing melody notes at the beginning of the chorus…unless of course you know how to add them in 😉
Just had to share one of my favorite transitional parts of the “Gesu Bambino” two piano arrangement. I will be entering this arrangement in the Holiday Arranging competition hosted by SMPress.