Choreo Keeper Notebook Giveaway!

December 10, 2021 – December 19, 2021… 8 pm EST

No Page Turns for the Church Pianist!  

I’m hosting a giveaway for a free Choreo Keeper! (retails for $35.99)

No page turns?!  It’s possible with the Choreo Keeper!  I bought one of these notebooks a couple of years ago and absolutely LOVE it!  I use it for offertories, choir arrangements and funerals, etc.

Meet Catherine, the designer of the Choreo Keeper in the video below.  She will give the best description!

Thanks Catherine for providing this free giveaway!

Giveaway Guidelines: 

Simply leave one comment below to enter the drawing.  The giveaway will last until December 19th, 2021….8 pm EST.

The winner will be announced here on my website by 10 pm EST on 19th.

Please note:  If you’re located outside the US, you can still enter and win, but will be asked to defray international shipping charges by paying $17 (US$). Please remember that the sheet protector pockets are sized for US Letter.

More details on paper size at  https://www.choreokeeper.com/blog/will-this-work-with-a4-sized-paper .

Now hear Catherine give a great description of the Choreo Keeper!

I published this advanced piano solo of O Come All Ye Faithful back in 2016.

Recently, a reader asked if I would share this arrangement on my Youtube channel.

It took a bit of practice for me to work up this recording.  It’s not way difficult but has a lot of four note chords throughout for the right hand.

My favorite part is the soft section on page three leading up to the grand exit!

Sheet music link:  “O Come All Ye Faithful”

I just finished inputting an arrangement of “I Wonder as I Wander” for  late intermediate piano solo. (3 pages)

I hope to post the arrangement and youtube video of this piece no later than tomorrow morning if not before.

Here’s a sampling of the sheet music:

Just finished an advanced piano solo for  “Praise Him! Praise Him!”

This arrangement requires lots of energy on my part!

There are tempo changes to avoid the piece racing out of control 😉

The thankful heart  rings clear in this old and treasured hymn.

May we always be thankful to Jesus the blessed redeemer.

Praise Him! Praise Him!

Advanced sacred piano solo, 5 pgs. Approximate length: 2:10 Arranged by Jenifer Cook. This arrangement requires lots of energy on my part! There are tempo changes to avoid the piece racing out of control 😉 The thankful heart  rings clear in this old and treasured hymn. May we always be thankful to Jesus the blessed redeemer.

Price: $4.75

Praise Him! Praise Him! is a joyful tune with beautiful words of praise to our Lord.

I’ve been working on this home-spun arrangement for about three weeks.

The three tempo changes will help the pianist pace his or her self…during this “on the go” hymn arrangement.

Warning: Obey the three tempo changes or this piece will get away from you! 😉

The first tempo mark is on the first page. The melody  begins with a dotted quarter equaling one one tick per three beats.

Verse two slows down just a hair with a dotted quarter note = 80.

On the last page there’s a final slight, slow down with a  quarter note =76.

I would rate this arrangement at an advanced level due to many right hand four note chords in addition an overall fast tempo needed to bring this hymn to life.

Sorry I couldn’t get it ready sooner for Thanksgiving but this hymn can be used year round.

I plan on posting this arrangement no later than November 17, 2021

Click on following image for a closer look…

I’ve published three of my Christmas piano arrangements since yesterday and today.

The following arrangements were written with specific piano students of mine for this year’s recital.

Most  of my students are playing two specials this year.

Hear “O Come All Ye Faithful”

Hear “Come Thou Long…”

Hear “Joyful Joyful We Adore Thee

O Come All Ye Faithful (easy piano)

Easy piano Christmas arrangement arranged by Jenifer Cook 2 pgs. Contains: Trumpet-like fanfare introduction followed by one verse and chorus ending with a big sound! Nice piece for a piano student! I wrote this for one of my grandsons. See video below.

Price: $2.50

Come Thou Long Expected Jesus

Late intermediate Christmas piano solo, three pages. See video below.

Price: $3.25

Joyful Joyful We Adore Thee (Two Pianos)

Two Piano Christmas special arranged by Jenifer Cook Price includes Piano One Part and Piano Two Part (one person per piano) This piece consists of an introduction, verse & chorus. A great piece for short offertory or recital special. See video below.

Price: $3.50

It’s that time of year when I’m assigning Christmas recital pieces to my piano students.

I wrote three arrangements yesterday and hope to transform them into typed music format asap!

I’m also writing a piano duet of Joyful Joyful We Adore Thee this morning for my daughter-in-law and her son to play together.

I’ll do my best to publish all four by this Monday.

Here are the titles and levels for each of the four Christmas piano arrangements:

All are piano solos except Joyful Joyful We Adore Thee

1. Come Thou Long Expected Jesus    (late intermediate)
2.  Let it Snow                                  (Late elementary) *Available only on Sheet Music Plus
3.  O Come All Ye Faithful                   (late elementary)
4.  Joyful We Adore Thee (duet)         (Late elementary: Primo part and  Early intermediate: Secondo part)

Reposting some of my flute and violin arrangements that I had taken off awhile back to update their links.

They are good to go now!  One of the arrangements is a Christmas piece too…flute solo w/ piano accompaniment,

Here’s the link for the reposted arrangements:  INSTRUMENTAL

Ever had a person in your church pass an encouraging note to you… after you returned to your seat from playing for whatever?

I have two notes I’ve saved from many years ago during my early teen years. (see pic below)

Both of the encouraging notes seemed to come at the right time!  I guess there’s never a bad time for an encouraging note 😉

Which reminds me….maybe all of us could send encouragement via text, hand-written note, etc. to someone who played or sang in a recent service to encourage those involved in the music ministry.

Before I forget…I’m going to text one of my piano students who filled in at the last minute this morning for the offertory and a note to the gentleman who sang the special this morning before he went over to preach for children’s church.  We have such a great group of people who are faithful to sing or play for God’s glory.

Have any notes of encouragement you want to share from times past or recent?