Category: Site Updates

I recently promised exciting news, and it’s here: my setting of Far Far Away on Judea’s Plains is now available for purchase from Jackman Music Corporation.

This is the SATB version of a piece I wrote for the University of Northern Colorado Women’s Glee Club in 2006.  After several years of being unavailable, the piece has now been published by Jackman.

If you have enjoyed the music I have provided for free over the years, I would encourage you to buy this piece.  The time signatures may seem daunting on the first read, but the voice leading and the piano’s doubling of the vocal parts makes this a beautiful but accessible addition to any church choral library.  I have also used this piece with high school choral groups, with great results.

Order Far, Far Away on Judea’s Plains today so you aren’t left out in the cold when it’s time to start rehearsing for Christmas.

Two quick updates.  First, two new files are available for A Poor Wayfaring Man of Grief.  Although it was originally written as a solo for baritone voice, two treble versions in different keys are now available.

Second, Resurrection Hymn is one of the most popular songs on this site, and many people have requested an SATB adaptation.  It has been published in the most recent Hymns Today magazine!  It’s full of interesting music, and the magazine is a great value.

More publication news coming shortly!  Thank you for your support of my music.

It has been a while since I gave an update, so this is a big one.  It all centers on Come and Behold Him, A Christmas Cantata.

First, several musicians from distant places contacted me again this year to tell me about their performances of the cantata.  Thank you for singing and playing this music.  I am humbled to think of the hours you spent preparing and performing it.

One of the major choral pieces in the cantata, Within the Humblest Walls, was selected for publication in the inaugural issue of Hymns Today, an exciting new quarterly magazine which offers copyable choral music from modern LDS composers.  Every ward or stake choir director needs a subscription.  The next issue will feature Easter music.

Finally, Come and Behold Him has been selected to receive the Deseret Dramatic Award.  Excerpts will be performed at the Church Cultural Arts Festival at 7:30 p.m. on Saturday, February 16, 2013 at the Assembly Hall on Temple Square.  If you will be in the Salt Lake area, admission is free and everybody is welcome.  Please send me a message if you plan to come, so I’ll be sure to catch you.

Thanks for all of your support.  New music will be posted within the next few days.

Best,
Nathan Howe

P.S.  You may have noticed that nathanhowemusic.com has been redesigned.  If you encounter any broken links or other trouble, please let me know.  Thank you.