Sacrament

SATB hymn

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Sacrament is a hymn about the reasons we remember Christ and the ways that the sacrament can remind us of Him.
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Tuesday Talk

LDS Composers Directory

Amy J. van Dyk has been doing a good job on her new website at ldscomposersdirectory.com.  Each Tuesday she features a conversation with an LDS composer, and this week it’s me!  Read the interview, follow her blog, and leave comments here.

How Great the Wisdom and the Love [SATB]

SATB with piano

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Just in time for Easter, this new setting of Eliza R. Snow’s lovely hymn text provides an accessible, beautiful choral texture.

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A Poor Wayfaring Man of Grief

Vocal Solo with Piano

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This setting of A Poor Wayfaring Man of Grief was written in 2011 for use in a conference.  I wrote it for performance by two of my most influential musical mentors: my father sang, and my grandfather accompanied him on the piano.

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For the Beauty of the Earth

SATB a cappella (optional divisi)

 

This ethereal new setting of Folliot Pierpoint’s standard hymn For the Beauty of the Earth features a new melody and stunning modern harmonies.  During the second verse, the familiar tune by Conrad Kocher is repurposed in the bass line.

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