While Elina was in the choir at Eden Seminary, we learned Miren que bueno by Argentine composer Pablo Sosa. I was so moved to hear villagers in Indonesia singing this song from half a world away, carried there by my student.
Read MoreWhen the invitation to write a Lenten theme song for A Sanctified Art came in a season of political and personal turmoil, I found it difficult to imagine singing across significant differences with other faithful people. If I took that risk, what music or text could honor the complexity of our stories and experiences and not do more harm?
Read MoreI’m delighted to share that four of my pieces, only one already published, will be included in The United Church of Canada’s new digital song resource, Then Let Us Sing!
Read MoreJust before Advent, I received sample copies of an arrangement of “Glory to God, Whose Goodness Shines on Me” by Joel Raney that also weaves in a bit of the hymn “To God Be the Glory” (a more inclusive text, too). It’s an accessible SAB arrangement and available for purchase from Hope Publishing Company. It’s fun to see something you’ve written come back in a new way!
Here’s a preview recording of the arrangement from the publisher’s website.
Last week, I visited United Presbyterian Seminary in Richmond, VA to celebrate the installation of their new Schoenstein pipe organ. Doug Brown, the seminary’s musician, had the creative idea to bring the instrument into relationship with music of the Global Church, so we found thoughtful and playful ways to integrate the organ into music from Indonesia, Argentina, South Korea, the Philippines, Brazil, South Sudan, and Zimbabwe.
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