In 2010, Alliance Music Publications published my arrangement (for TTBB choir + piano) of the Irish folk song “Mick McGuire.” It’s a comical number about a hapless bloke who woos a girl but, astonishingly enough, doesn’t get on quite as well with her mother. Since then, it seems to have achieved a wee bit of [...]
This is a choral arrangement I did for our church a while back. We performed it again this year in our Christmas program, and Jenna recorded this video. Like most live recordings it has a bit of background noise, but I suppose of all the pieces I’ve written, this one goes best with various interjections from [...]
Is it too early to think about Christmas? Of course it isn't. Because I just got a present that I think some of you might want to use for Christmas too: My choral arrangement of "Angels We Have Heard On High" is now in print and available from GIA Publications! Just got the package of [...]
Here's a brand-new choral piece I just wrote. It had its premiere on December 16, 2010, at my church's Christmas concert. The text is a Christmas poem by George MacDonald. He gave it the title "A Christmas Carol," which is descriptive enough but rather too much like every other Christmas song ever composed, so I [...]
It’s finally ready. You might recall, especially those of you who have been bugging me about it non-stop (which I appreciate), last year I got together with Carrie and some other musicians to make a CD. We recorded a dozen or so of my songs, mostly original settings of hymns, psalms, and other worship-oriented material. [...]
Originally Published: June 2008 Background story: This week for church I decided to get a bit ambitious. I was planning the service for a sermon on Mark 2:18-22, where Jesus shows how what He offers is superior to the rules of religion. For some reason, into my head popped a poem from George MacDonald’s Diary [...]
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