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Piano Music Lent/Easter 2012
Here are the “play-it-again” piano pieces played during recent church services. Please forgive, there are no hyper links. Let me know if you need more info. “What Wondrous Love is This” by Jim...
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Some Sacred Piano Favorites
While out looking for various teaching ideas, I found some new sites for sacred piano music. Since I play every week– a mixture of piano and organ–I’m always on the lookout for ideas and kindred...
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A Poem and Music Selections from This Sunday
“No cross, no crown; no loss, no gain; They, too, must suffer who would reign. He best can part with life without a sigh, Whose daily living is to daily die. Youth pleads for age, age pleads for rest,...
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Looking for Holiday Piano or Organ Music?
Tis the season to dust off those holiday music books. I play two services every Sunday and have done so for about 10 years. With my inability to pass up appealing new releases, my holiday music...
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Need Some Christmas Tune Lead Sheets?
Just so happens that my nephew who is mostly a self-taught musician, wanted to make sure I brought some lead sheets along with me as our family will travel to North Carolina over the Christmas break....
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One App at a Time: Treble
Where’s a lead sheet when you need one? More often than not, I need to comb through binders of miscellaneous charts (which I attempt to keep alphabetized) or google a tune and hopefully find the one...
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Wishing You A Creative 2013!
Years ago, a student family invited me to a Lorie Line Concert. They were shocked that I had never heard of her before. I attended with some curiosity, not knowing what to expect. Keep in mind, this...
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Keyboard Music for Lenten and Easter
As I hold a church organist/pianist/accompanist position at South Suburban Christian Church in Littleton, CO, this time of year is always busy. Since there’s a great deal of music to prepare, it’s...
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A Musical Tribute: Let Freedom Ring
Instead of sharing a written quote for this month, I thought I’d share a musical arrangement. I’ve had the creative bug lately. The lyrics of this patriotic tune were written by Samuel Francis Smith in...
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Ten Outstanding Arrangements for the Season
With the onset of December, it means it’s time to head downstairs to my Christmas music stash (which is overstocked because of a Christmas music obsession) and begin planning what to play throughout...
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The iPad Keeps Me Humble
This week I bolstered up the courage to read a score from my iPad for this Sunday’s prelude. Using my Page Flip Cicada to enable hands-free page turns with the help of the forScore app, I played James...
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Piano and Organ Music for the Lenten Season
Here’s a brief list of some favorite selections I’ll be playing in the next week for the Lenten and Easter services. Included is an arrangement of my own. Would be interested in hearing your opinion....
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Terrific Promo for the Savvy Church Musician from James Koerts
With a regular church keyboardist position, it’s an ongoing task to find fresh, appealing and accessible sacred arrangements for services. I stumbled across one of James Koerts’ books published by...
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An Ancient Tune Stands the Test of Time
This past week I received a request from a congregation member to play “Be Thou My Vision” as communion music since he was dedicating his meditation on that particular celtic hymn. Here’s a portion of...
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Free Christmas Piano Solo and More!
It seems my creative juices kick in on occasion. In fact, I’ve recently arranged a couple of hymns but need to make time to notate them. Hopefully it won’t take me 11 years for that to happen. Read on…...
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A New Favorite Christmas Arrangement for Piano OR Organ!
Thanks to the wonders of social media, I stumbled across Paul Sweet’s dynamic arrangement of “O Come All Ye Faithful” a couple of months ago. When I heard his captivating performance featured in the...
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forScore and Cicada: A Match Made in Heaven
A recent weekend in Idaho marked a major milestone in my use of my favorite device, the iPad. I played piano at my niece’s wedding and read all the music scores from my iPad with the help of an app...
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Favorite Christmas Music to Celebrate the Season
I know it’s a little late to be sharing this list. If you’ve already chosen all of your music for your students, various church services and gigs, then consider these options for next year. That’s the...
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How to Boost Creativity with the Power of Chords
Perhaps you had a startling revelation like I did? Watch the video and see if your story is like mine. Click here if you can’t see it. Take the challenge and take charge My shortcomings were made...
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Celebrate the Season with Winter Window Frost, a Piano Solo
Around a Late Intermediate Level Growing up in Iowa made me extremely thankful for the promise of Spring. While we waited for a hint of green grass, my family hunkered down on winter break afternoons...
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