Category Archives: Music
Happy Faces
I recently had the privilege to compose incidental music for an upcoming Graduate speech recital. Sounds really academic, huh? Well don’t take it too seriously. This program is not for the long of face. In short, the extremely talented Allisha … Continue reading
Hinshaw to publish ‘It is not Death’
This past weekend, I received my first acceptance letter for a choral work. Hinshaw, a music publisher, was delighted with my choral anthem It is not Death to Die and will feature it in an upcoming production season. I posted … Continue reading
New Herbster piano collection: Star of Wonder
As an engraving editor at SoundForth, one of my responsibilities is to get piano books ready for publishing. Just in time for the Christmas season, this new advanced Christmas piano collection, arranged by Amy Herbster from Herbster Evangelistic Ministries, was … Continue reading
When God Is Nigh
This second hymn tune in my short series of hymn tune postings is set to a common meter text by Isaac Watts. Based on Psalm 16, When God is Nigh is about God’s ever sure presence in our lives and … Continue reading
New hymn tune
One of several projects I was given while in grad school was to write hymn tunes. Make them singable yet harmonically interesting and appropriate to the text; accessible to the average ear yet beautiful and compelling. Here is the first … Continue reading
Best of Ron Hamilton
Over this past summer, I took on another project with Majesty Music. This time I helped edit and arrange about 30 songs written by Ron Hamilton. These songs, as the title suggests, are not just any of his songs but … Continue reading
Shadow of the Cross on SacredAudio.com
Sacredaudio.com now has all of the songs from ‘Shadow of the Cross’ available for purchase/download here.
10 amazing OSTs
Recently, I’ve been seeing a few top 10 favorites lists so I’m going to give it a go. OST stands for Original Soundtrack, that is, a soundtrack to a film. Parameters for this list are as foll0ws: 1 best score … Continue reading
Shadow of the Cross
This past May I had the privilege to work with Ron and Shelly Hamilton to put together some new music for a new choral project they were doing. It was a short ride in a fast couple of weeks but … Continue reading
It is not Death to Die
It’s been a while. Here is an mp3 for your listening enjoyment. This was the closing piece for my recital and was, I think, the most endearing piece in the program. Several people came up to me after wards in … Continue reading
