This arrangement for SATB and piano is an elegant and expressive journey. The text is especially suited for Lent, but could also be used any time a song about devotion or faithfulness is needed. Sections of unison singing give way to rich harmonies and independent 4-part textures that are beautiful without being difficult.
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Here’s a new piece based on the tune “O Sacred Head Now Wounded” that also includes an optional narrator. This would be great for Good Friday or any Lenten service.
This flowing setting of the well-known “Abide with Me” proves that you don’t have to sing 4-part harmony to make beautiful choral music. The familiar hymn tune is interposed with elegant countermelody in stanza two and in the soaring final stanza.
Here’s Jantz’s first release from Shawnee Press (Hal Leonard). The ancient chant is creatively and expressively updated for a modern audience but still retains its timeless lyrical quality.
This lightly syncopated arrangement of the familiar hymn tune “Come, Ye Thankful People, Come” gives a new lilt to an otherwise straightforward favorite. The middle legato section provides musical contrast, and all the part writing is straightforward and accessible.
Christmas 2020 has been unlike any other in recent memory. Here’s a virtual premiere of my choral setting of “It Came Upon the Midnight Clear.”
My newest anthem is now available through Beckenhorst Press. A full audio recording and preview images are available here:
https://www.beckenhorstpress.com/o-day-of-peace-that-dimly-shines/
Chorale and Bella Voce at Midland Center for the arts presented “Eliza Hamilton’s Song” on November 10, 2018. I had the pleasure of playing four-hand arrangements of “The Nightengale” and “The Girl I Left Behind Me” by Dan Forrest, as well as playing keyboard for Lexi Lawson (Eliza Hamilton from Lin-Manuel Maranda’s “Hamilton”). Below are a few pictures and a rehearsal clip with Lexi Lawson.
Lexi Lawson on stage.
Short clip of rehearsal.
On June 24, 2018, I had the the pleasure of singing with Camerata and providing a second set of hands on some four-hand piano accompaniment.
The repertoire was varied and included several of Brahms’ Liebeslieder Waltzes, “Fern Hill” by Corigliano, and even hits by Dolly Parton, Barbara Streisand, and Cyndi Lauper. Continue reading
Fall/Christmas release from Lorenz/SoundForth – my SATB setting of “O Little Town of Bethlehem.”
This setting pairs the familiar text with an original tune set for choir and piano.
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