Featured Anthem
Hands of God
Scored for:
SATB & Piano, with opt. descant.
SATB, Descant, Piano or Organ, with Flute or Trumpet
SATB, Descant, and Orchestra
Hands of God is an anthem that is appropriate for many
Lutheran Festivals, Hymn Festivals, and especially Reformation
Sunday. It doesn't get more Lutheran than this!
This anthem was written in honor of the ELCA's 25th
Anniversary as a denomination and is dedicated to Wm. Chris
Boerger, former Bishop of the NW Washington Synod, former
member of my congregation, and now the ELCA Church-wide Secretary.
In September 2015, Hands of God will be sung by a mass
choir of 200 singers accompanied by an orchestra for the
installation of the new ELCA Bishop in North Carolina. The
orchestration was written in July 2015 and the parts are now for purchase.
I used the melodic pitches from A Mighty Fortress as a tone
row to create the melody yet it sounds nothing like AMF until the
hymn is sung later in the piece. The Verse and Chorus are
singable, memorable, and the accompaniment is exciting and very
doable. It can be learned in 1 or 2 rehearsals.
Catalog at a glance...
Advent Christmas
Let All Mortal Flesh Keep Silence
Composed for St. John’s American Baptist Church, Charlotte, NC,
under the direction of James Kevin Gray.
Let There Be Peace on Earth
Written for Trinity Lutheran College Concert Choir.
Lo, How A Rose E’er Blooming
This a cappella fairly easy arrangement was commissioned by the
Cascade Youth Symphony Orchestra and premiered at Benaroya Hall
by Trinity Lutheran College’s 200-voice Grand Chorus.
’Twas in the Moon of Wintertime (Huron Carol)
Virga Jesse Floruit
Composed for reSound, a Northwest Chamber Choir under the
direction of Stephen Marshall-Ward, and in residence at Trinity
Lutheran Church, Lynnwood, WA.
I also have a setting of Tschesnokoff’s of Salvation is Created and
Nunc Dimitis. Both are scored for SATB with Organ to fill in the low
harmonies.
Advent/Christmas or Lent/Easter
What Wondrous Love
Dedicated to Weston Noble
General Anthems
Come, Thou Fount of Every Blessing
I keep this easy arrangement on standby year-round.
God Chose For Chief His Champion
This is an anthem about Archangel Michael defeating the devil.
For SATB, Organ, and Trombone.
Dedicated to James Kevin Gray
Hands of God
This anthem for SATB, organ/piano, and optional flute or trumpet was
recently orchestrated. It was written in honor of the ELCA 25th
Anniversary of being a denomination and is dedicated to Wm. Chris
Boerger, ELCA’s National Secretary. In September it will be used at
the Installation of Timothy Smith, the new Bishop of the NC ELCA
Synod, at Christ Lutheran Church, Charlotte, NC,
under the Direction of Mark Glaeser.
The Lord Restore My Soul
This setting of Psalm 23 was written in memory of Bob Olson.
There is a Balm in Gilead
Traditional Tune and Text. Arranged in memory of
Barbara Williamson Paul.