Thanksgiving and Christmas Music

If you are looking for an appropriate musical number for a church setting, may I suggest "With Thankful Heart," for Thanksgiving. It is set in an SATB arrangement, and is very easy to play and sing.
"My King" is an SATB choir arrangement for Christmas. It tells the story of Christ's birth through the eyes and ears of the shepherds.
I also have many violin arrangements for Christmas--each which can be played with accompaniments from the LDS hymnal. Scroll down to the violin section for these selections.
Whatever your needs, I hope you can find something uplifting for this holiday season. If you would like PDF selections of any songs, please e-mail me with the titles, at teeplesmusic@yahoo.com

Helps with Printing

I have had several responses that printing music was successful, and some people that have said that the music came out too big for the printing paper. So...if you are having trouble printing the song, do the following: left click on the song from my blog, copy it and paste it into a word document. Then you can reduce the size to fit it into a regular sized document. It should print out fine. It is a little bit light in color, so if you want a better copy, e-mail me at teeplesmusic@yahoo.com, and let me know which songs you want; I can send them to you in PDF format.

BAPTISM DAY

Religious, children's unison voices-Baptism Day was written very simply so that a sibling could accompany his/her family while they sung. It has easy words with simple, childlike lyrics, reminding us of the importance of Baptism.
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UNITED WE STAND

Religious SA or mixed voices- United We Stand was written for the youth of the Fountain Colorado Stake of the The Church of Jesus Christ Of Latter-Day Saints. When I was serving with the youth, we leaders were able to do our personal progress along with the girls--the with their "New" book. (We had the old white ones when I was young) So, for my YW in Excellence project one year, I wrote this song. We have incredible youth on our ward, and as I thought about them, "united" was the word that came to mind. In talking to them, I know that our youth are few in numbers at their schools, and they stand out because of their beliefs. People know who they are and what they stand for--and they have gained respect for that! I miss serving with the youth! (but don't tell the Bishop!)

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MY KING

Christmas song, Mixed choir SATB-My King was written while I directed church choir in Mesa, AZ. We did this song for the Christmas choir presentation. I had thought a lot about the shepherds, and how our Heavenly Father chose to have the angels come to them to tell of Christ's birth. And when they saw the angels, they promptly decided to go to Bethlehem, and then spread the news of Christ's birth to all that would hear. (Luke 2:15-16) Though they did not have much in monetary means to offer Christ, they gave him the most important thing-their hearts.

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COME, COME YE SAINTS

Hymn arrangement for SA or mixed voices-Come Come Ye Saints was written one summer several years ago. It seems that each summer I get this excitement for all things patriotic and pioneer oriented. This hymn is one of my favorites because it is both sad and joyful-but always faith promoting. How grateful I am for the sacrifices of the pioneers.

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PIANO MUSIC

Piano selections, currently in levels 1-3, are designed for students taking the piano. I wrote these for my kid's recitals--as they tend to practice better when they can 'request' a song from me.

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