The Blessed Name of Mother

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A short but sweet a cappella piece for TTBB on Mother's Day. The Tenor (lead) goes quite high, so it is not for the faint of heart. :)

The holiest words my tongue can frame, 
the nobles thoughts my soul can claim, 
unworthy are to praise the name 
more precious than all other. 

An infant, when her love first came, 
a man, I find it still the same, 
rev'rently I breathe her name, 
the blessed name of mother. 

Cast Thy Burden Upon the Lord

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This is a Men's quartet arrangement of "Cast Thy Burden Upon the Lord". It is meant to sung a cappella. Since the hymn is only one verse, I felt I needed to add an additional verse to make it more of an anthem. The result below is taken from Matt 8:11:28-30. I hope you like it.

Come unto Him, ye burdened souls
and He will give thee rest.
Take His yoke upon thee and learn of Him,
thy soul shall find eternal rest.
He bids, come unto Him and follow in His path.
He speaks, "My yoke is easy; My burden also light." 

All My Heart, This Night Rejoices

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Here is a little known, but lovely Christmas carol for you to enjoy. It is scored for SATB and would be most effective as a totally a capella piece. I hope you enjoy and Merry Christmas!

Who's on the Lord's Side?

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There aren't too many arrangements our there of "Who's on the Lord's Side?", and I think the words merit a nice men's A Capella piece. The intent is to start of very quiet, like an army in the far distance chanting. The higher voices call out like trumpets in the distance. As they get closer, the volume increases, and then they fade out as they go away again until a whisper of "Who?" I hope you like it.

See, Amid the Winter's Snow

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I've always loved this Christmas carol and wanted to do something with it. I decided on an a Capella piece that starts out with good old SATB, but then breaks out into TTBB and SSAA, joins back together and ends with SSAATTBB. The original had more verses, but I thought that that was too many, so I chopped them down.

The lyrics, while not LDS, speak very much of LDS truths and could be sung by a Ward Choir. I hope you enjoy it. Please leave feedback.