Peaceful Piano Creation Story
It was fun and interesting for me to look at the whole of the month of January’s teachings through music. These truths are foundation and beautiful.
What Can I Do to Learn About Jesus? – New Original Song
Today I want to share a song I worked on with a family friend. Korene reached out to me this summer with a few songs she had written and hired me to help her work on them and write a piano accompaniment for them so she could submit the songs to the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter Day Saints.
Shine On Primary Children’s Songbook
This video is an instrumental lyric video of the song “Shine On” from the LDS Children’s Songbook. This song talks about allowing the light of Jesus Christ to shine through us everyday, just as the sun rises each day.
Gethsemane
I am struck by the humility of Jesus Christ in condescending below all to suffer for our sins, pains and afflictions in the garden of gethsemane, then to continued to suffer on the cross, die and take up his own life again so that he might be the perfect Healer, Redeemer and Savior for each one of us.
Praise to the Man (Praise to Jehovah)
This is an upbeat arrangement of the LDS Hymn “Praise to the Man” with a new refrain and second verse centered around Jehovah/Jesus Christ. This arrangement was created for a group of Primary children to sing for their Primary Program during sacrament meeting this coming fall. We wanted to share it with whoever else might enjoy it!
Peaceful Instrumental LDS Hymns & Songs – 1 Hour
This is an hour long compilation video of peaceful hymns & primary songs in an instrumental setting. There are a few with guitar, all have piano and some feature strings. I have taken 18 songs and adapted them. Whenever I watch videos with a fire going, I actually feel physically warmer…it’s weird! (or maybe I’m just weird haha) I especially like to turn these kinds of videos onto my TV at our home and there aren’t many like this with specifically LDS hymns and songs so I thought I would make one!
This is My Beloved Son
This is My Beloved Son is a song from the LDS Children’s Songbook by (Words) Marvin K. Gardner, b. 1952 and (Music) Vanja Y. Watkins, b. 1938. Each verse talks about a different setting and point in time in which God the Father introduces his Son Jesus Christ, calling him “Beloved”. 3 Nephi chapter 11 contains the account of the voice of the Father testifying of his Son and Jesus Christ appearing to the people in the Americas after his resurrection.
I Know My Father Lives – Lyric Video
I was immediately drawn to ‘Testimony.’ The words ‘I know my Father lives’ came to my mind, and the music came almost simultaneously. The remainder of the piece came very quickly, but I thought it was too simple, so I began working on it. It became more and more complicated and less and less spontaneous. After two weeks of struggling with it, I began to erase all the excess notes, and soon it emerged in its original form.
I’ll Walk With You BOM
Hello! “I’ll Walk with You” is a suggested song to go along with the Book of Mormon lesson “A Marvelous Work and a Wonder” studying 2 Nephi 26–30. This is a vocal solo arrangement of a sweet song from the LDS Children’s Songbook.
I Will Be Valiant – Piano
I Will Be Valiant, is the suggested song for the New Testament lesson “They Overcame … by the Blood of the Lamb” studying Revelation 6–14.