My Heavenly Father Loves Me – Lyric Video
There is so much beauty and order in the universe, including our own human race and all the animals and plant life! I have a hard time believing it was all by chance.
Religious Arrangements
Jesus, Lover of My Soul
Hello! This week I created a vocal arrangement of the old Christian hymn, Jesus, Lover of My Soul, which is one of the suggested songs for this week’s Come Follow Me Book of Mormon lesson. I pushed myself on the speed of the left hand notes for the instrumental section and last verse of the song. It took some practice for me to get it up to speed and I had to record it multiple times to get it right. I never know what I am going to do with a hymn when I first look at it. I just start playing around with it and eventually come up with something. It takes some effort! ha ha.
Called to Serve
Called to Serve was originally written for children and has been included in the Church of Jesus Christ’s Children’s songbooks since 1920.
Come Unto Jesus Vocal Solo
The hymn’s message is that Jesus Christ invites everyone to come to him, no matter their station in life, and that he will guide them to a place of rest.
Help Me Teach with Inspiration
Help Me Teach with Inspiration is one of the suggested songs for this week’s Come Follow Me Book of Mormon lesson studying Alma 8-12. In this arrangement, I slowed down the speed of the hymn significantly which gave me more time to play around with the melody and rhythm a bit. It isn’t an oft sung hymn, at least in my experience at Church, but actually has a really pretty melodic structure.
The Lord is My Shepherd Men’s Trio
This is an arrangement I did for a men’s musical number we needed at our recent Stake church conference for the adults in our area.
Testimony
Loren C. Dunn (1930-2001) wrote the words to this hymn. He was a general authority of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-Day Saints from 1968 until his death.
I Stand All Amazed Book of Mormon
“Oh it is wonderful, that he should care for me…enough to die for me! Oh it is wonderful! Wonderful to me!”
Love One Another BOM
Hello! Love One Another is one of the suggested songs to go along with the Come Follow Me Book of Mormon lesson this week. Love One Another is a popular LDS hymn with a beautiful melody and just one single verse. This arrangement is a vocal solo with an instrumental piano part and reprise of the second half of the verse at the end.
Keep the Commandments
Hello! Keep the Commandments is one of the suggested songs to go along with the Come Follow Me Book of Mormon lesson this week. This is a short and simple piano solo arrangement. This lesson studies Mosiah chapters 11-17. In this section, King Noah rules in wickedness, Abinadi prophesies that the people will be taken into bondage & King Noah will die because of their wickedness. Abinadi is imprisoned. He speaks to the false priests and King Noah, teaching them the Ten Commandments and that Salvation does not come through the law of Moses alone, but through Jesus Christ. Alma, one of the wicked priests, believes his words. Abinadi suffers death by fire and Alma writes his words, separating himself from King Noah and the priests.
Redeemer of Israel
This lesson studies Mosiah chapters 7-10. This hymn goes well with the text of this lesson. In this section, the people were in bondage and seeking deliverance. They came to a determination that God would deliver them and he does….
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.