Vocal Music
- The Call – David Ashley White (b. 1944)
Instrumental Music
- Quiet Praise – Dan R. Edwards (b. 1951) (HANDBELLS)
- Prelude on Adoro Te Devote – Jacob B. Webber (b. 1988) (HANDBELLS)
- Now the Green Blade Riseth – Mark Sedio (b. 1954)
Congregational Music (all hymns from the Hymnal 1982 with the exception of those marked “R” which are from Renew.)
- Hymn 2 - Father, we praise thee, now the night is over (CHRISTE SANCTORUM)
- Hymn 492 - Sing, ye faithful, sing with gladness (FINNIAN)
- Hymn 379 - God is love, let heaven adore him (ABBOTT’S LEIGH)
- Hymn 188 - Love’s redeeming work is done (SAVANNAH)
- Hymn R217 - You satisfy the hungry heart (GIFT OF FINEST WHEAT)
- Hymn R220 - Let the hungry come to me (ADORO TE DEVOTE)
- Hymn 525 - The Church’s one Foundation (AURELIA)
- Psalm 31:1-5, 15-16 - In te, Domine, speravi – Mode 1
Contemporary American Composers.
(Living) Contemporary American Composers.
(Living) Contemporary American (Men) Composers.
(Living) Contemporary American (White) (Men) Composers: That's what the composers of all the vocal and instrumental music have in common this week. Everyone of the composers was born in the last half of the 20th century.
David Ashley White is Professor of Composition at Moores School of Music, with degrees from the University of Houston (B.M. and M.M.) and the University of Texas at Austin (D.M.A.). He served
as Director of the Moores School from 1999-2014.
A seventh-generation Texan, White is an active member of the Houston arts community, serving on boards that include a mayoral appointment to the Houston Arts Alliance. He has recently been appointed composer-in-residence at Palmer Memorial Episcopal Church in Houston, his home parish. In addition, he has been designated the Distinguished Composer by the American Guild of Organists for its national convention held last year in Houston, where his anthem, With a Shining Like the Sun, was premiered.
His anthem, The Call, is a simple and moving setting of this famous text by George Herbert. (Come, my Way, my Truth, my Light.) It's a perfect anthem for the Fifth Sunday of Easter, where this text is almost mandated by the Gospel Reading. The most famous version of this text is the solo by Ralph Vaughan Williams (found as a hymn in our hymnal). White's setting is almost like a waltz.
The closing voluntary is a toccata-like setting of the French noel, NOEL NOUVELET, which was originally a Christmas carol (I mean, "NOEL"!) But the text that has become even more popular (at least in the States) with the tune is the Easter hymn, Now the Green Blade Riseth. Mark Sedio puts fragments of the melody all throughout his composition, most often in the pedal part. If you want to stay and listen to the whole piece, it won't take long; it's about 90 seconds to play. You will still get to Mother's Day brunch on time.
Sedio currently serves as Cantor at Central Lutheran Church in Minneapolis where his responsibilities are varied: organist, choirmaster, resident composer, worship planner and educator. In addition he has held teaching positions both at Augsburg College and Luther Seminary.
Born in Minneapolis, he received his Bachelor of Arts degree in Music Education with choral and organ music concentrations in 1976. In 1979 he received a Master of Arts degree in choral conducting and literature from the University of Iowa. He also studied at Luther Northwestern Theological Seminary.
The Handbell Choir is playing the opening and communion voluntaries this Sunday, playing music by two different composers. They prelude is an original piece for bells by Dan Edwards.
Edwards was born in Portsmouth, Virginia, and studied at Tidewater Community College in Portsmouth and James Madison University in Harrisonburg, VA. He has taught music in elementary and high schools and has worked as a church musician in a number of different denominations. He resides with his wife in Chesapeake, VA.
Jacob B. Weber wrote the communion bell piece on the Eucharistic hymn ADORE TE DEVOTE. He is a 2010 graduate from Bethany Lutheran College, Mankato, MN and is currently enrolled in the Masters of Church Music program at Concordia University Wisconsin. He has studied organ with Dr. Kenneth Logan (Andrew’s University), Prof. Judith Kresnicka (Bethany Lutheran College), and currently with Dr. John Behnke (Concordia University Wisconsin).
Having earned a Bachelor of Arts degree in Church Music, he presently serves as Kantor at Emmanuel Lutheran Church and School (LCMS) in Dearborn, MI, fulfilling worship planning, teaching and organ responsibilities. He also directs numerous adult and children’s ensembles at Emmanuel, including the choir, handbells, and brass.
(Living) Contemporary American Composers.
(Living) Contemporary American (Men) Composers.
(Living) Contemporary American (White) (Men) Composers: That's what the composers of all the vocal and instrumental music have in common this week. Everyone of the composers was born in the last half of the 20th century.
David Ashley White is Professor of Composition at Moores School of Music, with degrees from the University of Houston (B.M. and M.M.) and the University of Texas at Austin (D.M.A.). He served
as Director of the Moores School from 1999-2014.
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| David Ashley White |
His anthem, The Call, is a simple and moving setting of this famous text by George Herbert. (Come, my Way, my Truth, my Light.) It's a perfect anthem for the Fifth Sunday of Easter, where this text is almost mandated by the Gospel Reading. The most famous version of this text is the solo by Ralph Vaughan Williams (found as a hymn in our hymnal). White's setting is almost like a waltz.
The closing voluntary is a toccata-like setting of the French noel, NOEL NOUVELET, which was originally a Christmas carol (I mean, "NOEL"!) But the text that has become even more popular (at least in the States) with the tune is the Easter hymn, Now the Green Blade Riseth. Mark Sedio puts fragments of the melody all throughout his composition, most often in the pedal part. If you want to stay and listen to the whole piece, it won't take long; it's about 90 seconds to play. You will still get to Mother's Day brunch on time.
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| Mark Sedio |
Born in Minneapolis, he received his Bachelor of Arts degree in Music Education with choral and organ music concentrations in 1976. In 1979 he received a Master of Arts degree in choral conducting and literature from the University of Iowa. He also studied at Luther Northwestern Theological Seminary.
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| Dan Edwards |
Edwards was born in Portsmouth, Virginia, and studied at Tidewater Community College in Portsmouth and James Madison University in Harrisonburg, VA. He has taught music in elementary and high schools and has worked as a church musician in a number of different denominations. He resides with his wife in Chesapeake, VA.
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| Jacob Webber |
Having earned a Bachelor of Arts degree in Church Music, he presently serves as Kantor at Emmanuel Lutheran Church and School (LCMS) in Dearborn, MI, fulfilling worship planning, teaching and organ responsibilities. He also directs numerous adult and children’s ensembles at Emmanuel, including the choir, handbells, and brass.
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