Music for Sunday, July 9, 2017 + The Fifth Sunday after Pentecost

Vocal Music

• Shine, Jesus, Shine – Mark Hays, arr.

Instrumental Music - Jill Kirkonis, organist

• Make the Sounds of Praise - Robert J. Hughes (1916–1999)
• What Wondrous Love is This -Southern Harmony, 1843, arr. Cathy DeRousse (b. 1954)
• Song for a Feast Day - Hugh S. Livingston, Jr. (1945–2014)

Congregational Music (all hymns from the Hymnal 1982 with the exception of those marked “R” which are from Renew.)

• Hymn 657 - Love divine, all loves excelling (HYFRYDOL)
• Hymn 414 - God, my King, thy might confessing (STUTTGART)
• Hymn 488 - Be thou my vision (SLANE)
• Hymn 302 - Father, we thank thee (RENDEZ A DIEU)
• Hymn R147 - Softly and Tenderly Jesus is calling (THOMPSON)
• Hymn 644 - How sweet the name of Jesus sounds (ST. PETER)

The offertory this morning features a piano setting of a British contemporary hymn arranged by the American pianist Mark Hayes. It will feature a small group of choir members signing the words instead of singing them.

Cathy DeRousse

The organ communion voluntary is by a living Texas-born woman, Cathy DeRousse. Born in Dallas, Texas, she began piano studies at the age of eight and was accompanying choirs at school and church by the age of thirteen. She earned the bachelor of music degree in church music with an emphasis in piano at Oklahoma Baptist University, where she also studied composition with C.L. Bass, and the master of music degree in piano from Southwestern Baptist Theological Seminary. She has served as a staff accompanist at several colleges, most recently at East Texas Baptist University in Marshall, Texas, where she also serves as College Organist and Director of the Bennett Technology Lab. She is also a member of Baroque Artists of Shreveport and is active as an adjudicator for piano festivals and competitions and as a clinician for church organists and pianists.   

Mrs. DeRousse lives in Shreveport, Louisiana, with her husband Paul, a minister of music. They have three grown sons.

Robert J. Hughes was born in Toronto, Canada. He held degrees in music from the Royal Conservatory of Music (Toronto), Trinity College of Music (London, England), and a doctorate from Oxford University (England). Hughes served as organist-choirmaster in Toronto and as bandmaster for the Royal Canadian Air Force Band during World War II.

Hugh S. Livingston, Jr. grew up in Tennessee, where he pursued his interest in music ministry, learned to play several instruments, and began composing original works. He served in music ministries in Tennessee, Indiana, and Ohio, providing his talents as a choral director, pianist, organist, and trumpeter. Even in his retirement, Hugh remained active as a church musician, and shared his musical gifts with hundreds of people in assisted living and nursing homes. He will always be linked with the Lorenz Publishing Company. For decades, his compositions and arrangements have been featured prominently in the Lorenz catalog, including a vast number of contributions to our keyboard and choral magazines as well as numerous anthems and keyboard collections. In all, he has published thousands of pieces.

Jackson Hearn is away this week and next, attending the annual conference of the Association of Anglican Musicians. This year the conference is at Winchester, England, where he will worship at and tourr Winchester, Salisbury, and Chichester Cathedrals, attend workshops, and gather with other Episcopal Musicians from around the world. He would like to thank Jill Kirkonis for leading the music while he is away.