"My students were tired of playing out of the hymn book. This collection makes them to feel like artists when they perform in their worship services!" This volume of 10 beloved, multi-denominational hymns are arranged with the aim of being easy enough for young players to master, yet beautiful enough for advanced musicians to enjoy. Perfect as short featured solos, or use the optional attaccas and links connecting the entire set for prelude/postlude settings. Also available for solo violin, viola, cello, flute, clarinet, and piano. Listen to a playlist of the entire collection (as arranged for violin) on YouTube. DETAILS: Total length = 24 minutes. Solo instrument part = 15 pages. Piano score =29 pages . All texts included. SONG LIST: Abide With Me; Come, Come Ye Saints (All is Well); Come, Follow Me; Come, Thou Fount of Every Blessing; Count Your Blessings; How Firm a Foundation; I Know that My Redeemer Lives; I Stand All Amazed; Lead, Kindly Light; Nearer, My God, to Thee. www.jennierhodesmusic.com.

Ten Christmas arrangements for solo oboe with optional piano accompaniment. Great for lessons, recitals, caroling, church services, and Christmas parties.
Includes:

Jingle Bells
What Child Is This
Silent Night
O Come All Ye Faithful
Joy to the World
Away in a Manger
We Three Kings
Away in a Manger (Cradle Song)
O Holy Night
The First Noel

Here are three refreshing new modern arrangements of three popular traditional carols ?like you ain?t never heard them before?. Intended for the intermediate oboe player and a reasonably competent pianist, they are sure to brighten up your Christmas events whether at home, school, church or recital hall. The pieces could be used during a Christmas service or as stand-alone pieces at an end-of-term presentation. The audio sample includes recordings of all three pieces.

The King Rides Out (based on ?Good King Wenceslas?) starts conventionally enough but turns into a country-style song and then there?s a three-part Bach-like contrapuntal section, concluding with a wistful coda. Waltz with Holly ? or Possibly Ivy (based of course on ?The Holly and the Ivy?) turns into a dreamy waltz with long extended phrases and a good vehicle to show the oboe player?s tone quality. The Merry Gentleman go Latin is a lively rumba version of ?God Rest You Merry, Gentlemen?.

Colin Kirkpatrick studied composition, cello and piano at London?s prestigious Royal College of Music and after graduation followed a career in music education. He was a High School Music Director in London for about fifteen years and later became a Music Education Adviser for local government, with the added responsibility for training teachers and directing the instrumental teaching service.

He has been published by Boosey & Hawkes, Novello, Paxton, Schott, Oxford University Press, Chester and Belwin Mills. He holds MA and PhD degrees and his other interests include reading, photography, travel, cooking and wine tasting.

CROWN HIM WITH MANY CROWNS is an arrangement for Oboe and Piano of a popular old hymn tune. It works great for offertories, special music for a worship service, or for the joy of playing it in any situation where inspirational music is desired (9 pages). A mp3 Piano Accompaniment for Oboe is also available, listed as: CROWN HIM WITH MANY CROWNS (Piano Accompaniment for Oboe).

A musical oasis of beauty and tranquility, Bach's "Jesu, Joy of Man's Desiring" is arranged here as a duet for oboe and piano. The gentle, flowing nature of this elegant instrumental duet makes this Baroque music a popular, traditional choice for weddings, as a prelude, unity candle accompaniment, a bridal march or a bridesmaid processional. Also recommended for traditional church services and other worship events as a prelude, postlude, an offertory, interlude, special music and silent prayer accompaniment. Key: F major. 11 pages of music (that includes a two-page oboe part).