This is a piano book featuring original compositions in lyrical, reflective, and romantic styles and all written between December 3, 2020 and December 20, 2020 as found in his January, 2021 album release, "Canvas of My Heart." The difficult levels range from intermediate to medium advanced and would be suitable for weddings, repertoire, anniversaries, background music, and sacred settings. The YouTube video is of the first piece, "Red Rose of Winter," while the MP3 is of "Somewhere In Your Eyes."

James Michael Stevens is a prolific composer residing in Nashville, TN and serves as the Music Department Chairman of Welch College.

Here?s a great way to explore some of the most popular European dance music of the early seventeenth century. This book contains easy piano arrangements of several dances from dance collection entitled Terpsichore published by Michael Praetorius in 1612. At the time he was one of the most famous musicians in Germany and the publication consisted of over three hundred dances in four, five and six parts. The name is pronounced ?terp-SI-cory? and rhymes with the word ?hickory?. Although the dances were probably conceived for string ensemble Praetorius was well aware that in practice, they would be played by any instruments that happened to be available. The five dances in this set actually include eight different numbers. These arrangements are based on the original 1612 publication, which did not include dynamics, phrasing or articulations. Any shown in these arrangements are the suggestion of the arranger. The keyboard parts have been fully fingered though fingering is omitted from repeated sections to encourage the player to memorize them. If the music is being played on a digital piano, the harpsichord sound (if available) might sound more authentic. The music is printed in fairly large easy-to-read notation and this collection would be ideal for the elementary keyboard player. The audio sample contains (1) Volta (2) Two Courantes and (3) La Bourée.

Michael Ware?s setting of Away in a Manger for medium solo voice and piano is a unique arrangement that includes both of the familiar tunes for the popular Christmas carol. It is appropriate for worship, recital, or any celebration of the season.

The original recording of so many worship songs is not in the right key for congregational singing in church. If a male artist sang the original, the key is usually too high. If the original featured a female artist, the key is often too low. And worse yet, so many worship songs start low and then jump an octave higher, making congregational participation a challenge.

Lord, I Need You is a song that has some of these problems. Michael Ware?s arrangement fixes these issues, allowing the average singer in the pew more opportunity to participate. The vocal range of the melody is reduced to just an octave while preserving the spirit and feel of the original. This download is a collection of leadsheets with melody line, optional harmony, chords and simple musical indications. The key is Eb with two different capo options for acoustic guitar. Help your congregation confess their need of the Lord with this great worship song from PASSION.

Included: Eb Leadsheet

Capo 1 Leadsheet (D)

Capo 3 Leadsheet (C)