An original hymn with text by Mark Fotheringham below. Performed at the 2016 Alice Lloyd College convocation for Dr. D. Gene Pace.
YouTube video: https://youtu.be/lvo3XVJrVrw
We come to the river for to drink from the stream.

We climb up the mountainside to reach for a dream.



We come to the forest for to blaze new trails

Reaching oceans, we unfurl sails.



And for our food and our raiment we will lightly care,

For learning and knowledge is our fare.



And every page which we study, every word we write

Leads closer to the truth and the right.



May each question be answered. May our vision be clear.

May we serve with conviction that our God's ever near.



May He ever sustain us as we follow His beam

Let us drink from the river and dream.

We'll mine every theory with the zeal of our youth,
Expose every error and reveal every truth.

The joy of discovery will feed our souls
As we master our heartfelt goals.

So many friends and companions met along our way
Will reach out in friendship, ne'er to stray.

And then ascending together, every day we'll find
A soul refreshed in heart and in mind.

May each question be answered. May our vision be clear.
May we serve with conviction that our God's ever near.

May He ever sustain us as we follow His beam
Let us drink from the river and dream.

18 Easy Gospel Hymns Vol.1 for Solo Alto Clarinet and Piano is a beautiful collection of your best-loved Gospel Hymns and Spirituals. They are arranged simply in the most suitable range and key for the solo instrument. The preview only shows a few pages of the piano score, but this is followed by a separate solo instrumental part, adding up to 49 pages of quality music.

The standard is early intermediate. Players with a year or two?s experience will enjoy playing these Gospel hymns, with plenty of interest in both the solo and the piano parts. These hymns are ideal for use in concerts or worship, formal or informal. The hymns are in alphabetical order and are as follows

� Abide with Me,

� Amazing Grace,

� Blessed Assurance,

� Deep River,

� Down by the Riverside,

� Go Down Moses,

� Go Tell It on the Mountain,

� He?s Got the Whole World in HIs Hands,

� Higher Ground,

� Jesus on the Mainline,

� Joshua Fought the Battle of Jericho,

� Just a Closer Walk with Thee,

� Just as I Am,

� Just Over in the Glory Land,

� Kumbaya My Lord,

� Love Lifted Me,

� Nobody Knows the Trouble I?ve Seen,

� Nothing but the Blood of Jesus.

If you like these Gospel Hymns, then there are another eighteen just like them in Volume 2. To find them copy and paste 18 Easy Gospel Hymns Vol.2 for Solo Alto Clarinet and Piano in the Search Bar above. There are also duet versions of these Gospel hymns available on Sheet Music Plus, and more advanced duet arrangements of your Gospel favourites in the 10 Gospel Duets series.

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Arrangement of Amazing Grace for string quartet. Contact me at ramsey.hussain@gmail.com for the full orchestra version, suitable for average high school players or advanced younger players, this arrangement incorporates modern jazz and soul harmonies. I wrote it for a memorial, it works great in church, school, anywhere. 3 choruses in this version, around 2 minutes depending on how slow you want to play it.

Amazing Grace (unaccompanied violin) MO174

Unaccompanied Violin

Music by Mark O?Connor

2 pages - 3:00 minutes in length



Amazing Grace is a centuries-old hymn whose melody comes from a 500 year-old pipe tune before coming to South Carolina. In the early 1800s, South Carolina choral master William Walker paired it with the lyrics of slave ship captain John Newton?s lyric ?Amazing Grace?. O?Connor?s unaccompanied arrangement in the key of F major with double stops and grace notes has become a violin favorite for decades and appears on his Sony Classical release?Midnight On The Water?. The music is suitable for the advanced level.

Beloved hymns of old and new transformed into artistic worship music at the piano. Tunes include classics such as: 'Tis So Sweet To Trust In Jesus, For The Beauty of The Earth, In The Garden, and more. A wonderful collection for church pianists in need of offertories and preludes. For sample recordings, visit composer's Youtube: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7IV0bnERdCI&t=1s.