Nancy Price takes a classic sacred text and contemporizes it while adding her own creative observations about the nature of having a grateful heart. Don Besig captures the traditional/contemporary duality of this concept withmusic that is both traditional and also fresh and modern. Filled with melodic and poetic quotes this anthem that will ease learning and delight your congregants. Incorporates “We Plow the Fields and Scatter” and“We Gather Together”

Recorded by Rita Ora, this moving Academy Award Best Song nominee reminds us that even in the storm the sun is shining somewhere---we should count our blessings with a grateful heart. / Choeur SSA

A gentle rhythmic groove establishes a positive spirit immediately in this general worship offering. The lightly syncopated opening theme announces the focus of a life lived in praise and thanksgiving. Inspiring!

Uses: ChristmasScripture: Luke 2:1-20; Matthew 2:1-12This thoughtful Christmas anthem helps young singers develop a grateful heart for the gift of Jesus and all blessings of life. A comfortablesinging range and recurring melodic phrases assist with easy learning and memorization. Available separately: Unison CelebrationTrax CD. Duration: ca. 3:08

From the best-selling cantata Testament of Praise this anthem of thanksgiving is a beautiful reminder for us to have a grateful heart. This lesser-known Charles Wesley text was originally a table blessing and his gentlepoetic imagery combined with flowing melodic music help create a choral prayer of exquisite beauty. This selection is perfect for following the pastoral prayer on Thanksgiving or anytime.

Uses: Pentecost Trinity Sunday General Church Anniversary Scripture: John 14:26-27 John 15:26 This heart-felt testament of God's restorative grace was a dedicatory anthem for a special community of faith. Following a tragic EF5 tornado that destroyed the church and devastated the city of Joplin Missouri the people rebuilt their church. The words of the song are a dramatic reminder that grace is like and ark sailing through a sea of tears. The opening utilizes the plainsong tune DIVINUM MYSTERIUM often associated with Advent but here retooled for Pentecost. Then the piece evolves into a more contemporary praise song that is a true call to worship for a grateful church.Perfect for the season of Pentecost!

Noted jazz pianist, composer, recording artist and educator Andy LaVerne has drawn from his decades of experience playing with master musicians from Getz to Lovano to create this comprehensive compendium of contemporary moving voicings. Quartal, quintal, drop 2, dominant 7b9/diminished, triadic, whole tone and chromatic performance proven voicings pioneered by McCoy Tyner, Chick Corea, Herbie Hancock, and Andy himself are presented and fleshed out in all twelve keys. This book picks up where others leave off, enabling you to replace static chords with voicings that move melodically, dramatically, and gracefully over the entire range of the keyboard. Firmly rooted in contemporary jazz theory, the emphasis is on practical performance applications. Andy ties it all together with illustrations of comping choruses for five standard jazz tunes. Chords in Motion satisfies a long awaited need in actual comping situations, and shows you how to move chords through varying harmonic rhythms. FINALLY ? a book that gives you moving voicings, and sets them in motion in all twelve keys. Chords in Motion is a valuable resource for all keyboardists, arrangers, and instrumentalists. Activate, animate, and energize your comping with this encyclopedic volume. 156 pages, spiral bound for easy opening. Andy carries the flame of jazz piano tradition and just great music. He always inspires me. Chick Corea This is a great book! I am going to sit down and play through this!! I am always telling my non-piano playing students how important it is to work with (and internalize) the sounds that we live with all our lives as Jazz musicians. Coltrane spent years sitting at the piano and so should all of us!!! John Patitucci Berklee College of Music One thing about Andy?he is complete as can be and has been consistently so for years in both his teaching materials and playing. He is completely knowledgeable in such a way that when I play with him, I know he KNOWS!! Plus he is one of the smoothest and polished of players around. Great book?encyclopedic in content. Dave Liebman Founder, Artistic Director, International Association of Schools of Jazz (IASJ) I've played and recorded with Andy LaVerne many times over the years and in many different settings and he's always come up with the hippest, most interesting chords in the most musical way! His way of playing and looking at chords inspires me as a drummer and his rhythm section partner to play things that are in turn inspiring to the rest of the band. This book, helps musicians, understand, in a clear thoughtful presentation, how to go about getting this together. Billy Drummond Jazz Drummer, Educator, Juilliard, NYU Chords in Motion is an outstanding and comprehensive guide by Andy LaVerne, whose encyclopedic knowledge, decades of experience and brilliance as a performer and educator make this an invaluable handbook of modern jazz piano harmony. Its user-friendly, intelligent design enables musicians to expand their harmonic palette and potentially transform their playing, writing and arranging. Chords in Motion is an invaluable contribution to jazz musicians! Lynne Arriale Jazz Pianist, Composer, Educator, Associate Professor of Jazz Piano, Director of Small Ensembles, University of North Florida Chords in Motion is exactly the book I'd expect from Andy LaVerne. It's clear, openhearted and inspiring, as has been every conversation I've had with Andy over the years. Long a fan of his playing, I have enjoyed this look behind the curtain at how Andy LaVerne formulated his signature style. One other thing -- any pianist, no matter his/her approach, will gain insight into what will surely be new and exciting musical directions. Pete Malinverni Jazz Pianist, Educator, Director of Jazz Studies, SUNY Purchase College Conservatory of Music What a great resource for expanding the harmonic palette! Chords in Motion is a must have for the aspiring young jazz pianist as well as the seasoned veteran. Another winner from Andy! Paul Schmeling Jazz Pianist, Educator, Chair Emeritus, Piano Department, Berklee College of Music In Chords in Motion, I recognize chords and sounds that have inspired me to compose and play: harmony from the music of Chick Corea, Herbie Hancock and McCoy Tyner. This book is well organized, and from the beginning gets you playing. Each chord structure is explained and developed. There is plenty to practice. I especially like the exercises using contrary motion, arpeggiation

The Good-morrow which was written in 1971 is a setting for mezzo-soprano and piano of five poems by John Donne. These are not songs in the closed sense: the settings deliberately blur one poem into the next so as to form a little musical drama about a passionate but light-hearted love-affair. The model for this piece was the beautiful song-cycle The voice of love (1966) by Nicholas Maw who was my teacher from 1968 until 1971 and whose influence upon my development was both strong and fruitful. My debt to Maw (who died in 2009) is great and this song-cycle was my grateful acknowledgement of it. The Good-morrow was first performed in 1986 at the Purcell Room London by Linda Hibberd and Giles Swayne.1. I wonder by my troth2. 'Tis true 'tis day3. Come live with me and be my love4. So so breake off this last lamenting kiss5. Now thou hast lov'd me one whole day

Une superbe collection de 35 songs from 24 comédies musicales pour la voix de baryton basse. Ces versions authentiques, dans leurs clés originales sont idéales pour les chanteurs classiques et les artistes de théâtre. Comprend également des notes de chanson de fond utile. / Voix / 220 pages / Partition