Worship Arts Apr May Jun 2023

Instrumental

nothing technical that a couple minutes of practice won’t solve. Convince the local clarinetist on breaks from school to share their talents with these hymns. The tunes – indeed covering the church year – are ASH GROVE, CRANHAM, DIX, GO TELL IT, JESUS LOVES ME, LASST UNS ERFREUEN, NEW BRITAIN, PICARDY, VENI EMMANUEL, and WERE YOU THERE. There are reproducible parts included for the clarinet.

together in one good rehearsal. Others may need more time individually and together to bring these to life. Reproducible cello parts are furnished with the score.

When Morning Gilds the Skies (ED)

Dallas Blair, MorningStar Music Publishers, MSM-25-501, Trumpet and Keyboard, 2022.

Two Spirituals for Cello and Piano (ED)

Blair’s “five trumpet solos on familiar hymns” use the tunes CRUSADERS’HYMN, DUKE STREET, LANCASHIRE, LAUDES DOMINI, and SPANISH HYMN/MADRID . Think about using these settings nearly anytime during the year. The nuances in meter, rhythm, articulation, along with melodic variation included in these arrangements call for a trumpeter who’ll bring maturity to practicing and playing beyond “hitting the right notes.” The keyboard parts, whether organ or piano is used, will likewise require some dedicated practice time individually and with the trumpeter. I’m calling one of my former university trumpet majors in the next few days with one of these in mind! Reproducible Bb and C trumpet parts are included.

Duane Funderburk, MorningStar Music Publishers, MSM-25-651, 2021.

This pair of arrangements, commissioned by a professional cellist, is yet another contribution to instrumental church music from Funderburk’s pen. For the cellist, the more-leisurely “Deep River” ( DEEPRIVER ) features at least a few measures out of first position and a short pizzicato passage. The joyful and less-familiar spiritual “King Jesus Is A Listenin’” will require more practice and rehearsal for both cellist and pianist because of technical and rhythmic complexity, constantly varying articulations, and a lively tempo. That said, the chromatic additions and melodic variations within the piece pull in the listeners right along up to the final glissando. The piano part is idiomatic, though requiring individual practice prior to rehearsal. All in all, experienced and technically-able musicians with the parts learned can put the two spirituals

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