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Hope Is a Hidden Star
Hope Is a Hidden Star
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Mark Patterson
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Hope Is a Hidden Star
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By Mark Patterson. For Two-part choir, Piano, Optional Cello. Educational Octavo. New Horizons Series. Concert. Published by Heritage Music Press ...
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By Mark Patterson. For Two-part choir, Piano, Optional Cello. Educational Octavo. New Horizons Series. Concert. Published by Heritage Music Press
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Hidden Pathways
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Hidden Pathways
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Piano Solo - Level 4 - Digital Download SKU: A0.744621 Composed by Elena Fortin. Contemporary. Score. 4 pages. Elena Fortin #4717595. Published by Elena ...
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Piano Solo - Level 4 - Digital Download SKU: A0.744621 Composed by Elena Fortin. Contemporary. Score. 4 pages. Elena Fortin #4717595. Published by Elena Fortin (A0.744621). Hidden Pathways for Piano SoloI have always loved the poem The Road Not Taken by Robert Frost. It started me on the following thought process: What if you had the chance to wander through some woods and you happened to discover a hidden path. What would happen if you followed it? Maybe you would find an amazing, enchanted place that you would want to visit and re-visit again and again. Hidden Pathways is written in D-flat major–which sounds like a challenging key–it has five flats! But for some reason, D-flat sounds really enchanting to me. And it seems to fit the hands really well too! The piece could probably be classified as Neo-classical or New-Age Instrumental. I never know how to classify these things. The piece explores the whole range of the piano and the challenge is to play this piece with sensitive pedaling and expressiveness.It is a suitable solo for recitals, church settings, or your own personal enjoyment.I hope you enjoy it!Please visit my website: www.the-piano-studio.com or subscribe to my YouTube Channel here: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCFOzbMUgcFWlmG-nfHOT_Zg
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All Stars Aligned
All Stars Aligned
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Violin and Piano
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Joe Duddell
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All Stars Aligned
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Violin and piano - intermediate - Digital Download SKU: S9.Q20014 For violin and piano. Composed by Joe Duddell. This edition: Sheet music. Downlo...
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Violin and piano - intermediate - Digital Download SKU: S9.Q20014 For violin and piano. Composed by Joe Duddell. This edition: Sheet music. Downloadable. Duration 9 minutes. Schott Music - Digital #Q20014. Published by Schott Music - Digital (S9.Q20014). All Stars Aligned was originally to be a set of variations on a theme that is almost hidden in the opening bars. However, the piece took on much more of a fantasia feel and shape as I wrote it and it could be argued that a second theme first heard in the violin of the ground (derived from material in bar 5) becomes more dominant than the first as the piece progresses. The piece is in one continuous movement but is in three distinct sections and tempi: medium, slow and fast. The material shares some similarities with my piano trio, Nightswimming, and in some ways can be seen as a companion piece (minus the cello of course). The title comes from a track on an album by the artist St. Vincent called Marry Me which I hope is appropriate for a piece commissioned to celebrate a wedding anniversary.Joe Duddell 2010.
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Singing Songs of Expectation
Singing Songs of Expectation
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Singing Songs of Expectation
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Hope Publishing - Digital
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Rowthorn - Digital Download SKU: H1.8299DP Author Collections. General Worship. Hymn Collection. 54 pages. Hope Publishing - Digital #8299DP. Published b...
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Rowthorn - Digital Download SKU: H1.8299DP Author Collections. General Worship. Hymn Collection. 54 pages. Hope Publishing - Digital #8299DP. Published by Hope Publishing - Digital (H1.8299DP). Jeffery Rowthorn.A spiral-bound collection of 22 hymn texts written by Jeffery Rowthorn, including Notes about the hymns. Foreword by Brian Wren.
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: A Vision Seen, a Call Obeyed As Towers Fall and Lives Are Lost At the Dawning of Creation At the Font We Start Our Journey Christ the King, Whose Hidden Glory Come, Holy Spirit, by Whose Grace Creating God, Your Fingers Trace Earth's Scattered Isles and Contoured Hills How Precious Is God's Gift of Speech Living Word of God Eternal Lord, You Give the Great Commission Now, as You Stand Beneath the Huppah Retell What Christ's Great Love Has Done Shepherd of All Who Inhabit the Earth Sing Today of Those Who Came Here Sing Today of Those Who Founded Taking Bread to Bless and Break It Tell of John, His Nets Extended Tell Us, Angels, Why You Sing The Whole Creation Is a Song These Hills Have Stood Since Time Began This Is a Day, Lord, Gladly Awaited
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Uptown Girl
Uptown Girl
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Billy Joel
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Derek Hasted
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Uptown Girl
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Guitar Ensemble Guitar - Level 2 - Digital Download SKU: A0.797770 By Billy Joel. By Billy Joel. Arranged by Derek Hasted. Contemporary,Pop. Score and pa...
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Guitar Ensemble Guitar - Level 2 - Digital Download SKU: A0.797770 By Billy Joel. By Billy Joel. Arranged by Derek Hasted. Contemporary,Pop. Score and parts. 24 pages. Derek Hasted #5299683. Published by Derek Hasted (A0.797770). UPTOWN GIRL - THREE or FOUR GUITARS or LARGE ENSEMBLEFor Classical or Acoustic Guitar - sometimes it's erroneously listed here as Electric Guitar.Derek Hasted writes This very playable but satisfying arrangement suits 3 guitars, 4 guitars or (even better!) a large ensemble.This is a piece that's full of hidden gems...For an audience it's absolutely full of uplifting key changes - not just one on the last chorus! This arrangement starts in A, but visits the keys of F, C, D and E more than once, and each one seems to lift the mood yet higher. And then there's a gentle fade away to a quiet finish.For an adult trio, it's an easy rhythmic crowd-pleaser that any audience will like. Each line has its own contribution to the overall big wall of toe-tapping sound.For a guitar teacher, it's a great exercise in rhythm and a chance to show students the half-diminished chord (the m7b5) and the poignancy of the flattened ninth. And indeed to remind them that there's more to good music than just three chords!For a school teacher, this trio comes with a potential life-saver - there's a second version of the Guitar 2 part that is split into two separate parts - 2a and 2b. These parts are ideal for a mixed ability ensemble where one or two players are new starters with guitar (yes, the Guitar 2b part really is that easy!) So play as a trio or a quartet - the choice is yours, and rest assured that an ensemble of widely differing abilities will be able to tackle it to great effect.I hope you enjoy this piece as much as my adult Guitar Workshop ensemble does!
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Go to the Child
Go to the Child
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Samantha Jellett
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Go to the Child
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Samantha Jellett
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Choral Choir,Choral (SATB) - Level 3 - Digital Download SKU: A0.1380835 Composed by Samantha Jellett. Advent,Christmas,Holiday. 6 pages. Samantha Jellett...
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Choral Choir,Choral (SATB) - Level 3 - Digital Download SKU: A0.1380835 Composed by Samantha Jellett. Advent,Christmas,Holiday. 6 pages. Samantha Jellett #965614. Published by Samantha Jellett (A0.1380835). This SATB a capella setting of a beautiful poem by Imtiaz Darker was composed for the BBC Carol Competition 2019. It is suitable for both professional and amateur/community choirs. The theme is a universal one of new birth, making it suitable for many occasions as well as Christmas. The text is as follows:Rise and go on a bitter nightWhen hope lies frozen in the ground,Hushed and hidden out of sightNo living thing for miles around.Even though the tears of the earthHave turned to crystal, rise.Take the road that leads to a birth,An infant calls and the heart replies.See in the eyes a blazing star,A spark of something newly born,Feet already walking on air,Holding a lifeline in the palm.When at last you see the faceAnd feel on your cheek the baby's breath;When you have known the graceOf a beginning, being blessed.Look up at the hungry bowl of the skyAnd empty your pockets to fill it,See where the water is risingAnd lift your hands to still it.Turn to a world that is still unbornAnd raise your voice to sing it,Go to the child who is not your ownAnd open your heart to save it.See in the eyes a blazing star,A spark of something newly born,Feet already walking on air,Holding a lifeline in the palm.
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Uptown Girl
Uptown Girl
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Flute and Guitar
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Billy Joel
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Derek Hasted
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Uptown Girl
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Derek Hasted
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Instrumental Duet Flute,Guitar,Instrumental Duet - Level 3 - Digital Download SKU: A0.797772 By Billy Joel. By Billy Joel. Arranged by Derek Hasted. Cont...
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Instrumental Duet Flute,Guitar,Instrumental Duet - Level 3 - Digital Download SKU: A0.797772 By Billy Joel. By Billy Joel. Arranged by Derek Hasted. Contemporary,Pop,Rock. Score and parts. 13 pages. Derek Hasted #5305729. Published by Derek Hasted (A0.797772). UPTOWN GIRL - FLUTE and GUITAR DUETFor Classical or Acoustic Guitar - sometimes it's erroneously listed here as Electric Guitar.Derek Hasted writes This very playable but satisfying arrangement is a piece that's full of hidden gems...For an audience it's absolutely full of uplifting key changes - not just one on the last chorus!This arrangement starts in A, but visits the keys of F, C, D and E more than once, and each one seems to lift the mood yet higher. And then there's a gentle fade away to a quiet finish.It's an easy rhythmic crowd-pleaser that any audience will like and it’s a real toe-tapper.The guitar has a simple syncopated rhythm that was inspired by the electric bass line of the original and reworked to provide a rhythm 'chords and bass' part that is straightforward and reliable to play.The soundfile alongside this download at Sheet Music Press is a mix of real guitar and synthesised flute. In a real performance the flute part will benefit from rubato and being relaxed with the beat.I hope you enjoy this piece!
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They Remind Me Too Much Of You
They Remind Me Too Much Of You
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Choral TTBB
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Don Irwin Robertson and Donald
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Liz Garnett
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They Remind Me Too Much Of You
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Liz Garnett
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SheetMusicPlus
Choral Choir (TTBB) - Level 3 - Digital Download SKU: A0.856193 Composed by Don Irwin Robertson and Donald Robertson. Arranged by Liz Garnett. Contempora...
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Choral Choir (TTBB) - Level 3 - Digital Download SKU: A0.856193 Composed by Don Irwin Robertson and Donald Robertson. Arranged by Liz Garnett. Contemporary. Octavo. 4 pages. Liz Garnett #4265619. Published by Liz Garnett (A0.856193). This song was the b-side to Elvis Presley's 'One Broken Heart for Sale', and as such is something of a hidden gem in his oeuvre. It is a song of lost love that starts off with wistfulness, moves through anguish, and ends with feeling that hope is not all lost. The arrangement features an original verse, crafted to link the song to another in a barbershop contest set, but the narrative works just as well as a stand-alone piece.Vocal Ranges:Tenor: B flat 3 - B flat 4Lead: B blat 2 - F4Bari: E flat 3 - F4Bass: A flat 3 - C4www.HelpingYouHarmonise.com
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We Must Learn to Walk Together
We Must Learn to Walk Together
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Piano, Vocal and Guitar
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EASY
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Sacred music
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Lisa Waites
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Lisa Waites
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We Must Learn to Walk Together
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Servant Song Music and Ministry
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SheetMusicPlus
Guitar,Piano,Vocal,Voice - Level 2 - Digital Download SKU: A0.1044425 By Lisa Waites. By Lisa Waites. Arranged by Lisa Waites. Folk,Holiday,Multicultural...
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Guitar,Piano,Vocal,Voice - Level 2 - Digital Download SKU: A0.1044425 By Lisa Waites. By Lisa Waites. Arranged by Lisa Waites. Folk,Holiday,Multicultural,Praise & Worship,Sacred,World. Score. 2 pages. Servant Song Music and Ministry #649158. Published by Servant Song Music and Ministry (A0.1044425). I wrote this reconciliation hymn back in 2016, when elders from the Blood Tribe, Metis, Piikani, and Siksika nations of Southern Alberta led the Reconciliation Week events at Medicine Hat College, in Medicine Hat, Alberta. They invited me to write and teach this hymn as part of the sessions at MHC, where I was (then) the ecumenical Chaplain. It has been an honour to participate in this annual tradition of indigenous leaders sharing their distinctive cultural practices, traditions, and values with the public in Medicine Hat (and the surrounding communities) for a decade, now. During the session I was asked to assist with, the Elders were sharing the Seven Grandfathers' Teachings, and so I included these core values into the lyrics of the hymn. The work in Medicine Hat started with expressions of lament and support from a group of local churches and the Medicine Hat College Chaplaincy program while the Truth and Reconciliation Commission was crossing the country. We quickly realized that many non-indigenous Canadians genuinely wanted to learn more about their First Nations, Metis, and Inuit neighbours. Seeing an urgent need for greater awareness about the intergenerational damage that was done by the Indian Residential School system here in Canada, and also identifying these Reconciliation events as a way to decrease racist stereotypes and assumptions about indigenous peoples, we decided to continue offering an annual reconciliation session, which grew, year by year. A decade later, I'm delighted to have seen deeper, healthier relationships being built between indigenous and non-indigenous people. Musically, this hymn loosely imitates the style of the French Canadian Voyageurs, the folk melodies of the 18th and 19th centuries. The lyrics incorporate the Seven Grandfathers' Teachings. This core ethical framework has many different versions, but many First Nations communities have adopted these teachings in some form. (I've heard Elders say that Respect must come first, because it is the foundation that we build on, but for this particular group at Medicine Hat College, Humility was first on the list). I have Metis ancestry myself, and as an adult, I have researched the long-hidden genealogical and cultural treasures of my family tree. Whether you are an indigenous person looking to support other indigenous Christian composers, or whether you are a non-indigenous person who is trying to broaden the repertoire of your congregation, We Must Learn to Walk Together is an upbeat, hope-filled hymn that sings about reconciliation as if it is not only possible in the distant future - but also achievable today, using the concrete steps suggested by the lyrics. The indigenous wisdom of the Seven Grandfathers' Teachings lines up beautifully with the teachings of Christ. Musically, this hymn is highly accessible for congregational singing; the range is moderate and the rhythms provide musical interest without becoming overly complex; to hear the guitar version and melody line of the hymn being played and sung by the composer, please go to the following YouTube link: https://youtu.be/3DpkFCLxgEs. The musical format of the hymn alternates between the chorus and three verses. The piece takes roughly 3:30 to perform. This hymn has been transcribed in the key of C Major, so it is as easy as possible for church accompanists to play and for congregations to sing; guitarists are invited to play in the key of A Major and simply capo 3. Guitar chords are included. I hope and pray that this hymn for reconciliation will help you, your congregation, and the wider community to think about, pray for, and enact the calls to action of the Canadian Truth and Reconciliation Commission in new and deeper ways this year.
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