Sacred Arrangements

Da Pacem, Domine (Choral, 2013)

Text: Latin, from Catholic liturgy
Music: Maurice Ravel, "Pavane pour une infante defunte," 1899
Voicing: SSAATTBB with soloists SSA,M-S, unaccompanied
Church Season: Votive Antiphon of Peace, Pentecost XVII

From Heaven Above to Earth I Come (Choral, 2012)

Text: Martin Luther, 1535
Melody: "Tallis Canon," Thomas Tallis, c. 1561
Voicing: SATB with solo, unaccompanied
Church Season: Advent, Christmas

Let All Mortal Flesh Keep Silence (Choral, 2012, orch. 2013)

Text: Liturgy of St. James, French, trans. Gerard Moultrie, 1864
Melody: "Picardy" French, 17th Century
Voicing: SATB with congregation, solo violin, piano (2012)
Orchestration: SATB with congregation, organ, brass (2 Tpt, Hn, Tbn), and strings (2013)
Church Season: Advent, Christmas

The Living Stone (Congregation, 2012)

Text: Jonathan Posthuma, Sept 2012
Melody: "Bethel's Stone," Jonathan Posthuma, Sept 2012
Voicing: Congregation, led by organ, singers, or praise team
Church Season: Ordinary Time

Commissioned for the re-dedication of Bethel CRC, Waupun, WI

My Shepherd Will Supply My Need (Piano, 2012)

Melody: "Resignation," W. Walker's 'Southern Harmony,' 1835
Voicing: Piano
Church Season: Ordinary Time

Dedicated to Zach and Nicole Staudt, on their wedding, May, 18, 2012

O Love, How Deep, How Broad, How High (Piano, 2011)

Melody: "Deo Gracias" Engligh, 15th Cnetury, harm. Carl Schalk, 1969
Instrumentation: Piano
Church Season: Epiphany

Good Christian Friends Rejoice! (Piano, 2007)

Melody: "In Dulci Jubilo" German, 14th Century and "Go Tell It On the Mountain" Afro-American spiritual
Instrumentation: Piano
Church Season: Christmas

How Beautiful / O Perfect Love (Piano, 2007)

Melody: "How Beautiful," Twila Paris and "O Perfect Love," Joseph Barnby
Instrumentation: Piano
Church Season: Wedding

Dedicated to Daryl and Bethany Rylaarsdam on their wedding