hand chimes as prelude

This past Sunday an octave of hand chimes chimed in on the prelude. They joined with the organ in performing the hymn tune Picardy, which is a French carol first published in 1860. In our hymnal we find it at #463, set to the words, Let All Mortal Flesh Keep Silence. Thanks to Al, Claire, Velma, and Eunice, we made sounds which set a very quiet beginning to the worship time. Hand chimes were invented as a training tool for hand bells. Here's a photo from online.

organ piano duo

When people entered the sanctuary yesterday they noticed a large prelude sound. It was Janet High and Don Frank playing organ and piano duets. They produced a grand sound, bringing to life several Gospel hymns. Again at the offertory they gave their musical gifts to worship. These two accomplished musicians deserve the apppreciation everyone expressed. Thank you, Janet and Don.

student organist

Madeleine Weaver played one of the preludes on the organ Sunday morning. She did a beautiful job of playing Beethoven's "Joyful, joyful we adore Thee" from her piano book. A big thanks to her. Here's a photo of her getting ready several days before, during the C2P music camp session on keyboard to pipe organ.

music camp

Well, it's a week-long day-school called Created2Praise. I have a 45-minute class called "keyboard to organ." The students all play piano and get a thrill out of transferring their skills to a larger instrument. Here's the real exceptional bunch of kids:

guest musician Kauffman

Sunday, Ryan Kauffman, saxophonist, was a guest musician. Some have asked what he played as the offertory. It was #229 in our blue hymnal, "Lord, you have come to the lake shore." Check out Ryan and buy/listen to some of his music here.