On a Christmas Long Ago
“Gloria! the angels cried; Gloria! to God on high; Gloria! our hearts reply; Gloria!” My 2016 Christmas Card Carol.
“Gloria! the angels cried; Gloria! to God on high; Gloria! our hearts reply; Gloria!” My 2016 Christmas Card Carol.
This arrangement combines an original melody with a single line from the familiar tune by John Baptiste Calkin.
Cantatas and programs with narration, interludes, etc.
A ~25-30-minute Christmas Cantata for Choir, Narrator, Soloists and Flute (optional); and organ and congregation.
Here’s an early Christmas present: 2022’s Christmas carol, called “Night of Nights,” and a congregational accompaniment for “It Came Upon the Midnight Clear.”
There are many songs with this title or something similar, so I figured I might as well add to the number. 🙂
This version of “In That Holy Place” has a new accompaniment and includes an obbligato for flute.
Our Heavenly Father speaks to us in many different ways. As I took down the Christmas tree, He spoke to me through an ornament I had seen hundreds of times.
A Christmas song about Jesus our Savior, born to be the Light and Life of the world.
The words to this song came to me unexpectedly. How thankful I am that my Heavenly Father was willing to inspire these lyrics in spite of my inadequacy!
“Night of Nights” is my Christmas carol for 2022.
Original Christmas carol: Words by Edmund H. Sears; Music by Richard S. Willis. Arrangement for four-hand piano accompaniment by Sally DeFord.
As I thought about the individuals involved with that holy night, I wondered… for whom was that star shining? And for whom does it shine today?
Words by Sally DeFord; Music by Katherine Wright. This lullaby is my Christmas Card Carol for 2021.