Please consider, too, looking into resources re compositions by Peter Beaver
Allen (contemporary/modal); Don Humphreys has some collections which are usually
very pleasant arrangements, not difficult to learn and usually composed for and
welcomed by many Christian Science congregations; old standards such as James
MacDermid; Avelyn Kerr; Frederick Root. I have sung for the CS church for
m-a-n-y years; my personal favorite composer is Martin Broones.
Contacting a reading room or even the Mother Church in Boston, or perhaps
the CS Monitor newspaper, might be resources to find out if any of these
composers (or others) provide tapes or cd's now with their anthologies--bet they
do! Or find out the publisher, say, of Don Humphreys and call or write (or
e-mail) them to see if they include packages with cds/tapes.
Also, Louise Maynard in the Visalia church has recently put together a
"concordance" of 5,000 compositions appropriate for Christian Science services
and would be an excellent resource.
Best of luck. Keep singing! --Erica Zweig
Lisa Miller wrote:
> I sub for the CS church in our town (that's how I got this student in the
> first place), and I have to clear whatever I want to sing with the regular
> soloist. I've had a student sing "A Simple Song" from Bernstein's Mass and
> they had no problem with it. This student who wants the book doesn't play
> piano at all and is looking for something in which he can practice.
>
> >
> > In fact, I've actually gotten into trouble with some pieces that are
> > entirely
> > scriptural. The passage "and though worms destroy this body, yet in my
> flesh
> >
> > shall I see God" (from I know that my Redeemer liveth) is anathema to
> some
> > CS
> > people, although not all.
> >
> well, i could see where christian scientists might not like that one too
> well!!! LOL out of all the scripture one could pick, i think that may not be
> the best choice. just because it's scriptural does not necessarily mean
> it's appropriate to the occasion or the audience.
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> Old school buds here:
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> Remember four years of good friends, bad clothes, explosive chemistry
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