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Tammy Simister Robinson, Composer/Arranger/Vocal Artist, is now publishing with HolySheetMusic.com

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Tammy Simister Robinson Composer/Arranger/Vocal Artist

TAMMY SIMISTER ROBINSON won her first talent contest at the age of two and a half years. As a teen, her exercises in arranging music developed into a gift for writing her own songs. She graduated from Weber State University with a degree in Music Education and with a few years of teaching in the public schools behind her, Tammy branched out on her own to become a private voice teacher. For over twenty five years she has enjoyed teaching hundreds of talented singers. In 2012, she joined the Adjunct Voice Faculty at Snow College in Ephraim, UT.

Since 1986, Tammy’s voice has been heard on hundreds of recordings including three solo albums of original songs and hymn arrangements. Her album, The Color of Hope earned an FCMA Pearl Award for Inspirational Album of the Year (2001) and In Thy Hands earned three additional Pearl Awards in 2005 including: Sacred Album of the Year, Female Vocalist of the Year, and Songwriter of the Year.

In 2005, she began singing and recording with One Clear Voice, a women’s quartet that has earned additional Pearl Awards and recognition awards by the LDS Booksellers Association. Tammy has composed original songs for this group as well as writing the majority of the vocal arrangements.

Her works have earned numerous Awards of Distinction in the Utah Composers Guild, the Mormon Arts Festival, and the annual LDS Church Music Submissions. Her song May I Serve Thee was twice broadcast worldwide during the LDS General Women’s Meeting and was printed in the Ensign Magazine. One of her children’s songs, Jesus Is My Shepherd, was published in the September 2013 Friend Magazine.

Along with family and music, she also enjoys good friends, good food and plenty of laughter (especially simultaneously), sewing, chocolate, half-hearted gardening, and a really good discount sale! Tammy is the the mother of two children (a married son and a college-age daughter) and she and her Salsa music-loving husband, Ray, live in Midvale, Utah.

“May I Serve Thee” was twice selected for the worldwide broadcast of the LDS General Women’s Meeting and has been a favorite for women’s choirs as well as male or female soloists. It is available in SSA Women’s Voices and Vocal Solo.  A professional recording of this song is available on Tammy’s album, “The Color of Hope”, also available at HolySheetMusic.com

Here’s a link to Tammy’s:  May I Serve Thee – SSA

 

 

From the “Land Down Under” – Welcome Australia!!

30 Jul 2014 / 0 Comments / in Uncategorized/by

We are please to announce that HolySheetMusic is now in Australia.  We welcome musicians, choir directors, orchestra conductors, vocalists, instrumentalist, choristers from all over the world!

Dean Hamill, composer from Oregon, joins HolySheetMusic.com

27 Jul 2014 / 0 Comments / in Uncategorized/by
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Dean Hamill – Composer/Arranger

Please welcome Dean Hamill, Oregon Composer, to HolySheetMusic.com  Dean’s inspiring piece “A Place of Prayer” is now part of the HolySheetMusic library.   Here’s more about Dean and his music:

A thrilling choral anthem suitable for building dedications or other worship services. Scored for SATB (with some divisi in S & A) and piano accompaniment. This composition was written for and performed at the rededication of the Orange Avenue Building, Cypress California Stake of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints.

BIO:

Dean Hamill’s formal music studies started at the age of nine with piano. Eventually, he became enamored with classical guitar resulting in his attending three years of Christopher Parkening master classes and graduating with a Bachelor of Music degree in Classical Guitar Performance from University of Southern California (USC). Other disciplines studied there included composition and orchestration. After graduation, he continued classical guitar studies taking private lessons from Pepe Romero.

While on the faculty at USC and several community colleges in southern California, the USC Guitar Department Chair, Duke Miller, recommended that he write new course materials for the guitar classes. The result was Adult Group Guitar One and Adult Group Guitar Two. Eventually, Dean adapted these courses into one of the first and most popular video guitar instructional courses commercially available to the public. Guitar Now! with Dean Hamill volumes one and two enjoyed combined nationwide sales of over 100,000 copies.

While working toward his masters degree in music from California State University at Long Beach, Dean studied choral arranging with nationally renowned Professor Frank Pooler. This experience brought to him a whole new excitement and he started devoting more energy to composition and arranging. During this period he composed, arranged music and directed the nationally recognized Grand Land Singers.

He has served in the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints in many callings including Stake high councilor, Stake music chairman and choir director, Stake mission president, ward choir director and among others. While residing in the Cypress California Stake, Dean was called upon to both write and direct musical programs for youth and adult conferences. Dean’s cantata, What Think Ye of Christ, has been performed in stakes in both Southern California and Oregon as well as a featured work at the Los Angeles Temple Visitors Center during two Christmas seasons. One of his most memorable occasions was when he was called upon to direct a 300 plus voice choir for a regional conference in Anaheim, California.

Dean loves setting scripture based texts to music that might help lift and encourage people to grow in faith and testimony of our Savior.

Here’s a link to Dean’s piece:  A Place of Prayer

Colorado composer publishes with HolySheetMusic.com

23 Jul 2014 / 0 Comments / in Uncategorized/by
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Nathan howe – Composer/Arranger

Composer/Arranger, Nathan Howe, publishes his piece “Peace Be Unto Thy Soul” for SATB choir – a cappella with HolySheetMusic.com.   Here is a little more about Nathan and his music.

Nathan writes:  “Like so much of my music, Peace Be Unto Thy Soul was written during a period when I didn’t really have time to write music.  I was teaching full-time, working on a Master’s degree, directing a musical, and trying not to become a stranger to my wonderful wife and three children.  This text has always spoken to me — it is very emotional.  It is not about being happy in spite of trouble; it is about the peace that comes while being purified in the fire of affliction.  It seems that sometimes the Lord pulls us out of trouble, but much more often he meets us there and strengthens us to bear it.  I think that’s why so many people feel that this text applies specifically to themselves.

Musically, I wanted some unanswered questions to convey this text.  I didn’t want the harmony to give an impression of complete happiness or despair.  I wanted a feeling of completeness, but not completion.  I avoided straight major or minor chords, which are associated with specific emotional roles.  So this piece utilizes many open harmonies, and each major or minor chord has an added tone – a second or a fourth or something else.  I also wanted the harmony to be approachable for singers and listeners, so the piece is completely diatonic – there are no accidentals.”
Nathan Howe (b. 1982) is a Colorado composer, educator, and performer.  He holds a Bachelor of Music Education degree from the University of Northern Colorado and a Master of Science degree in Educational Leadership from Western Governors University.    He has been commissioned to compose and arrange for community and church choirs, university ensembles, short films, and live stage shows.  His music has also received awards of distinction and merit in the annual music submissions for the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints.  Nathan served in the Australia Sydney South Mission from 2001-2003.  He began publishing music in 2006.  Nathan currently lives in Fort Morgan, Colorado, where he directs choir and orchestra in the local schools.  He and his wife Allison have three children.”

Here’s a link to Nathan’s striking piece:  Peace Be Unto Thy Soul

 

 

Meet Composer, David Batchelor

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David Batchelor – Composer/Arranger

HolySheetMusic welcomes composer, David Batchelor.  When David sent over his arrangement of “The Lord My Pasture Will Prepare”, I knew immediately that this would be a wonderful addition to the HolySheetMusic library.  David and his family currently reside in Columbia, South Carolina.

Here’s more about David:

David William Batchelor is set to graduate from the University of South Carolina in May 2015 with a DMA in music composition and a minor in music theory. He holds previous degrees in music composition from Brigham Young University (MM 2010) and the University of Houston (BM 2006). His principle teachers have been John Fitz Rogers (USC), Neil Thornock (BYU), and Robert Nelson (UH).

While much of his professional effort aims toward a contemporary classical audience, David’s greatest pleasure as a composer comes from his efforts toward his brothers and sisters in Christ. In 2014, he began concerts called Schubertiads, named after the gatherings for the music of 19th-century composer Franz Schubert, that bring live classical music into the homes of his friends. Most of all, the concerts aim to educate the youth of his community in the beauty of live classical music. Children are especially welcome to attend.

Here is a link to David’s arrangement:  “The Lord My Pasture Will Prepare”

 

 

 

JANICE KAPP PERRY and DAVID ZABRISKIE

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Janice Kapp Perry – Composer/Arranger

JANICE KAPP PERRY and DAVID ZABRISKIE’S first collaborative project:  “When Saints Unite to Sing God’s Praise.”

Janice Kapp Perry writes:  

I had the great blessing of singing with the Mormon Tabernacle Choir in Salt Lake City
for 5 1/2 years–one of the most glorious musical experiences I could ever have imagined.
The first time I sang “Battle Hymn of the Republic” surrounded by so many magnificent voices,
I was too overwhelmed to sing! Later as the choir sang a few of my children’s songs on the
weekly broadcast of Music and the Spoken Word, I felt doubly blessed. Tours within the U.S.
and in several foreign countries added to my joy.
Every choir member must retire at age 60, no exceptions, and when that day came for me it was
difficult. One of the sweetest parts of singing in the choir is the warm relationships that are formed
with other choir members as we unite our voices in singing praises to God. I searched for a fitting
gift to give to choir members as I left the fold, and my heart told me to write a hymn that would
express my feelings as a  member of the choir. I prayed for just the right words to convey my
deepest emotions and the inspiration came during one quiet Sunday afternoon.
When the hymn was done I asked our conductor, Dr. Jerrold Ottley, if I might have permission
to insert a copy in the each member’s music box. After examining the hymn he told me he
would like the choir to perform it on my final broadcast. I was humbled and overjoyed!
It seemed the perfect ending to my choir experience.
I deeply appreciate Dave Zabriskie who has now created a beautiful choral arrangement of
my hymn.

 

“When Saints Unite to Sing God’s Praise”:  http://holysheetmusic.com/?p=1377

 

Kathleen Holyoak – We adore her and love her music!

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Kathleen Holyoak – Composer/Arranger

 

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Kathleen Holyoak, award-winning composer, pianist, and organist was born in Hawaii, raised in Idaho, and currently resides in Arizona.

Music became her passion when she began taking piano lessons at age 5.  She received a Bachelor of Music from BYU with an organ emphasis but it wasn’t until her four daughters were raised that she began composing, less than 20 years ago.   During that time she has written more than 200 songs and instrumental arrangements.

Her music has been performed around the globe, including the White House for Pres. and Mrs. Bush and the private residence of Vice-Pres. and Mrs. Cheney for Christmas gatherings, in Russia, Ukraine, England, South America, and Africa.

She and her husband have participated in many humanitarian trips and most recently returned from Uganda where Kathleen performed, gave firesides, and music workshops.

Here are two wonderful and distinct pieces composed by Kathleen.  She is diverse in her styles.  Her music is always a pleasure to perform and enjoy.

“Angels on Tiptoe”:  http://holysheetmusic.com/?p=1098

“A Place of Peace:  http://holysheetmusic.com/?p=902

HolySheetMusic proudly introduces Ryan Tilby – Guitarist/Composer/Arranger

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HolySheetMusic welcomes Ryan Tilby to the fold as a composer/arranger of stunningly beautiful Solo Guitar Music.   HolySheetMusic is proud to present Ryan’s recordings as well as his sheet music.  Here’s a little more about Ryan and his album “Sacred Guitar.”

Ryan Tilby is an in-demand multi-instrumentalist and audio engineer with experience recording (and being recorded) in every major studio in Utah.  With years under his belt as a professional touring musician signed to Capitol Records, Ryan has played venues around the world and recorded on hundreds of projects.  He studied jazz guitar at Utah State University and has two solo albums distributed through Stone Angel Music.

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Ryan Tilby Guitarist/Composer/Arranger

Ryan’s simple arrangements of these hymns capture the innocence of life. His acoustic guitar performance creates an atmosphere of prayer, meditation, and soul searching amidst the adversity of mortal live. They stimulate righteous desires in the soul.

“In these hymns I hope you find the message their writers meant to convey. It’s a great responsibility to play sacred music. I’m not much of a singer, and my guitar has always been the voice I use to praise God. The reverent arrangement and solo guitar approach is deliberate; I’d like the listener to sense the emotion of the piece, not the extravagant complexities and multiple passes of guitar. I love my Savior and His kindness to me. To Him and all those He has put into my life, I give thanks.” -Ryan Tilby

“SACRED GUITAR” REVIEWS:

“How do you even describe this album? Tilby’s approach to these hymns is exactly what he promises in his notes on the album. He does them with such quiet dignity, it really gives credence to the adage, “less is more”. A great album. I truly appreciate this addition to my library.” -Justin, FAN

“This album is simply beautiful. It is complex in its simplicity, with quietly powerful energy and thought provoking sound. These songs set the tone to help create a peaceful space to just ‘be’. This album feels like a reminder to slow down, be more aware, and to place attention on what is most important. Very well done, and highly recommended.” -Tamara, FAN

“This music makes my home the most serene place to be. Not only do I love to play it on Sundays, but anytime I wish to be distracted from the frenetic pace of life. Therapy for my soul….Ryan Tilby is a master at his art, grace on strings!” -Kay, FAN

“Ryan Tilby’s tender approach is beautiful & reverent. His love for the Savior is elegantly expressed.” — Paul Cardall, Award-Winning Pianist and Producer

 

Daniel Carter – Composer/Arranger – And very much involved in HolySheetMusic.com

09 Jul 2014 / 2 Comments / in Uncategorized/by

 

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We at HolySheetMusic.com are excited about our two newest releases by composer, Daniel Carter—two PIANO DUETS (!!) for 1 Piano, 4 Hands of two of the most beloved pieces in classical literature: “O Divine Redeemer,” and “Panis Angelicus.” On a personal note I’ve known Dan for over 30 years, reaching back to our early days in college. He has over (are you ready?) 500 pieces of music in print, and he is delighted to make many of them exclusively available through HolySheetMusic. He has been one of our composers from the day of our initial launch, last November, and we wanted to properly introduce him to all of you with this latest release.  Please click on the links below to hear these beautiful arrangements.


O Divine Redeemer
http://holysheetmusic.com/?p=1351

Panis Angelicus
http://holysheetmusic.com/?p=1344

HolySheetMusic introduces and welcomes Niki Nichols

06 Jul 2014 / 0 Comments / in Uncategorized/by

 

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Niki Nichols – Composer (Christian Music)

Niki is the newest composer to join HolySheetMusic.com  Niki was introduce to me through her father, Tim Meixner – Conductor of the Metropolitan Detroit Youth Chorus (http://mdyc.com).  Her writing is beautiful and touches the soul.  Here’s more about Niki:

Niki was born into a family of musicians where she spent her youth helping dad grade theory papers, notating songs from the radio into a cappella arrangements (for fun!), performing in community theater, and touring the country with her father’s choir, The Metropolitan Detroit Youth Chorus.

Niki holds a Bachelor of Science degree in Music Education from Rochester College in Rochester, MI.  Niki is a first soprano having participated in the Rochester College A Cappella Chorus, the college’s a cappella vocal band “Spectrum”, and several musicals and operas.  She is an a cappella enthusiast due largely to the fact that she grew up in the a cappella tradition as well as not learning to play the piano until college, having always written music without one!

Niki and her husband, Matt, have 4 children.  They have dedicated their lives to going where God calls them and joining in with whatever God is doing there.  They have recently moved their family to Pontiac, MI, where they work closely with the homeless community.  Niki is a licensed Minister of Music currently serving at the Shepherd’s Fold Community Church alongside her husband who is the Associate Pastor. The church meets in the basement of a homeless shelter.  They are currently working to raise funds for creative housing solutions and case management for the homeless of Pontiac.  Please take a look at her beautiful choral piece, “Show Me Your Ways, O Lord.”

 

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