Charis Bean Duke – Composer/Arranger

We are thrilled to have Charis Bean Duke as the newest addition HolySheetMusic.

Charis is a very talent composer.   Her music is beautiful and well written.  I am especially impressed with her 4-part writing skills and voice-leading.  The first piece we are presenting is “Christmas Grace“.

This beautiful carol for SATB choir won First Place in the International Christmas Carol and Chanukah Song Writing Competition sponsored by the Amadeus Choir of Toronto. It is simple, yet elegant, and within the reach of choirs of all levels. The message reminds us to share the Grace of God with all the world.

Here’s more about Charis.

Charis is a composer, pianist, and oboist, holding degrees in composition from Brigham Young University and the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign. She enjoys all types of music, particularly anything avant garde. Her muses include Shostakovich, George Crumb, Vaughan Williams, and Bach.

Each Christmas Charis and her husband David compose a new carol together for their family Christmas card. They have writtentwenty-one, four of which have received First Place in the International Christmas Carol and Chanukah Song Writing Competition sponsored by the Amadeus Choir of Toronto.

When not busy with new music, Charis can be found experimenting wildly in the kitchen (with varying degrees of success) for her husband and three children, trying in vain to grown tomatoes organically, and playing in the pits for various Philadelphia area theaters.

Sam Fleming – Composer/Arranger/Organist

We are excited to have Sam Fleming as the newest composer addition to HolySheetMusic.com.  His featured work is a beautiful new setting of  The Lord is My Shepherd for SATB Choir, 2 Flutes with Harp or Piano accompaniment.  Please take a moment to listen to the recording of his music by Vocal Union as well as to peruse his sheet music.

Sam Fleming has become known throughout the United States and parts of South America as a musician, event producer, and filmmaker. He is currently active as a composer, arranger, organist and music educator. Sam will graduate from Brigham Young University-­‐Idaho with a Bachelor of Musical Arts degree in Organ Performance and Composition in April of 2016. He will also graduate with a minor in Communication focusing on Video Broadcasting and Public Relations.

As a composer and arranger Sam regularly receives commissions and performances by different performing groups including BYU-­‐Idaho Vocal Union and the BYU-­‐Idaho Concert Choir. As an organist, Sam regularly performs in the BYU-­‐Idaho Student Organ Recital Series, with choral groups at BYU-­‐Idaho, and most recently in the Salonierres Concert Series in Phoenix, Arizona.

Sam has served as a coordinator and manager for BYU-­‐Idaho Talent Activities where he coordinated and managed student run concerts and events. He has also served as music director for the BYU-­‐Idaho Theatre Summer Camp and as a music arranger    for the Gilbert Arizona Temple Youth Celebration.

Sam is currently a member of the American Guild of Organists and the BYU-­‐Idaho Student Composers Society.