Quiet Victory Dedicated to Laurie Thurston I John 5:4-5 Preview: Choral score: $ US Accompaniment track: $ US This song attempts to capture Laurie’s gentle and sweet personality in musical form. It expresses a confidence in God which is above the stresses of life. Overall, the theme of victory – the meaning of “Laurie” – …
Category: Choral music
The Big Picture
The Big Picture Dedicated to Brad Schield I Peter 5:6-7 Preview: Choral score: $ US Accompaniment track: $ US The Living Water Composition Project came into being as an effort to provide some new music for Seasons of Heart, the erstwhile Valley Church senior high ensemble. However, Seasons of Heart disbanded before their set of …
The Lord Will Give Me Wings
The Lord Will Give Me Wings Dedicated to Jesse Cecil Isaiah 40:31 Preview: Choral score: $ US Accompaniment track: $ US Jesse was riding his bike at Angel Island in November 1989 when he missed a curve and went over the edge, breaking his neck (first and second cervical vertebrae). Such an injury is almost …
LWCP, 1989-1990
LWCP – The Beginning The 1989-1990 season was marked by a number of profound changes in Living Water’s ministry. We had just completed our first summer season, and I’d already decided to have us continue year round. It also was the first year that I personally felt a reasonable level of “ownership” as our director …
TTBB
I sang in the (erstwhile) Valley Church Men’s Quartet, aka “The Brethren” / “Alpha Tau Pi” from 1987 to around 1999 (it turned out that I was the only original member to go the whole distance…). We had some great ministry opportunities during those years, and God blessed us wonderfully. I also had the privilege …
SSA
In the past, Valley Church had an excellent Ladies’ Trio which sang not only for Sunday services but a number of other church functions/groups, in addition to ministering in other places. The three ladies also have a long history of serving the Lord individually as well; they take their singing seriously, and use it to …
SATB
My SATB writing isn’t confined to songs for Living Water. A few other pieces have come into being for various (and now-forgotten) reasons. However, they have the same sort of approach to composing that the others do. Enjoy!
LWCP
The Living Water Composition Project Living Water is the choir which I directed, first at Valley Church (Cupertino, California), and later First Presbyterian Church (Mountain View, California). When we used big words, we called ourselves a “multigenerational, non-audition, creative arts outreach ministry”. In real-people words, that means anyone can join us, that they don’t need …
Sing
Choraegus was a choral music company before our first handbell piece became part of our catalog. We have about 100 scores for SATB choir, SSA women’s ensemble, and TTBB men’s ensemble. The great majority of our vocal compositions were written for Living Water, the choir I directed from 1987-2010. Those songs are the Living Water …
Larry Sue
Larry Sue has been a church musician since 1974, when he became the accompanist for his church’s new youth choir. That led to opportunities with guitar, voice (natural-range baritone, but usually tenor, and occasionally bass and alto), keyboards, electric bass, choral conducting, and choral composing. He began playing to handbells in 1987 at a choral …
