Built On Rock Dedicated to Pete Thurston Matthew 7:24-27 Preview: Choral score: $ US Accompaniment track: $ US Pete was the only person to serve in Seasons of Heart over all four of his senior high years. He also anchored the Living Water bass section and provided a lot of encouragement to everyone around him. …
Category: Church Music
Seek His Face
Seek His Face Dedicated to Debbie (Fournier) Feil Psalm 67:1 Preview: Price: $ US The thematic material for this song was taken from “Debbie,” which means “bee;” this constitutes a verbal clue. In addition to writing meaningful lyrics, I tried to maintain scientific accuracy in the words: Bees don’t fly at night, presumably because they …
Quiet Victory
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” – …
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 …
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!
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 …
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I started Choraegus ShareMusic as a way to share my music with the public. My initial impression was that I was arriving a bit late in the game. What I didn’t know, being a newbie, was that 1995 actually was still in the beginning stages of the Internet. There were only about 25,000 Web sites …
