In this arrangement of a familiar melody, the piano sets the stage for a cheerful, assured sound world, and continues solo piano accompaniment throughout the first stanza. The refrain is then omitted, and the piano builds for instruments to join in on the second stanza. The repeat uses the second half of the original introduction as the second half of the transition material. The piano builds in a written key change, and all voices and instruments play at fortissimo on “I’m so glad I learned to trust Him.” All instruments, including piano, will tacit for the final refrain, as congregation lifts their voices – giving opportunity for the voices to sing in harmony. Includes piano score and all individual parts: treble clef C instrument, treble clef B-flat instrument, horn, and bass clef instrument.
Real Responses from Congregations
Molly plays for the church my mother-in-law attends. The congregation becomes like a big choir with her arrangements. I’ve enjoyed the music when we’ve visited!
The beautiful accompaniment and the unison congregation could be used both congregationally and chorally (as we did)… For small to medium-sized choirs on low attendance Sundays these could be effective choral pieces or as a way to develop choir and orchestra when (as is our case) some choir members are also instrumentalists. We used three pieces as part of our Easter celebration. All were very well received. We were able to include our developing orchestra with all of it. So, thank you!
We love using these arrangements at Valley Community Baptist Church in our worship setting, regardless if we are using just piano and organ on a particular Sunday, or our full orchestra with choir and congregation. As the organist, the conductors score offers a great organ score option as an asset for churches using organ with these settings without revamping the piano score, making it quite easy… Thank you, Molly!
Molly’s congregational accompaniments add a freshness to treasured hymns of the past that enables a cross-generational congregation to join together in passionate worship of a great God.
