A tender prayer in Portuguese that asks for grace and strength from the "Mãe querida" ("dear Mother") to have an open heart, see beauty, and hear music. Composed during a 2018 artist residency at the Sacatar Institute in Itaparica, Bahia, Brazil. 
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Originally written for Lent, a season that invites "turning" or a change in direction, this can be sung with just melody by a congregation, or with four parts for choir.
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The classic 17th-century Advent text, "Comfort, Comfort Ye My People”in an original three-part (SAT) gospel/R&B setting.
Choral/piano score and lead sheet.
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Your purchase includes a license to print up to 4 copies of the lead sheet. Additional reprints of the choral score are $2 each.

Originally commissioned by St. Peter Episcopal Church, Ashtabula, OH, this two-part piece is based on Jesus' question to his disciples in Matthew 16, when he asks, "Who do you say that I am?"
Your purchase includes a piano/vocal score and rhythm section lead sheet, as well as a license to print up to 3 copies of the lead sheet only. Reprint copies of the piano/vocal score are $1.50 each (email deannajazz@gmail.com to arrange payment).
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Winner of the 2016 Illinois ACDA Choral Composition Contest, this SSAA setting of text by Bengali poet Rabindranath Tagore features lush harmonies and lyrical melodic lines. Available HERE at MusicSpoke .

Original unison gospel/funk setting of the 1885 Christina Rossetti poem, "Love Came Down at Christmas." Your purchase includes a lead sheet and piano/vocal score.
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Choral reprint copies are 2.00 each (email Deanna at deannajazz@gmail.com to arrange reprint payment).

Original SATB song in the Justice Choir Songbook, Vol. I.
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SSAA setting of a poem by Denise Levertov, which was originally written as a response to a line by Thomas Merton.
Watch a performance of the piece with the Wheaton College Women's Chorale at this Youtube video.
Listen here to a related WXXI radio interview.
Your purchase includes a choral/piano score.
Reprint copies are 1.50 each (email Deanna at deannajazz@gmail.com to arrange reprint payment).
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This piece was written for myself and two other women to sing a cappella at a lessons and carols service. The text came out of meditating on the Annunciation (see Luke 1:26-38). Recorded on From This Place.
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An original SATB choral piece inspired by the Gerard Manley Hopkins line, "I say that we are wound/With mercy round and round/As if with air." Watch a performance of the piece at this Youtube video. Your purchase includes a choral/piano score and a rhythm section lead sheet.
Reprint copies are 1.50 each (email Deanna at deannajazz@gmail.com to arrange reprint payment).
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Originally written for Lent, a season that invites "turning" or a change in direction, this can be sung with just melody by a congregation, or with four parts for choir.
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Original SATB song in the Justice Choir Songbook, Vol. I.
HEAR THE LAST VERSE HERE.

Winner of the 2017 Annual Hymn Search of The Hymn Society in the U.S. and Canada.
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This simple, joyful calypso invites all to come and feast. Can be sung in unison or 3-part harmony (SAT).
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Gospel setting of "Come, Holy Spirit, kindle in us the fire of your love." Great for Pentecost.
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The New Testament canticle with a congregational refrain and verses for a soloist or cantor. As recorded on From This Place.
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A simple, swinging congregational refrain ("Let my prayer rise before you as incense; the lifting of my hands as the evening sacrifice") alternates with soloist verses. Jazz players can easily improvise over the form.
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This short piece, loosely based on Psalm 88:12, is a simple prayer asking for attentiveness to the daily wonders that surround us. Your purchase includes a lead sheet, fully notated piano part, and bulletin insert for congregational singing.
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Originally written as a joyful prayer response during Easter: alleluias with a calypso feel!
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This ancient Christian prayer is often used in vespers services. This congregational setting contains an optional instrumental interlude. Recorded on From This Place.
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A simple bilingual (English/Spanish) prayer response that can be used responsively. To hear the setting, watch this YOUTUBE video.

This contemporary gospel setting of Psalm 30 has a simple congregational refrain, with improvised soloist verses. Hear the piece in a jazz vespers from Saint Peter's Church in NYC at this Youtube video. Your purchase includes a congregational bulletin insert and a lead sheet for vocal soloist and instrumentalists. Whatever translation of the Psalms you use provides the text for your verses!
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Sheet music e-book with 13 jazz hymn arrangements (lead sheets and piano scores) from Makes the Heart to Sing: Jazz Hymns.
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Lead sheet and piano score. As performed on Makes the Heart to Sing: Jazz Hymns.
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Lead sheet and piano score. As performed on Makes the Heart to Sing: Jazz Hymns.
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Lead sheet and piano score. As performed on Makes the Heart to Sing: Jazz Hymns.
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Lead sheet and piano score. As performed on Makes the Heart to Sing: Jazz Hymns.
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Lead sheet and piano score. As performed on Makes the Heart to Sing: Jazz Hymns.
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Lead sheet and piano score. As performed on Makes the Heart to Sing: Jazz Hymns.
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Lead sheet and piano score. As performed on Makes the Heart to Sing: Jazz Hymns.
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Lead sheet and piano score. As performed on Makes the Heart to Sing: Jazz Hymns.
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WATCH THE TRIO VIDEO

Lead sheet and piano score. As performed on Makes the Heart to Sing: Jazz Hymns.
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WATCH THE TRIO VIDEO

Lead sheet and piano score. As performed on Makes the Heart to Sing: Jazz Hymns.
WATCH THE TRIO VIDEO HERE
PURCHASE THE MP3 HERE

Lead sheet and piano score. As performed on Makes the Heart to Sing: Jazz Hymns.
PURCHASE THE MP3 HERE

Lead sheet and piano score. As performed on Makes the Heart to Sing: Jazz Hymns.
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Lead sheet and piano score. As performed on Makes the Heart to Sing: Jazz Hymns.
PURCHASE THE MP3 HERE

Sheet music e-book with 13 jazz hymn arrangements (lead sheets and piano scores) from Makes the Heart to Sing: Jazz Hymns.
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A PDF version of the 137-page songbook.
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Spiral-bound, 137 page songbook.
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Spiral-bound songbook and From This Place CD.
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Lead sheet, piano score, and bulletin insert.
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Part of Deanna's larger Evening Mass.
Your purchase includes a piano/vocal score, lead sheet, and bulletin insert. Recorded on From This Place.
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Part of Deanna's larger Evening Mass. As recorded on From This Place.
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Part of Deanna's larger Evening Mass. As recorded on
From This Place.


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Part of my larger Evening Mass, the Agnus Dei is set for four voices. Your purchase includes a lead sheet, choral score, and fully notated piano part, and bulletin insert for congregational singing. Recorded on From This Place.
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The sheet music for the title track of my 2009 recording, From This Place was written for an Easter jazz vespers in 2007. Your purchase includes two lead sheets (one for the vocal soloist and one for instrumentalists) and a fully notated piano part.
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The text of I Heard the Voice of Jesus Say was written by Scottish poet Horatius Bonar in 1846. The sense of rest and surrender in the imagery is central to this resetting. Recorded on From This Place. Your purchase includes a lead sheet and fully notated piano part.
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A vocal solo setting of the well-loved Fanny Crosby lyric, "Pass Me Not, O Gentle Savior." The text of this piece is so heartfelt- like one of the Psalms that cry out to God- that I had to put my own stamp on the music to make it my own prayer. Recorded on From This Place.
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English poet Frances Havergal composed her best known text in 1874. The words offer a prayer of complete surrender to God, almost addressing God as a lover. My setting was originally written as a vocal duet, but can also be performed by a solo vocalist. Your purchase includes two lead sheets (one for a vocal soloist; one for a vocal duo), and a fully notated piano score.
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Lead sheet and piano score. As performed on Makes the Heart to Sing: Jazz Hymns.
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The hymn tune of O, the Deep, Deep Love (commonly known in hymnal indexes as Ebenezer, or Ton-y-Botel) was written by Welsh composer Thomas J. Williams in 1890. Though several different texts have been set to Williams’ tune, the one that informed my arrangement was written in 1875 by Samuel Francis. Francis’ text speaks of the love of God as an ocean that is all around us, free and deep and always moving. Recorded on From This Place.
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Sheet music e-book with 13 jazz hymn arrangements (lead sheets and piano scores) from Makes the Heart to Sing: Jazz Hymns.
VIEW A 13 PAGE EXCERPT

Lead sheet and piano score. As performed on Makes the Heart to Sing: Jazz Hymns.
PURCHASE THE MP3 HERE

Lead sheet and piano score. As performed on Makes the Heart to Sing: Jazz Hymns.
PURCHASE THE MP3 HERE

Lead sheet and piano score. As performed on Makes the Heart to Sing: Jazz Hymns.
WATCH TRIO VIDEO SAMPLE
HEAR THE MP3

Lead sheet and piano score. As performed on Makes the Heart to Sing: Jazz Hymns.
HEAR THE MP3

Lead sheet and piano score. As performed on Makes the Heart to Sing: Jazz Hymns.
WATCH THE TRIO VIDEO
PURCHASE THE MP3 HERE

Lead sheet and piano score. As performed on Makes the Heart to Sing: Jazz Hymns.
WATCH THE TRIO VIDEO
HEAR THE MP3

Lead sheet and piano score. As performed on Makes the Heart to Sing: Jazz Hymns.
WATCH THE TRIO VIDEO
PURCHASE THE MP3 HERE

Lead sheet and piano score. As performed on Makes the Heart to Sing: Jazz Hymns.
HEAR THE MP3
WATCH THE TRIO VIDEO

Lead sheet and piano score. As performed on Makes the Heart to Sing: Jazz Hymns.
HEAR THE MP3
WATCH THE TRIO VIDEO

Lead sheet and piano score. As performed on Makes the Heart to Sing: Jazz Hymns.
WATCH THE TRIO VIDEO HERE
PURCHASE THE MP3 HERE

Lead sheet and piano score. As performed on Makes the Heart to Sing: Jazz Hymns.
PURCHASE THE MP3 HERE

Lead sheet and piano score. As performed on Makes the Heart to Sing: Jazz Hymns.
HEAR THE MP3

Lead sheet and piano score. As performed on Makes the Heart to Sing: Jazz Hymns.
PURCHASE THE MP3 HERE