CHRISTMAS

Comfort Ye- SAT

The classic 17th-century Advent text, "Comfort, Comfort Ye My People”in an original three-part (SAT) gospel/R&B setting.
HEAR IT HERE
Your purchase includes a license to print up to 4 copies of the lead sheet. Additional reprints of the choral score are $2 each.

Price: $5.00

Love Came Down

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.
HEAR MP3/WATCH VIDEO HERE
WATCH CHORAL VIDEO HERE
Choral reprint copies are 2.00 each (email Deanna at deannajazz@gmail.com to arrange reprint payment).

Price: $3.00

Never Before

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.
Reprint copies are 1.50 each (email Deanna at deannajazz@gmail.com to arrange reprint payment).
VIEW SAMPLE PDF
LISTEN TO ENTIRE PIECE

Price: $3.00

A Christmas Carol

SATB a cappella setting of a G.K. Chesterton poem. Winner of the 2017 New England Carol Contest. "Ms. Witkowski has composed an elegant setting of a striking poem." Robert Russell, music director of the ChoralArt Camerata, Portland, Maine
VIEW AND HEAR HERE.
Purchase at MusicSpoke .

Price: $0.00

KINGS OF ORIENT (We Three Kings)

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

Price: $3.00

LENT/EASTER

Alleluia

​Use as a joyful prayer response or gospel acclamation during Easter: Alleluias with a calypso feel! VIEW AND HEAR HERE.

Price: $3.00

Jesus Christ is Risen! Cristo Resucitó!

A bilingual Spanish and English piece originally written for a children's choir to sing on Easter Sunday. Simple enough to be taught by ear to choirs and congregations. HEAR IT HERE.

Price: $2.00

Turning- unison or SATB

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.
VIEW AND HEAR HERE.
Purchase at MusicSpoke .

Price: $0.00

PENTECOST

Kindle in Us Your Love

Gospel setting of "Come, Holy Spirit, kindle in us the fire of your love." Great for Pentecost.
VIEW AND HEAR HERE.

Price: $3.00

CHORAL ORIGINALS (SAT, SATB, SSAA, SSA)

We Walk in Love- piano part!

Now Deanna’s original song in the Justice Choir Songbook has a piano part (complete with a modulation)!
SEE VIDEOS OF DEANNA PLAYING THE PIECE- AND OF 900 SINGERS AT ST. OLAF COLLEGE SINGING IT- ALONG WITH A SCORE EXCERPT.

Price: $2.00

His Eye is On the Sparrow

A grooving, joyful original setting of the beloved text. Originally commissioned for Palmetto Girls Sing, a 4th and 5th grade girls choir in Greenwood, SC.
SEE VIDEO AND SCORE HERE.
Your purchase includes a full piano/vocal score and a rhythm section chart. Additional copies are $2 each.

Price: $5.00

Oração da Viajante (The Traveler's Prayer)- SATB

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. 
VIEW AND HEAR HERE.
Purchase at MusicSpoke .

Price: $0.00

Turning- unison or SATB

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.
VIEW AND HEAR HERE.
Purchase at MusicSpoke .

Price: $0.00

Comfort Ye- SAT

The classic 17th-century Advent text, "Comfort, Comfort Ye My People”in an original three-part (SAT) gospel/R&B setting.
HEAR IT HERE
Your purchase includes a license to print up to 4 copies of the lead sheet. Additional reprints of the choral score are $2 each.

Price: $5.00

Who Do You Say?- two-part

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).
HEAR THE MP3/WATCH VIDEO

Price: $5.00

Where Shadow Chases Light- SSAA

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 .

Price: $0.00

Love Came Down

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.
HEAR MP3/WATCH VIDEO HERE
WATCH CHORAL VIDEO HERE
Choral reprint copies are 2.00 each (email Deanna at deannajazz@gmail.com to arrange reprint payment).

Price: $3.00

'I learned that her name was Proverb.'

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).
VIEW CHORAL SCORE SAMPLE PDF

Price: $5.00

Never Before

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.
Reprint copies are 1.50 each (email Deanna at deannajazz@gmail.com to arrange reprint payment).
VIEW SAMPLE PDF
LISTEN TO ENTIRE PIECE

Price: $3.00

We Are Surrounded

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).
VIEW CHORAL SCORE SAMPLE PDF

Price: $5.00

ORIGINAL SONGS, PSALM SETTINGS

Alleluia

​Use as a joyful prayer response or gospel acclamation during Easter: Alleluias with a calypso feel! VIEW AND HEAR HERE.

Price: $3.00

Kindle in Us Your Love

Gospel setting of "Come, Holy Spirit, kindle in us the fire of your love." Great for Pentecost.
VIEW AND HEAR HERE.

Price: $3.00

Turning- unison or SATB

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.
VIEW AND HEAR HERE.
Purchase at MusicSpoke .

Price: $0.00

We Walk in Love

Original SATB song in the Justice Choir Songbook, Vol. I.
HEAR THE LAST VERSE HERE.

Price: $0.00

We Belong to God (Psalm 100)

Winner of the 2017 Annual Hymn Search of The Hymn Society in the U.S. and Canada.
VIEW AND HEAR HERE.

Price: $3.00

Come and Feast

This simple, joyful calypso invites all to come and feast. Can be sung in unison or 3-part harmony (SAB).
HEAR THE MELODY WITH RHYTHM SECTION HERE.
VIEW SCORE AND HEAR THE CHORAL VERSION HERE.
Purchase at MusicSpoke .

Price: $0.00

Song of Simeon (Nunc Dimittis)

The New Testament canticle with a congregational refrain and verses for a soloist or cantor. As recorded on From This Place.
VIEW AND HEAR HERE.

Price: $5.00

Let My Prayer Rise (Psalm 141)

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.
VIEW LEAD SHEET SAMPLE PDF
VIEW PIANO SAMPLE PDF
HEAR/PURCHASE THE MP3

Price: $5.00

Make Your Wonders Known

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.
VIEW BULLETIN SAMPLE PDF
VIEW LEAD SHEET SAMPLE PDF
VIEW PIANO SAMPLE PDF

Price: $3.00

Christ the Light (Phos Hilaron)

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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VIEW PIANO SAMPLE PDF

Price: $5.00

Hear Us, O Lord/Escuchanos, O Dios

A simple bilingual (English/Spanish) prayer response.
VIEW AND HEAR HERE.

Price: $3.00

Mourning into Dancing (Psalm 30)

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!
VIEW LEAD SHEET SAMPLE PDF

Price: $2.00

CONGREGATIONAL HYMN ARRANGEMENTS (see INSTRUMENTAL for more)
Click on each sheet music thumbnail to view score excerpts.

Makes the Heart to Sing: Jazz Hymns- downloadable sheet music book

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

Price: $15.00

Shall We Gather at the River?

A reharmonized samba setting of the classic hymn allows congregations to sing the familiar melody without alteration.
SEE VIDEO HERE.
Your purchase includes a lead sheet. A separate piano score will be available in spring 2020.

Price: $1.00

ABBOT'S LEIGH

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

Price: $3.00

BEACH SPRING

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

Price: $3.00

CWM RHONDDA (Guide Me, O Thou Great Jehovah)

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

Price: $3.00

FOUNDATION (How Firm a Foundation)

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

Price: $3.00

HOLY MANNA

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

Price: $3.00

HYFRYDOL (Love Divine, All Loves Excelling)

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

Price: $3.00

HYMN TO JOY (Joyful, Joyful, We Adore Thee)

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

Price: $3.00

KINGS OF ORIENT (We Three Kings)

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

Price: $3.00

LASST UNS ERFREUEN (All Creatures of Our God and King)

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

Price: $3.00

Lord, I Want to Be a Christian

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

Price: $3.00

NICAEA (Holy, Holy, Holy)

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

Price: $3.00

There is a Balm in Gilead

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

Price: $3.00

WOODWORTH (Just As I Am)

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

Price: $3.00

JUSTICE CHOIR

We Walk in Love- piano part!

Now Deanna’s original song in the Justice Choir Songbook has a piano part (complete with a modulation)!
SEE VIDEOS OF DEANNA PLAYING THE PIECE- AND OF 900 SINGERS AT ST. OLAF COLLEGE SINGING IT- ALONG WITH A SCORE EXCERPT.

Price: $2.00

The vocal score to “We Walk in Love,” Deanna’s original SATB song in the Justice Choir Songbook, is available as a free download for non-commercial use at https://songs.justicechoir.org/WeWalk

SONGBOOKS

Makes the Heart to Sing: Jazz Hymns- downloadable sheet music book

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

Price: $15.00

From This Place: Downloadable Songbook

A PDF version of the 137-page songbook.
VIEW A 13 PAGE EXCERPT

Price: $20.00

From This Place: Physical Songbook

Spiral-bound, 137 page songbook.
VIEW A 13 PAGE EXCERPT
Note: For U.S. customers only.

Price: $30.00

From This Place: Physical Songbook and CD

Spiral-bound songbook and From This Place CD.
HEAR CLIPS HERE
Note: For U.S. customers only.

Price: $45.00

MORNING MASS NEW as of Fall 2019!

Morning Mass: Kyrie

Lead sheet, piano score, and bulletin insert.
HEAR IT HERE
Your purchase includes a license to print up to three copies of the lead sheet.

Price: $3.00

Morning Mass: Gloria

Lead sheet, piano score, and bulletin insert.
HEAR IT HERE
Your purchase includes a license to print up to three copies of the lead sheet.

Price: $5.00

Morning Mass: Sanctus

NEW! Lead sheet and bulletin insert. Piano score coming late fall 2019.
HEAR IT HERE
Your purchase includes a license to print up to three copies of the lead sheet.

Price: $3.00

Morning Mass: Agnus Dei

Lead sheet, piano score, and bulletin insert.
HEAR IT HERE
Your purchase includes a license to print up to three copies of the lead sheet.

Price: $3.00

EVENING MASS

Evening Mass: Kyrie

As recorded on From This Place.
Part of Deanna's larger Evening Mass.
Your purchase includes a piano/vocal score, lead sheet, and bulletin insert.
VIEW AND HEAR HERE.

Price: $5.00

Evening Mass: Gloria (SATB)

As recorded on From This Place.
Part of Deanna's larger Evening Mass.
VIEW AND HEAR HERE.
Purchase at MusicSpoke.

Price: $0.00

Evening Mass: Sanctus

As recorded on From This Place.
Part of Deanna's larger Evening Mass. As recorded on
From This Place.


VIEW AND HEAR HERE.

Price: $5.00

Evening Mass: Agnus Dei

As recorded on From This Place.
Part of Deanna's 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.
VIEW CHORAL SCORE SAMPLE PDF
VIEW BULLETIN SAMPLE PDF
VIEW LEAD SHEET SAMPLE PDF
VIEW PIANO SAMPLE PDF

Price: $5.00

ORIGINAL TEXT AND MUSIC

From This Place

As recorded on From This Place.
From This Place was written for an Easter jazz vespers. Your purchase includes two lead sheets (one for the vocal soloist and one for instrumentalists) and a fully notated piano part.
VIEW LEAD SHEET SAMPLE PDF
VIEW PIANO SAMPLE PDF
VIEW RHYTHM SECTION SAMPLE PDF

Price: $5.00

NEW SETTINGS OF OLD TEXT

Pass Me Not

An original setting of the well-loved Fanny Crosby lyric, “Pass Me Not, O Gentle Savior.” As recorded on From This Place.
HEAR AND VIEW HERE

Price: $5.00

I Heard the Voice of Jesus Say

As recorded on From This Place.
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. Your purchase includes a lead sheet and fully notated piano part.
VIEW LEAD SHEET SAMPLE PDF
VIEW PIANO SAMPLE PDF

Price: $5.00

Take My Life and Let It Be

As recorded on From This Place.
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.
VIEW VOCAL DUET SAMPLE PDF
VIEW ONE VOCAL SAMPLE PDF
VIEW PIANO SAMPLE PDF
WATCH A YOUTUBE VIDEO

Price: $5.00