Dec 8 and 10: Music for Peace by Mary Lou Williams
On Dec 8 and 10, "Music for Peace," Mary Lou Williams's third Mass, will be performed by the Rutgers Newark Chorus and the Deanna Witkowski Trio.
Jazz hymn arrangements
Deanna’s latest trio recording and companion sheet music features 14 jazz arrangements of traditional hymn tunes.
Tag Archives: congregational song
Deanna’s jazz hymns article in the September issue of Down Beat!
My article, “Making Hearts and Voices Sing: Creating Jazz Hymns,” is now out in the September issue of Down Beat (it’s on pages 82-84). Complete with notated music examples, it offers practical tools on where to start in creating jazz arrangements of … Continue reading
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Hearing others sing my music (and winning composition contests)
This morning I found out that my song, “We Belong to God,” won The Hymn Society’s contest calling for new settings of Psalm 100. I’ve written about thirty psalm settings, and this one is one of my favorites (there are … Continue reading
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Tagged composition contest, congregational song, hymn society, jazz hymns, justice choir, psalm 100, sacred jazz
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