This morning I downloaded the “Eventide” album and poked around the website. What a treasure! I’ve been playing the album all morning — it is beautiful! I love your interpretations — they are so sensitive and beautifully done. Music is so important to me, and having this in my collection brings me joy. You are truly gifted. Thank you for sharing your talent.
Testimonials
Marion Deniston, Elko, NV
I just bought your “Eventide” – both the sheet music and a digital recording – and I can’t wait to start learning some of the arrangements! One of the things I love about your arrangements is how sensitively you match your music to the text – deepening its meaning, illuminating it with light from within, enhancing and enriching the encounter and connection to the divine. I am always hunting for interesting arrangements that aren’t boring and repetitious, particularly of lesser-used hymns. Arrangements of “How Great Thou Art” or “I Am A Child of God” are done over and over again….but since I play special music frequently in Sacrament Meeting or Stake firesides, I search for something that isn’t just more of the same. And to my delight you offer some such arrangements. Thank you! Also, I love-love-love “I Have Two Little Hands“!!!!!!!!!!!!!! More, please!!!! ? I love how you have taken simple children’s songs and done not just fun things, but interesting things…such as “Over the Mountain.” I am having WAY too much fun listening to your music!
Jennifer Thurgood
I have been looking forward to hearing your piece “Does the Journey Seem Long?” ever since I saw it on the program when we received our music for this festival [Church Music Festival on Temple Square, February 2015]. This song has meant a lot to me over the years as I have struggled with much illness. Not long ago, it hung on my wall where I could read it easily from bed. It also has the sweetest story behind it – how the prophet Joseph Fielding Smith drew from his experience to write the words for his sick wife. Thanks for submitting this! I am excited to be blessed by it!
Shauna
This a lovely arrangement of “The Lord Is My Shepherd.” It is so peaceful — you are so talented!
George Agyapong, Harvard Medical School student
Thank you very much for your beautiful arrangement of my favorite hymn, “Master, the Tempest Is Raging.” I plan use your arrangement as an accompaniment for a solo performance at my church’s concert. God bless you with many more inspirations that yield such beautiful pieces of music.
Keshia Lai, Singapore
Thank you for making your arrangement of “I Heard the Bells On Christmas Day” available for free download. I had one of my ward’s pianists play it for our Christmas sacrament program last year, and it was lovely.
ReNae Woolsey, Germany
I just want to thank you for this beautiful arrangement of “Come, Follow Me/I Know That My Savior Loves Me.” I am serving a mission in Germany with my husband and I play for the Primary. There were only four children participating in this small branch for the Sacrament Meeting Program and we wanted something to make them feel good as they sang these beautiful songs. We used it for the closing song and included a violin, organ, and the congregation. It was wonderful and I loved it in the German language! Don’t you just love it that music is international? Thank you for sharing with us!
Katie Hopkins, Parkway 1st Ward Primary President
I would like to say thank you SO much for providing the arrangement of “Come Follow Me/I Know That My Savior Loves Me” on the freeldssheetmusic.org website! We had our Primary Program a couple of weeks ago and ended the Sacrament Meeting with this arrangement (with a little tweaking…we had the regular hymn accompaniment for verses 1-3, and then had your arrangement start with verse 4 and continue through 6). As soon as I found the music, I knew it was going to be powerful. And it surely was!! I cried uncontrollably as the children came back in to sing the chorus “I know He lives…”, and then the power and spirit that was in the room with the piano and organ combined and singing that amazing last verse was so awesome!! Thank you, thank you for sharing this inspired piece with everyone!
Ariana Winters, McMinnville, OR
“She makes up her own music so I know she will play SO good!” ~ Ariana (age 7.94), on hearing that her Primary teacher, Sister Britt, will be able to play the piano for her baptism
Lauri Driggs, Provo, UT
Thanks for the beautiful arrangement of “Come Follow Me/I Know That My Savior Loves Me.” It will be the perfect conclusion to our Primary Program in the fall. Thanks for remembering the organist, too! Makes it easy to include the congregation on that last verse.
Thelma Gunter, Greenville, SC
Just want to say how much I enjoy your music. You are truly gifted. I met my husband in a singing group at BYU Hawaii in the ’70s. We love music so much. He has recently started writing music. We work with the music in our ward. We have an older member who lost his son in Afghanistan. He is a Yankee living in the south with a great voice. We are going to have him read the words to “Does the Journey Seem Long?” and then have your music played by one of our very talented piano players in the ward. Music can deliver the theme/message of the Sacrament meeting sometimes when the talks can’t. Just thank you for all your efforts in creating beautiful music. It lifts.
Lynn Davis, Garland, TX
I am so grateful for your music. I got one of the BonaFide boxes this spring. I keep your CD in the car and listen to and from work and on the way to the temple. Your music is the perfect antidote to slaving over a hot keyboard as a legal secretary.