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Welcome to toddsmusic
Over the past few years, I've done a
fair amount of arranging for the church music world. Most of the time, I
was writing for piano and organ or for our church choir or orchestra. I'm blessed to be part of a
great music program that allows me to experiment in a lot of areas. Most
of what you will find here was born in that arena.
My hope would be for you to find something here that
might work in your church situation. If you need something from the
orchestra / jazz page adapted for
your particular group, please ask. If time permits, I'd love to work on
that for you.
The "Meditations" CD project was born out of years of
dreaming and finally, writing. Over the years I've worked with so many pianists
who were great readers, but struggled when it came to improvising. Since the
improvising is my favorite part of the service, I decided to put some things in
print to give you readers a tool for the soft moments in the service where you
need to underscore prayer, communion or a response time. Completed in 2001, when
I finally got a publisher to accept one in 2005, I decided it might be time to
do a recording. None of these arrangements are the big, show off type of
offertory you're accustomed to finding in a book of piano arrangements, but
rather the soft, prayerful things that will create a meditative mood. I hope you
enjoy it.
After you look and listen a bit, I'd love to hear from
you. The world of church music, old and new, has been a great place to
live.
"for there I find comfort and there I am blest."
- todd
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