Video of Chuck and I performing on Palm Sunday

A Music article with View Comments posted 4 May 2010.
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An arrangement of “All Glory, Laud, and Honor” written and performed by Intern Pr. Chuck Meyer and myself at the Twin Cities Community Clergy Association Palm Sunday Music Event held at St. John’s Lutheran Church in Sterling, IL.

The ending recalls “Were You There? (when they crucified my Lord),” reminding us that the same ones who shouted “Hosanna!” on Palm Sunday were the ones who shouted “Crucify him!” on Good Friday.

Song: You Are Beautiful, My Love

A Music article with View Comments posted 26 December 2009.
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I wrote this song in honor of my wife, Jennifer, on the occasion of our fifth wedding anniversary. It comes from my experience of realizing just how blessed I am to be married to such a good and faithful woman. It’s very easy to take the people we love for granted. Every once in a while, though, those scales fall from my eyes and I’m dumbstruck by the blessing I have in her.

I included You Are Beautiful, My Love in this video, but I also want to make it available for download. It is licensed CC-BY-SA (see below) so you can feel free to share it with others. I hope you enjoy hearing it as much as I enjoyed making it.

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Morning Light Released!

A Music article with View Comments posted 14 August 2009.
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I’m pleased to announce that my setting of Morning Prayer for the season of Easter, Morning Light, has been released! You can download a ZIP file of all of the necessary PDFs or of the source files to customize Morning Light for your particular setting. This post is a good place to comment if you find mistakes (bugs?) in the music, have questions about the project, or want to let me know you are using the 14 August 2009 release.

Morning Light

A Music article with View Comments posted 25 July 2009.
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A Setting of Morning Prayer for the season of Easter

Ted Carnahan
ted@tedcarnahan.com

In the Spring semester of 2009, I was invited by Thomas Schattauer, Dean of Loehe Chapel at Wartburg Theological Seminary, to work on a setting of matins (i.e. morning prayer) for the season of Easter. The result is Morning Light.

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