thanks so much for that christmas cheer.i'd love to see those candles like you do.i coiuldn't imagine christmas without the organ and choir music. ----- Original Message ----- From: <WmMTexas@xxxxxxx> To: <rodgersorgan@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> Sent: Friday, December 12, 2003 12:41 PM Subject: [rodgersorganusers] Re: Tell us about your favorite Christmas Music > > My favorite Christmas Music? > > I actually have two for organ: > "Angels We Have Heard On High" by Diane Dish > "He Is Born" by Albin Whitworth > (These are two that I, and my congregation really like.) > > I also have several piano arrangements by Mark Hayes that are stunning. > Checkout "www.MarkHayes.com". > > But I can never get thru the Christmas season without several times playing > my CD of the Virgil Fox "The Christmas Album", recorded on the big Moeller at > the Church of Saint Paul the Apostle in Manhattan in 1965. Oh, that Fanfare > Trumpet is the best!! I always try to copy that sound when voicing a Rodgers > Organ. (Has Rodgers sampled that sound yet?) For me, Christmas would not be > Christmas without this CD of Virgil. > > With this group being almost completely all church musicians, I would also > like to share with you my favorite moment of the season. My church has "4" > services on Christmas Eve (5, 7, 9, and 11 p.m.), all of which I play for, and am > the only musician. I am extremely lucky and fortunate to be at the organ, > high in the choir loft, is see all of the candles during the singing of Silent > Night at the close of each service! When 1 a.m. finally arrives, I know my > evening of a lot of wonderful work is over and I can go home with very little > traffic on the roads. > > For those of us who are church organists', can you imagine Christmas without > that organ music? Thankfully, God has placed us in a position to share our > talents in making inspiring organ music for our many churches and congregations. > My very best wishes to each of you during this busy season! > > William Morris, Houston, Texas > ____________________________________________________________________ > ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ > > Download free music by Clay Baker at: http://www.frogmusic.com/JoyfulPostlude.html > > To unsubscribe or set to vacation, > go to www.frogmusic.com/rodgersmem.html > If you have any difficulty with this or PayPal, > please contact noeljones@xxxxxxxxxxxxx for help! > ____________________________________________________________________ ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Download free music by Clay Baker at: http://www.frogmusic.com/JoyfulPostlude.html To unsubscribe or set to vacation, go to www.frogmusic.com/rodgersmem.html If you have any difficulty with this or PayPal, please contact noeljones@xxxxxxxxxxxxx for help!