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Luther Memorial Music Ministry
Music Selections for September 13, 2020
Music Selections for September 13, 2020
Music Selections for September 13, 2020
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African-American Spirituals (Set 2)
Folk Hymns & African-American Spirituals (Set 2)
“When the Saints Go Marching In” African-American Spiritual
arr. Bill Wolaver
“Swing Low, Sweet Chariot” African-American Spiritual
arr. J. Bert Carlson
PROMISED LAND (“I Am Bound for the Promised Land”)
The Southern Harmony,1835 and camp meeting version
The New Harp of Columbia, 1916) arr. Anna Laura Page
“There is a Balm in Gilead” African-American Spiritual
arr. Virginia Halberg
WEDLOCK (“God Is My Strong Salvation”) The Sacred Harp, 1844 arr. Philip M. Young
“Spiritual: Round About the Mountain” from: Spiritual Set
Noel Da Costa
HOLY MANNA (“Brethren, We Have Met to Worship”)
Columbian Harmony, 1829 arr. Anna Laura Page
Postlude on Two Spirituals: “Go Down, Moses” and
“I Want to Be Ready” arr. Charles Callahan
Music Selections for August 23, 2020
Music Selections for September 13, 2020
Music Selections for September 13, 2020
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African-American Spirituals (Set 1)
PISGAH (“When I Can Read My Title Clear”) Kentucky Harmony, 1816
arr. Dale Wood
WAYFARING STRANGER
(“Bread of the World in Mercy Broken”) Appalachian Folk Tune
arr. Gilbert M. Martin (In loving memory of Donald P. Hustad, 1918-2013)
LAND OF REST (“Jerusalem, My Happy Home”) The Sacred Harp, 1844)
arr. Donald P. Hustad
“Let Us Break Bread Together”
African-American Spiritual
arr. Jay Althouse
Jay Crone, trombone
“Didn’t My Lord Deliver Daniel”
African-American Spiritual
arr. Patti Drennan
BEACH SPRING (“Come Ye Sinners,
Poor and Needy”)
The Sacred Harp, 1844
arr. John Purifoy
NEW BRITAIN (“Amazing Grace”)
Virginia Harmony,1831
arr. Anna Laura Page
“This Little Light of Mine”
African-American Spiritual
Attributed to Harry Dixon Loes
arr. James Pethel
Music Selections for Aug. 2, 2020
Music Selections for July 12, 2020
Music Selections for July 12, 2020
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A Century of American Organ Music 1776-1876
"A Fuge or Voluntary"
William Selby (1738-1798)
"Introductory Voluntary"
Francis Linley (1771-1800)
"Trumpet Voluntary"
Francis Linley (1771-1800)
"Presto"
John Christopher Moller (?-1803)
"Flute Voluntary"
Benjamin Carr (1769-1831)
"Voluntary" (B Flat Major)
Thomas Loud (?-1834)
"Fuga A 3 Voce"
Charles Zeuner (1795-1857)
"Festival Voluntary"
from: Cutler & Johnson's
American Church Organ Voluntaries 1856
"Voluntary" (A Minor)
Lucien H. Southard (1827-1881)
"Allegro Maestoso"
W. Eugene Thayer (1838-1889)
Music Selections for July 12, 2020
Music Selections for July 12, 2020
Music Selections for July 12, 2020
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Brass Quintet
"Americana Concert"
Piano Selections
"My Country, 'Tis of Thee" arr. Heather Sorenson
"America the Beautiful" arr. Carol McMillen
Meet Nita Smoot, Director of Music Ministry
Juanita Smoot (Nita), director of the Luther Memorial music ministry, lives on a farm in Henry VA which she shared with her late husband, Jim Wilson. She is the proud mother of two adult sons, Justin and Alexander Hamlin.
After receiving her Bachelor of Music degree from Belmont College (now University) in Nashville, TN, Nita spent two years as a Missionary Journeyman in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil where she worked as an accompanist and music instructor at the South Brazilian Baptist Seminary. Upon returning stateside, she earned a Master of Church Music/Organ Pedagogy degree from The Southern Baptist Theological Seminary in Louisville, KY where she was also the recipient of the 1983 Faculty Award in Church Music Education.
As a church musician and music educator, Nita has been affiliated with a variety of denominations and schools in a variety of roles in several states. Throughout her music career she has been involved in the music education of preschool age through adults in churches, studios, private and public schools and at the collegiate level. She was an “Artist in Residence” in Letcher County, KY and also contributed a published article, “Music and Movement Everyday -- Reality or Wishful Thinking?” to Worship Arts. Her professional memberships have included Sigma Alpha Iota, The Hymn Society, The American Guild of Organists, and Blue Star Mothers of America. She also served as the 2013-14 president of the board of directors of the Carolina Master Chorale in the greater Grand Strand area of SC.
Nita comes to us from Ascension Lutheran Church in Danville, VA where she served as Organist/Choir Director since August of 2016.
