ÿþ<!DOCTYPE HTML PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD HTML 4.01//EN" "http://www.w3.org/TR/html4/strict.dtd"> <html> <head> <title>Choral Music of J. 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Brodt Music Co.<br> <span style="color: black; font-size: 95%">Setting of St. Francis text: <i> Lord, make me an instrument&  </i><br> SATB with keyboard acc., CMS-2 </span><br><br> <a class=text href="Call%20to%20Advent.html">Call to Advent </a> &nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Hope Publishing Co.<br> <span style="color: black; font-size: 95%">a cappella Quodlibet on <i> O Come, O Come, Emanuel & Let all Mortal Flesh Keep Silence </i><br> Two-Part Mixed, A 516 </span><br> (Over 100,000 copies sold)<br><br> <a class=text href="Call%20to%20Lent.html">Call to Lent </a> &nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; Hope Publishing Co.<br> <span style="color: black; font-size: 95%">a cappella Quodlibet on <i> What Wondrous Love </i> & <i> When I Survey the Wondrous Cross </i><br> Two-Part Mixed, A 704 </span><br><br> <a class=text href="The%20Circle.html">(The) Circle</a>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Out-of-print, <a class=text href="mailto:jjerome56@gmail.com">email composer for information</a><br> <span style="color: black; font-size: 95%">a cappella setting of Edwin Markham s poem, <i> The Outwitted </i> & <i> He drew a Circle& . </i><br> SATB </span><br><br> Carol for Two Seasons&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Harold Flammer<br> <span style="color: black; font-size: 95%">Setting of two texts to <i> Beach Spring </i><br> 1  <i> Come, Thou Long Expected Jesus </i>,&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; 2  <i> Come, Ye Sinners, Poor and Needy </i><br> Two-Part Mixed with keyboard acc., EA 5080 </span><br><br> <a class=text href="Come%20Join%20In%20Singing.html">Come Join In Singing </a> &nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; &nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; &nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<a class=text href="http://www.hinshawmusic.com/"> Hinshaw Music, Inc.</a><br> <span style="color: black; font-size: 95%">Original, secular text in mixed-meter setting<br> <i> Come, all, come join in singing, lifting your voices&  </i><br> SATB with keyboard acc., HMC1268 </span><br><br> <a class=text href="Gospodi%20Pomilui.html">Gospodi Pomilui</a>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<a class=text href="http://www.hinshawmusic.com/">Hinshaw Music, Inc.</a><br> <span style="color: black; font-size: 95%">Newly edited and arranged setting of music by S. V. Lvovsky<br> Russian liturgical: <i> Lord, Have Mercy </i><br> Pronunciation guide included<br> SATB, a cappella, HMC 2191 </span><br><br> <a class=text href="I%20Lift%20Mine%20Eyes.html">I Lift Mine Eyes</a>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Brodt Music Co.<br> <span style="color: black; font-size: 95%">Majestic setting of the tunes: <i> Jerusalem </i> and <i> Thaxted </i> with text adapted from<br> Psalms 121, 122, 123<br> SATB with keyboard acc., CMS-4 </span><br><br> <a class=text href="In%20Gods%20Name.html">In God s Name</a>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<a class=text href="http://www.hinshawmusic.com/"> Hinshaw Music, Inc.</a><br> <span style="color: black; font-size: 95%">Tune: <i>Beach Spring</i> with original text by Rev. William W. Roberts<br> Arranged by Brian K. Bailey and J. Jerome Williams<br> Especially suited for Trinity Sunday, Communion and General Worship<br> SATB with keyboard acc., HMC1958 </span><br><br> <a class=text href="My%20Spirit%20Rejoices.html">My Spirit Rejoices</a>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; <a class=text href="mailto:jjerome56@gmail.com">email composer for information</a><br> <span style="color: black; font-size: 95%">Original, secular text <i> My spirit rejoices each morning, my soul bursts with song, I m thankful for&  </i><br> SAB with keyboard acc. </span><br><br> <a class=text href="No%20Hands%20but%20Yours.html">No Hands but Yours</a>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; <a class=text href="http://www.hinshawmusic.com/">Hinshaw Music, Inc.</a><br> <span style="color: black; font-size: 95%">Original setting of a 16th Century text by St. Teresa of Avila, Spain<br> <i> Christ has no body now on earth but yours&  </i><br> SATB with keyboard acc., HMC1696<br> Two-Part Mixed with keyboard acc., HMC2022 </span><br><br> (A) Simple Alleluia&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; Shawnee Press<br> <span style="color: black; font-size: 95%">Novelty, secular canon for 4-part unaccompanied voices in any combination<br> A-1651 </span><br><br> Sing Hallelujah&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<i>In Memory of M. Thomas Cousins</i>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Harold Flammer<br> <span style="color: black; font-size: 95%">Festive anthem for SATB choir, divisi, keyboard, brass septet<br> Text from Psalm 67, A 6486 </span><br><br> <a class=text href="Ye%20People%20of%20God.html">Ye People of God</a> &nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;National Music Publishers<br> <span style="color: black; font-size: 95%;">Festive anthem for SATB choir, divisi, keyboard, brass sextet<br> Text from Psalm 47<br>- NMCH-174 </span><br><br> <a style="position: absolute;" name="C"> </a> Selection for solo organ&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; &nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;National Music Publishers<br> <span style="color: black; font-size: 95%;"><a class=text href="There%20Is%20a%20Balm.html">There Is a Balm</a><br> NMORG-118 </span> </p> </div> <div id=composer> <img style=" float: left; margin-right: 6px; padding: 6px;" src="images/JJW3.jpg" alt="J Jerome Williams" width= "225"> <p> Jim Williams is a native of Morganton, NC where his high school band director was noted North Carolina composer, M. Thomas Cousins. Jim studied music at Mars Hill College (AA), East Carolina, and Appalachian State University (BS, MA), all in North Carolina. He was band and choral director at Hildebran High School, Cultural Arts Coordinator for the Burke Co. Public Schools, and choral director at East Burke High School before retiring in 1994 after 32 years in the county school system. Following his retirement he taught at Mars Hill College and continues to work with the Choral Festival there.<br><br> Jim was selected as the 1982-83 NC Teacher of the Year and spent the year traveling the state promoting public education. He received the Lara Hoggard award from the NC-ACDA in 1991 for Distinguished Service in Choral Music in North Carolina. He is a member of numerous professional organizations and continues to be active in choral music as a guest conductor and in assisting groups and directors on a request basis.<br><br> Jim has over 45 years experience as a church choir director. In 2007, he retired from First United Methodist Church in Hickory, North Carolina after 31 years of service. The church awarded him the title Chancel Choir Director Emeritus.<br><br> Of his published compositions, <i>A Parting Blessing</i> has been the most successful with over 200,000 copies sold. In June of 2009 it was performed at Carnegie Hall by a choir of appoximately 700 voices as part of the 70th Anniversary Gala of Shawnee Press. The piece is designated a Shawnee Classic.<br><br> Jim and his wife, Susan, live in Valdese, NC. </p> </div> <div style=" text-align: left; color: #2b547e;"> <img src="images/Witte.jpg" alt="Witte Banner" width="948" height="90"> <p> Jim Williams has led seven groups on European Concert Tours to twelve different countries and has visited Europe over 25 times. Since 1994 he has been an independent sales representative for Witte Travel and Tours of Grand Rapids, MI helping others experience the joy of foreign travel. For more information send an email to Jim at: <a id=text href="mailto:jjerome56@gmail.com"> jjerome56@gmail.com</a>, or contact Witte direct at: 800-GO-WITTE ((800-469-4883). Tell them Jim sent you. <br> EUROPE: It s closer than you think! </p> </div> <div id=cw style="top: 3400px;"> <p> © 2011 J.Jerome Williams, Valdese, NC&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; <img style="float: right; margin-top: -40px;" src="images/dss.gif" alt="DDS Logo" width="150"> <a href="http://validator.w3.org/check?uri=referer"><img src="http://www.w3.org/Icons/valid-html401" alt="Valid HTML 4.01 Strict" height="31" width="88"></a> </p> </div> </body> </html>