What do contemporary hymns sound like? What is their poetry about and how do writers weave their words with music? What is the process of creating a hymn? Come and find out. Meet, and sing with, some of the best hymn writers of our day.

Time:

Friday, November 4, 2016, 7:30-9:30 pm

Location: 

Home of Elizabeth and Mark England
1194 S. 500 E., SLC, UT

Please come in the back door if you arrive late. 

The Discussion: 

A brief discussion about process with opportunity for questions. Then we will have the opportunity to sing some new songs with twelve folks from the Western Hymn Writers Workshop. 

The Western Hymn Writers Workshop:

A group of people who are passionate about hymn writing and seek collaboration and inspiration from writing and singing new songs together.

Addenum:
Below are the songs that WHWW leader, Fred Voros brought for us to explore and sing. Beautiful music created by beautiful people made for a truly beautiful evening. These songs can be used and shared for incidental and noncommercial use.

by-winters-morning-light

every-kindred-tongue-and-people

flesh-and-blood-and-bone

hymn-of-thanksgiving

I’ll-follow-the-lord-to-life

let-us-not-forget-our-mothers

like-the-sound-of-many-waters

not-for-ourselves-kerr-eastman

say-amen

the-name-of-the-lord

the-seasons-of-gods-mercy

the-spirit-of-god-like-a-fire

theres-a-wideness-in-gods-mercy
One of my verses was left off of this piece. Alan Eastman said he would add it to the beautiful music he composed. You can find all the original 12 verses here. Take notice of verse 11.

thou-gracious-god-whose-mercy-lends-eastman