Christmas Themes and Variations Piano Book Released

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Just wanted to say our small church participated in a Christmas program here in a suburb of Kansas City, Missouri.
We organized a trio of Piano, Bass, and Drums and competed with our local Community Band performing 5 selections from A Jazz-Inspired Christmas. Many reported our trio was the hightlight of the evening. I am the musical director and pianist/organist of the church and perform many of your arrangements regularly. Our congregation love them and I constantly give praise to your talent and direction. I now own all of your current books and enjoy the challenge of performing them. One of my strengths is improvising and I am constantly learning new techniques and at the same time reinforcing old ones thanks to your arrangements. Please keep up the inspiring work, it keeps me on the edge of my seat. God Bless, Craig Curry!

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Thanks Donna! Your comment was helpful to me as I’m right now in the middle of all those “upcoming” projects from May!

One thing at a time and use the hours God’s given for His glory… very good advice. Sounds a lot like Matthew 6:33-34: “But seek first his kingdom and his righteousness, and all these things will be given to you as well. Therefore do not worry about tomorrow, for tomorrow will worry about itself. Each day has enough trouble of its own.”

Thanks again. Continuing to pray for you…

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Craig, you have said all this so well. First, I am impressed that you are so goal oriented, but you get a lot done that way. Indeed, our worth is not connected to our productivity as God loves us just the way we are. I find each day challenging. I was just saying to myself about an hour ago, I have too much to do today. Then, reading this blog I realized that I just have to do one thing at a time and use the hours given me for His glory. You are a treasure, to God, and to my family!

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Enjoy Craig playing 2 pieces from "A Jazz-Inspired Christmas".

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Thursday, October 23, 2008

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I'm excited to announce the release of "Christmas Themes and Variations" published by Word Music. This is a fun collection of medium-level difficulty Christmas hymns/carols arranged in a classical style. Various eras represented include baroque (e.g. "Joy to the World," "God Rest Ye Merry Gentlemen,") classical ("Silent Night," "O Come All Ye Faithful,") and romantic ("What Child Is This?").

This project was a fun change of pace for me as an arranger, and I've started working on a second collection (but at an advanced technique level) which may be out in 2009 if all goes well.

I hope you'll check them out, if not here, then at your local Christian or print music retailer. As always, drop me an email to let me know what you think.

Tags: sheet music, piano music, christmas music, arranging

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