Mark Hayes Miniatures

By Mark Hayes

While shorter in length, all of these arrangements are quite musical and do not sound like Hayes was rushing to get out and arrangement. As usual, Hayes makes use of interesting harmonies, key changes, and at times, big endings. Some highlights of this collection (IMHO) are Low in the Grave...

He Lay, When We All Get to Heaven, Nearer, My God to Thee, Gentle Mary Laid Her Child, Come, Thou Almighty King, and Come, Ye Thankful People Come. This book is also a great value, as it contains a fair number of songs (around 25 I believe)

Sound great; don't require extensive practicing- good for the church pianist

I have enjoyed the Mark Hayes original i.e. Grateful, Longing and Reflection.... the Jesus Loves the Little is fun to play, I found Come Thou long Expected Jesus a delight to play...I enjoy the mostly two pager songs great for preludes. I will probably play 3/4's...

of this book from time to time.

I have been a fan of Mark Hayes' piano arrangements for years. Even though I am an advanced player, I have found some of his other collections which I own to be too difficult to prepare on short notice. This book of miniatures fits the bill perfectly for use in...

the church service as offertories, preludes, communion background music, etc. They are easy to sight read or to learn with minimal preparation. There is something for part of the church year. My only beef about this collection is that the table of contents is on the back of the glossy cover and there is no alphabetical listing of contents. I usually like to make notes in pencil on the table of contents, and I can't do that with this book. However, the music is fantastic and I will be using it weekly. Highly recommended for any church pianist. Also check out Phillip Keveren's "The Hymn Collection" for a similar product.

Absolutely LOVE this collection! Perfect for reflective periods during church service/mass. My priest loves it also and shared it with another parish.