Simple Praise

By Craig Courtney

Great teaching tool at beginning of a school year for working on tone quality, phrasing, etc. Suggest that the divisi ST/AB really is better balanced in most choirs by changing to S/ATB. Keeps the melody dominant and the obligato from over powering. The piece is deceptively easy though...

so allow time for something more than notes and rhythms otherwise potential of piece will not be realized.

My small choir almost learned this song the first time we worked on it. It is beautiful and makes even an inexperienced choir sound nice.

This simple song is more moving then the most complex symphony. It was beautiful. It really makes you appreciate the simple things in life, that we take for granted. It makes you want to be better. It Beautifuly Simple

A very appealing melody with simple harmonies -- quite folklike in nature. An Ashokan Farewell came to mind although not somber in mood. Used it with SATB church choir of 16 & a community choir of 35 or so voices, to very good effect both times. Text is very nice and can...

be used throughout the year tho' especially appropriate for Thanksgiving.

We are singing this for Mother's Day this year (there is a line "for the love of a mother"), but it could be used at any time of year. Our sopranos had trouble hitting two of the highest notes so we just brought those down a third and it...

was just as effective. You will love this beautiful peaceful song.