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This work offers a new twist on the traditional Advent tune. The repeating eighth-note chords in the left hand provide the backdrop under the legato melody. At around two and a half minutes in length, this quiet piece works well as a short prelude. This work was performed, by the composer, on American Public Media's Pipedreams.

This piece, just over a minute in length, works well as an offertory or interlude. The composer first improvised this work as an offertory, later deciding to transcribe it. Containing some unique chord progressions, it has unconventional style but maintains a smooth feel overall.

This energetic arrangement works well as a postlude during the Christmas season. As the title says, it is short, clocking in at under a minute without repeats. It is, however, meant to be repeated ad lib, giving the organist the flexibility to stretch it to any desired length.

Written as a reflection on the text "For God alone my soul in silence waits (Psalm 62:1)," this work by Raymond Haan is a meditation on our reliance in God for our salvation. Starting quietly, the piece builds to a climax in the middle, then retreats to end more softly than the beginning.

The piece is approximately five minutes long; suggested uses include as a prelude or as an instrumental meditation during a worship service.

ST. KEVIN, usually paired with the Easter text Come, Ye Faithful, Raise the Strain, is a tune of jubilant celebration. Raymond Haan's adaptation for organ and optional trumpets works well as a postlude during the Easter season. It is around two minutes in length.

This work also works well as an introduction and interludes to the hymn (sung in G); use the first seventeen measures as the introduction.

This lively prelude works well to set a celebratory mood for a worship service or recital. Its syncopations and dissonances provide plenty of energy, while a recurring motif ties the piece together. This work has been performed, by the composer, on American Public Media's Pipedreams.

This arrangement, for brass quartet and organ, works well as the prelude or postlude for a fall worship service. The work is arranged in three parts: verses one and three are written for brass quartet and optional organ (doubling the brass), and the second verse is written for a single trumpet with organ accompaniment.

This organ-piano duet of a well-known Christmas carol creates the feeling of rocking a child to sleep. The carol is known in a variety of languages: "Sleep, My Child", "Slaap, mijn Kindjelief" (Dutch), "Dors Ma Colombe" (French), and "Schlaf, mein Kindelein"(German).

Using complex meters and syncopated rhythms, this piece takes a refreshingly playful approach to the tune most recognized as "Come Thou Fount of Every Blessing." The work is comprised of three movements: the lively scherzo, a quieter trio, and then a repeat of the scherzo with an added coda.

A flowing, free-form adaptation of the tune SURSUM CORDA, this work is especially useful as a backdrop for Communion. The work is written as a musical painting of the hymn text "You Are Before Me Lord" by Ian Pitt-Watson; the text is included in the music for illustration.