Lift Every Voice: The Relationship between Music and Writing

What has rhythm, dynamics, themes and tonalities and is not a song, jazz instrumental, quartet or other musical piece? Well – it’s writing! And I’m speaking of prose as well as poetry. So if you love to sing, play an instrument, or maybe simply listen to music, be encouraged. You probably could be a writer. […]

Let’s Lift Every Voice and Sing: Music of the Episcopal Hymnal

February 17, 2016 · by Brenda Lloyd | in Songs and Songwriting | tagged "Lift Every Voice and Sing" and King Day Celebration, "Lift Every Voice and Sing" and The Negro National Anthem, Episcopal Hymnal, Famous Composers of Hymns, Hymns, John Donne Poet and Priest, Martin Luther and Hymn Writing, Singing in a Choir and Happiness, The Episcopal Church and Music, The Southern Harmony and Musical Companion, Variety of Music in the Episcopal Hymnal | 9 Comments

I was raised in the Methodist Church, but the first time I walked into an Episcopal Church, I was blown away by the music. That was when I was 19 and attending West Georgia College in Carrollton. My friend and I went to St. Margaret’s Episcopal Church. Much of the liturgy* was sung, and there […]