Now available:
New Wine in Old Wineskins, Volume 2: A Contemporary Congregational Song Supplement, edited by Dr. James Abbington. Seven Tice texts:
"At the pulpit, font, and table," set to LAUDA ANIMA
"Christ is for losers," set to DREAM ANGUS
"God, grant this suffering soul release," set to O WALY WALY
"Jesus said to pray, 'Our Father,'" set to DINIWEIDRWYDD
"The church of Christ cannot be bound," set to MCKEE
"What comfort can our worship bring," set to MARTYRDOM
"When my soul is sore and troubled/Cuando mi alma està turbada," set to PERILYPOS PSYCHE (Spanish translation and tune by Ronald F. Krisman)
Choral octavos"At the pulpit, font, and table," set to LAUDA ANIMA
"Christ is for losers," set to DREAM ANGUS
"God, grant this suffering soul release," set to O WALY WALY
"Jesus said to pray, 'Our Father,'" set to DINIWEIDRWYDD
"The church of Christ cannot be bound," set to MCKEE
"What comfort can our worship bring," set to MARTYRDOM
"When my soul is sore and troubled/Cuando mi alma està turbada," set to PERILYPOS PSYCHE (Spanish translation and tune by Ronald F. Krisman)
Hymn collection
Woven
Into Harmony, now
available from GIA
Publications, Inc. and The Hymn Society's Book Service. This single-author collection includes 50 original texts, set to
traditional and newly-composed tunes."Christ, the Victorious," by composer Norah Duncan IV, part of GIA's African American Church Music Series.
"God, grant this suffering soul release," by composer David Haas. Text is featured in Haas' collection, A Changed Heart, as well as the prayer book and recording of the same name. (Note that the version of the text set is "God, grant your faithful servant peace," appropriate for funerals or memorials.)
"What Comfort Can Our Worship Bring," by composer Blake Henson
"God, grant this suffering soul release," by composer David Haas. Text is featured in Haas' collection, A Changed Heart, as well as the prayer book and recording of the same name. (Note that the version of the text set is "God, grant your faithful servant peace," appropriate for funerals or memorials.)
"What Comfort Can Our Worship Bring," by composer Blake Henson
Inclusions in
hymnals,
supplements and collections
Singing
the New Testament,The Calvin Institute of
Christian Worship and Faith Alive Christian Resources, 2008, three
inclusions:Sally Ann
Morris, ...To Sing the
Artist's Praise..., GIA Publications, Inc.,
includes seven Tice texts with tunes by Morris:
"Open your eyes to the image of God," set to WENDY
"An echo of the voice of God," set to WADA SONG
"The Church of Christ cannot be bound," set to WILKERS
"Coming together for wine and for breatd," set to BANQUET
"Love! All holy," set to DONNA MARIE
"Breath of God, Breath of Peace (The Breath, the Word, the Voice)" set to PATTERNS
"What is the world like?" set to NEW WORLD (this hymn was premiered at the Hymn Society Annual Conference in July 2009, Northfield, MN)
Celebrating Grace, Mercer University Press, 2010:
Hymn 249, "The Church of Christ cannot be bound," set to Azmon
"Open your eyes to the image of God," set to WENDY
"An echo of the voice of God," set to WADA SONG
"The Church of Christ cannot be bound," set to WILKERS
"Coming together for wine and for breatd," set to BANQUET
"Love! All holy," set to DONNA MARIE
"Breath of God, Breath of Peace (The Breath, the Word, the Voice)" set to PATTERNS
"What is the world like?" set to NEW WORLD (this hymn was premiered at the Hymn Society Annual Conference in July 2009, Northfield, MN)
Celebrating Grace, Mercer University Press, 2010:
Hymn 249, "The Church of Christ cannot be bound," set to Azmon
Hymn 69, "Two People Came to Church to Pray," set to MAPLE AVENUE by Richard L.
Van Oss
Hymn 73, "A Traveler Unknown to Me," set to SUSSEX CAROL
Hymn 228, "Faithful Living," set to TEBBEN by Timothy Hoekman
More Voices, The United Church of Canada, 2007, one inclusion:
Hymn 24, "Breath of God, Breath of Peace," set to EMMANUEL COLLEGE, composed for this text by Fred Kimball Graham
Additional
appearances of hymns
Associated
Mennonite Biblical Seminary 50th Anniversary Celebration and
Library Dedication, 2008, hymn commissioned:"Grace beyond our brightest dreaming"
Mennonite Church USA Assembly 2007, San Jose, CA, hymn written for use during business meetings:
"God, in our Praying"
Our Worship and Our Work: Examples of Student Projects 2006-2007, Associated Mennonite Biblical Seminary, seven hymn texts:
Page 45, "I AM..." (Text also utilized as the AMBS 2008 electronic Easter greeting)
Page 46, "When Job the Great was Brought to Tears"
Page 47, "Come, Join in Mary's Prophet Song"
Page 48, "When Jesus Learned His Friend had Died"
Page 49, "The Earth Belongs to God Alone"
Page 50, "Christ is for Losers"
Page 51, "She Moves Where She Wishes"
Associated Mennonite Biblical Seminary Commencement Program, 2007, hymn written at the request of my fellow graduates:
"Fill Us With Your Breath," set to ROBINSON CHAPEL by William P. Rowan
Willard Swartley, Send Forth Your Light: A Vision for Peace, Mission, and Worship, Herald Press, 2007; each chapter features a worship resource, including
"Come, Join in Mary's Prophet Song"
Vision: A Journal for Church and Theology, Fall 2007, two hymns on the issue's theme of suffering:
Page 87, "When Jesus Learned His Friend had Died"
Page 88, "When Job the Great was Brought to Tears"
Hymns in the Heartland, Hymn Society in the United States and Canada conference book, 2006, two hymns included for Morning Prayers led by Mary K. Oyer:
Page 46, "God Bestows on Every Sense," set to MONKLAND
Page 102, "Come, Join in Mary's Prophet Song," set to KINGSFOLD
The Canadian Mennonite, January 2006:
"Come, Join in Mary's Prophet Song"
Macalester Plymouth United Church Hymn Writing Contest, 2005 winner:
"The Church of Christ Cannot be Bound"
Fuller Seminary Fred Bock Center Sacred Song and Hymn Search, 2005, honorable mention:
"Sing a Story of the Maker"
Other publications
Regular
book reviewer for The
Hymn, the journal of the Hymn
Society in the United States and Canada, reviews of:For Everyone Born: Global Songs for an Emerging Church, forthcoming
Jeffery Rowthorn, Singing Songs of Expectation: Food for Today's Pilgrims, Autumn 2008
Dan Damon, Fields of Mercy: Thirty-three New Hymns and Chants, Summer 2008
Andrew Pratt, Reclaiming Praise: Hymns from a Spiritual Journey, Winter 2008
James E. Clemens and David Wright, A Field of Voices, Autumn 2007
Simon Filbrun, ed., Songs of Devotion No. 2, Winter 2007
Two prayers in Take Our Moments and Our Days: An Anabaptist Prayer Book, Advent Through Pentecost, Institute of Mennonite Studies and Herald Press, 2007
Academic article: “Singing shapes communion: the progression of Eucharistic theology in 20th-century Mennonite hymnals,” Conrad Grebel Review, Fall, 2006. (Full text available online.) Article noted in The Hymn, David W. Music, "Hymns in Periodical Literature," Summer 2007
Bethany Christian Middle School Rhythm Curriculum, Advancing Individual Musicianship: Studies in Rhythm, with Carl B.W. Banman and Lucille D.K. Yoder, 2004
Choral arrangement, “Morning Has Broken,” text by Eleanor Farjeon, tune BUNNESAN, SSATB with two trumpets, API Music, 2002
Additional
works of interest
Master's
Thesis, Who
do You Sing that I Am? The Life of Jesus in 20th-century Mennonite
Hymnals: A Case Study in the use of Hymnody for Theological Research,
Associated
Mennonite Biblical Seminary, 2007“Vox populi, vox ecclesiae: an ecclesiological approach to congregational song,” included in the AMBS library’s collection of student work, 2006
Recording, I Sought the Lord..., mennosong men's quartet, self-produced CD, 2005
First prizewinner, brass division, Institute for the Study of American Evangelicals Hymn Composition Competition for arrangement of “Jesus, Lover of my Soul,” 2001