As I Went Out (SATB and piano or harp) arranged by Paul Ayres
The Water of Tyne (solo or SA with flexible instrumentation) arranged by Paul Ayres
Kyrie (SATB and piano)  by Donald Appert
Angel's Song, Worship Song (SATB and piano) by Horace Scruggs III

1.  You may purchase single hard copies (minimum of 6). Hard copies will be sent by US mail.

2.  You may purchase a PDF file with permission to make copies for your choir.  You will receive your PDF as an e-mail attachment.

Ed has a B.M. from Westminster Choir College, and is currently serving as Music Director at Church of the Redeemer in Morristown, NJ. His small-but-mighty choir has performed several of his choral compositions, has an active presence on YouTube, and will be doing some of the demo recordings on this site. 

Ed is also the Weekend Organist at Yankee Stadium, and is very active in the New York area as a keyboard player, guitarist and singer in several different bands. He has released 3 CDs under his name and played on many others; has played with Bette Midler, Chuck Berry, Steely Dan, and many other luminaries; and is an experienced Broadway/off-Broadway pit musician. Click here to visit Ed's personal website.

Donald has been Music Director/Conductor of the Clark College Orchestra since 1990. Dr. Appert received his Bachelor of Music and Master of Music in Trombone from the New England Conservatory. He earned his Doctor of Musical Arts in Orchestral Conducting at the University of Kansas.  Dr. Appert has performed as a trombonist with the Kansas City Symphony, the Virginia Symphony, the Virginia Opera Orchestra, and the Springfield (MA) Symphony. Currently he is a Professor of Music and Head of the Music Department at Clark College in Vancouver, Washington. In addition he is the Music Director/Conductor of the Oregon Sinfonietta in Portland, Oregon and the Sanctuary Choir Director for the First United Methodist Church of Vancouver, Washington.

He lives in Vancouver, Washington (USA) with his wife Linda, a coloratura soprano and active voice teacher. They have two daughters - Laura, a violist, and Rebecca, a violinist. Both are graduates of the University of Cincinnati College-Conservatory of Music.

Click here to listen to some of Dr. Appert's other compositions or here to visit Dr. Appert's homepage.

Paul  was born in London, studied music at Oxford University, and now works freelance as a composer & arranger, choral conductor & musical director, and organist & accompanist. His compositions usually involve words – solo songs, choral pieces, music for theatre productions – and he is particularly interested in working with pre-existing music, from arrangements of folksongs, hymns, jazz standards and nursery rhymes to ‘re-compositions’ of classical works, as in Purcell’s Funeral Sentence, 4A Wreck and Messyah. New pieces have been commissioned by the BBC Singers, the London Festival of Contemporary Church Music, Concordia Youth Choir, The Esoterics, Texas Lutheran University, Wartburg College, Wheaton College and Alexandria Choral Society. Paul is the regular conductor of City Chorus, the London College of Music choirs and the Walbrook Singers, and he is the associate accompanist of Crouch End Festival Chorus. He has led many education workshops for children, played piano for improvised comedy shows and musical theatre, and has given solo organ recitals in the UK, Scandinavia, Europe, North America and Australia. Please visit www.paulayres.co.uk to find out more. 

Larry received a BS in Education from Concordia University-Nebraska where he majored in music and minored in music education and English. He also received a Masters in Music Education from the University of Wisconsin-Whitewater. He has served Lutheran and Catholic parishes in Wisconsin, Minnesota, and North Dakota in musical and educational ministries. Currently he is the Director of Music at Central Lutheran Church in Winona, Minnesota, where he is the organist, choir director, liturgical planner, leader of the church's contemporary ensemble, and the musical director and mandolin player for the congregation's bluegrass band, Centrally Dislocated. He also directs the choir at Hope Lutheran High School in Winona and teaches Music Appreciation and Fundamentals of Music on-line for the North Dakota University System through Williston State College.

Larry is married to Bonnie Mielke. They have six children and four grandchildren.

Chris received her BA in English at The University of Texas at Austin and then studied music theory and composition with Dr. Thomas Benjamin at The University of Houston and with Dr. Ann Gebuhr at Houston Baptist University.  While in Houston, she also served as organist/choirmistress at St. Matthew's Episcopal Church and was Music Director and composer-in-residence for Mahanaim Liturgical Dance Company.

Ms. Humphrey has been actively composing and performing in Austin, Texas since moving there in 1987.  Choral music remains a deep love; and when not busy working on a theatre or film commission or rehearsing and performing with Heralds and Minstrels (her early music ensemble) and The Annoying Instruments Orchestra (world music band), she takes deep satisfaction in writing for the company of voices music that pleases the ear and stirs the heart.

To hear samples of some of her non-choral compositions, click here.

Teaching professionally since 1988, Horace is an active musician residing in Central Virginia.  He received his Bachelor’s of Music Education with a concentration in voice from Longwood University and a Master’s in Music Education with a choral conducting concentration from Shenandoah Conservatory.  He also holds a Certificate in Music Production from Berklee College of Music.

Horace’s musical experience is a varied one.  He has taught all grade levels (K-12) and has worked professionally with school, community, and gospel choirs.  He is also an active clinician conducting all-county and all-district choirs throughout Virginia.  A multi-instrumentalist and a recording studio owner, he has produced recordings for many local musicians.

Presently Horace teaches 3 levels of choral music, Class Piano and Guitar, and Music Technology at Fluvanna County High School.  He is also the conductor of the Fluvanna Community Singers.  His choirs regularly perform his choral compositions.

John, a native of Ohio, holds the Bachelor of Music Degree in Organ Performance from Youngstown State University in Ohio, the Master of Music Degree in Organ and Church Music from the University of Kansas, and the Doctor of Musical Arts Degree in Organ Performance from the University of Alabama.

Dr. Stallsmith teaches music at Bevill State Community College in Jasper, Alabama.  He is organist and choir director at the First United Methodist Church and organist at St. Cecilia's Catholic Church of Jasper. Dr. Stallsmith is an active teacher, performer, composer, conductor, and clinician.