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PSALM SETTINGS

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What an answered prayer came in many mailboxes and inboxes last week. They add depth and breadth to my Musician’s Reflection on YouTube https://youtu.be/VlceWiE9Lew?si=-mFX89c5dfIT_pFq and my Faithful Heart’s Psalm Setting project. https://www.sheetmusicplus.com/en/product/the-steadfast-heart-psalms-1-4-21987036.html

I got this book at the suggestion my old Pastor Jason Hood, who remembered my husband’s great theologian college, Rita Cefalu. She is willing to help review on issues of Biblical Theology and Her professor at RTS was suggested for a language helper. So a plea on Facebook is not a bad way of getting some ideas if you get stuck.

My colleague at UTC, Kevin Ford placed an inspiration from long ago in my mailbox. Stravinsky’s Symphony of Psalms, a piece of music that intrigued me and helped me make the obvious conclusion that the framework of Classical Music never moves too far from ideas and themes in the Old and New Testaments, even after 2025 years. I am really amazed at the good that can come from my dreamy project that started in a bus in Cincinnati memorizing Psalm 103 on my way to work the night shift to afford living expenses at the Conservatory.

Where are you in your journey of Praying and Praising with the Psalms? Would anyone be up for a book study next year? 2026 is full of possibilities!

Contemplative moment in a cozy cafe, reflecting on music and faith.