HARK THE HERALD ANGELS SING

LISTEN TO HARK THE HERALD ANGELS SING

 

Each holiday season I create a Christmas song and send it within an eCard. It’s the one time of year when I can just send someone a piece of music without it seeming odd. And by my calculations, in another 7 years or so, I’ll have enough for a Christmas CD!

This piece gave me an excuse to try some new technologies. New sounds and new ways to manipulate them.

As I finish the piece and write this message on Thanksgiving night, I’m reminded of how grateful I am to have access to this variety of fantastic technology for compositional sound design.

Enjoy my arrangement of this holiday classic!

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