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Music for All
Sharon Dennis and Doris Au MacDonald, composers of the BCP music, are releasing all published music for free. “God has given us this music, we are only the channels for getting it to everyone else,” says MacDonald. Now, if a church, organization or individual wants to use the leadsheets, accompaniments, choral/ensemble works or instrumental arrangements, all that’s necessary is to either contact the composers or download free from this website’s Store tab. Of course, if you prefer a ready-made product, you can also pay to receive it, cost + shipping.
New for 2023 is a Lessons and Carols package, using all BCP music.
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Aloha Honolulu!
We’re in beautiful Honolulu Hawaii Sept. 6-19 at the invitation of the Calvary By the Sea Lutheran Church. We can hardly wait to present on one of our passions, Intergenerational Worship, as part of the Hawaii ALCM regional workshop. We’ll be making music in several places, thanks to the efforts of our concert agent Katherine Crosier (Doris’ sister!) who will also be hosting us in her beautiful apartment in the sky. Making sure we don’t get too sunburned, she’s lined up the following schedule:
Sept. 8, 8:30-4 Calvary By the Sea Lutheran Church, Honolulu Workshop Presenters (Session 2, 10:30-noon)
Sept. 9, 7:30 and 10 am Sunday Services @ Calvary By the Sea
Sept. 13, 6pm Jazz Vespers @ St Peter’s Episcopal Church (soup dinner included!)
Sept. 14, 11-noon Concert @ Arcadia Retirement Home
Sept. 14, 6-7pm Concert @ St. Elizabeth’s Episcopal Church
Sept. 16, 8 am Sunday Service @ Lutheran Church of Honolulu
Sept. 16, 9:30 Sunday Service @ United Church of Christ
Pictures to come!
Support for Refugees
When we (The Braeded Chord) traveled to Beirut this summer, we were touched by the stories of the staff of Heart for Lebanon (many of them refugees themselves) so we brought their stories home in song. Their reality is much harsher than these lyrics could portray, but we hope that this song will give insight to their struggle and move us all to compassion. We are making available an audio download of our latest song “Another Winter in Beirut (A Refugee’s Lament)” with proceeds going to help refugee families through Heart for Lebanon .
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Refugee Camp Outside Beirut Lebanon
$10.00
Take a listen ….
Another Winter in Beirut YouTube
“Another Winter in Beirut (A Refugee’s Lament) ©2016 Sharon Dennis & Doris Au MacDonald. Performed by The Braeded Chord w/ the talents of Kristen Jones (cello), Jim Robeson (bass), Tom Teasley (percussion). Recorded Jim Robeson Productions. Thank you Kristen, Jim, and Tom for your talents and contributions.
* Braeded Chord Productions, LLC. is not a registered 501(c)3 organization and cannot issue receipts for tax purposes. If you wish to receive a tax receipt, please consider donating directly to Heart for Lebanon
Sharon Dennis and Doris Au MacDonald of Braeded Chord Productions have one mission: to make music, and faith music in particular, accessible to all. With that, they write, perform, teach, lead worship and train others to do the same. Using multiple genres for an intergenerational audience, they attempt to reach as many as possible — with light-heartedness, skillful craftsmanship and great respect for musical excellence.
BCP Exhibit at ALCM National
Look for the BCP Exhibit at the ALCM National in Minneapolis, MN. From Sunday, July 9 to Wednesday, July 12 our table will have music for sale. Everything from our catalog will be represented, so you can either buy copies at the conference or go to our website to download and get permission to copy. On Monday at 11:45, there will be a demonstration/read-thru of selections from the Alleluia communion setting. Tuesday, “O Tiny Child” and “O Come O Come Emmanuel” are included in the Multi-publisher Choral Reading Session (Chapel of Westminster). New products for this conference include a new unison setting for Psalm 80 (Restore Us O God), a choral arrangement of “Follow the Cross”, an instrumental arrangement of “We Three Kings” (piano and guitar) and Volume One of the BCP Songbook, which includes all the free lead sheets from our website AND all the unison Psalm lead sheets. Great for solo or corporate singing and includes permission to copy. If you can’t come to the gathering this year, you can check out all our products on line at the Store where you can preview and listen to audio samples before purchase.
