John Carter and I have been playing original arrangements of hymns and spirituals since Tree of Life Community Church was founded Easter Sunday, four years ago. Hope Publishing Company, of Carol Stream, Illinois, has just published the collection under the title Sound the Trumpet and John dedicated the forward to me.
Sound the Trumpet contains nine selections for piano and trumpet, all written for me by John. He was born in Nashville, Tennessee into a religious and musical family. He received his B.M. from Trinity University in San Antonio and an M.M. from Peabody College in Nashville. He is a well-known composer with several hundred choral compositions to his credit, as well as several musicals, an opera, and dozens of collections for keyboard and organ. He and his wife, Reverend Mary Kay Beall, often collaborate as writers and in Music Ministry.
He is a recognized clinician and choral conductor and is particularly noted for his versatile writing style and his long-standing creative productivity. He teaches composition classes at Trinity Lutheran Seminary and admits to being a frustrated jazz pianist.
Having a book dedicated to me is a first and I am quite honored. I released a Christmas disc entitled Piano, Trumpet and Arnett Howard, featuring recordings that John and I did in November, 2006.
To order Sound the Trumpet, visit the Hope Publishing website at http://www.hopepublishing.com/html/main.isx
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