Lift Your Hearts! as sung by unison choir

A while back I first posted about this song–lyrics by my sister, Rev. Lucy Lee Jones and music by me–and the media was a solo recording by a friend of mine. The above video is that same song but sung by a church choir. The text isn’t necessarily “religious,” but it has a spiritual and philosophical message that makes it appropriate to be sung in a church setting. The choir did a great job and seem to enjoy singing the tune.

I finally wrote down what I play for the accompaniment! I’ve written far too many pieces where I never wrote down my part, just the parts for the other instruments or voices. I’m trying to get some of that finally written down.

The song (which can be a solo or a unison choir piece) with its fully written out accompaniment for piano can be downloaded from Sheet Music Direct and Sheet Music Plus.

Jones & Jones

The lyrics to the above song were written by my sister, Lucy Lee JONES (one of the two Joneses in the blog post title) and I (the other Jones) wrote the music. Lucy has already written several other lyrics that I’m working on setting to music. This coming Sunday, my choir at Lakewood and Trinity UCC, will be doing it as a unison anthem. The choir at the church Lucy attends in Kona, Hawaii will hopefully also be doing it soon. Lucy is a retired UMC pastor and also a retired pyschology professor.

Your can hear a recording of the tune at https://soundcloud.com/hilton-kean-jones/lift-your-hearts-new-mix. It’s sung by William Scull (scullsound@aol.com). Bill did a terrific job. This is the second tune of mine he’s recorded. I’m very appreciative of his work. I recommend him highly to anyone who needs demos of their music!

That’s me on the accompaniment. Yes, I do love country music. Where I was born (pronounced “barn”) and raised, the southern tip of Illinois where it meets Kentucky, Tennessee, Arkansas, and Missouri, Johnny Cash was “pop” music.

solo piano version of “Then I’ll Know”

A while back I posted a vocal demo of this song by the very talented Bill Scull (scullsound@aol.com): https://wordpress.com/post/hiltonkeanjones.com/4228.

This is my solo piano rendition of the same song.

Hope you try singing it. If you have any ideas about who I could pitch this song to, please let me know!

Then I’ll Know

Listen free at soundcloud.com/hilton-kean-jones/then-ill-know-fm. I’m writing a set of songs (words & music) open to either a spiritual or a secular interpretation. I asked a friend (scullsound@aol.com ) to record a demo for me. I think he did a super job! I recommend his services highly!

Sleigh Ride (for a Christmas in July program)