Here is a 2 minute overview of our brand new 8 Core Orchestra Series. In this video you will hear samples of 5 different arrangements from the series. You will also see a brief description of the series with key benefits outlined. If you are looking for instrumental music for your church orchestra (WHATEVER SIZE!), would you take just 2 minutes and 'See and Hear' an overview of our 8 Core Orchestra [...]
Technology has changed the way we (publishers) can interact with you (customers/supporters) in a huge way. In the 'old days', you could purchase a score or possibly listen to a recording and if you liked it, you could purchase the music and it would be shipped to you. MANY arrangements didn't have recordings, so you were left to look at the score and imagine (hear in your head or at the piano) [...]
The 8 Core Orchestra Series is a full orchestra instrumental series based around an 8 core group of players plus piano/rhythm. We now have audio samples of some of the arrangements below: Amazing Grace Double click below to hear the full orchestra recording of this arrangement: A Mighty Fortress Is Our God Double click below to hear the full orchestra recording of this arrangement: Are You Washed In [...]
The more contact I have with churches around the United States (and the world), the more diversified I find church instrumental groups to be. After talking with a number of ministers of music and orchestra directors, I have decided to create a new series of instrumental orchestra arrangements with maximum flexibility for groups. The 8 Core Orchestra Series is a full orchestra instrumental series based around an 8 core group of players [...]
Let Heaven and Nature Swing! There is nothing like the sound of a big band. There's so much energy and excitement when the band kicks in. Add a big band during the holiday season and EVERYBODY will be talking about it! The AK Little Big Band is a high energy, diverse and festive series of arrangements for Christmas. Talking about diversity, here are some samples from the project: Jingle Bells (it's that [...]
There are so many distractions that happen before church starts every Sunday morning. During this Christmas season, what if you could help get everyone in the Christmas spirit to celebrate the birth of Messiah BEFORE the service started? Have different groups play Christmas music in the lobby every Sunday in December and you'll help set the tone for the worship service. A brass group is one of the easiest groups to pull [...]
As Christmas is just around the corner, I wanted to let you know about a great addition (much needed) to our hugely popular Christmas series called the 'AK Little Big Band'. This is a collection of 10 exciting arrangements for Soloist (vocal or instrumental) and Big Band. We now have written out piano parts for the entire series. Written out piano parts have been a much tool to help the local churches [...]
Facing Our El Guapos and Other Fears ¡Three Amigos! written by David Scott (excerpt from Devotions for Guys Who Like Movies) 2 Timothy 1:7-8 (NIV) For God did not give us a spirit of timidity, but a spirit of power, of love, and of self-discipline. "In a way, all of us have an El Guapo to face someday. For some, shyness might be their El Guapo. For others, a lack of education [...]
Seeing in the Dark Apollo 13 written by Jimmy Myers (excerpt from Devotions for Guys Who Like Movies) Isaiah 42:16 (NIV) I will lead the blind by ways they have not known, along unfamiliar paths I will guide them; I will turn the darkness into light before them and make the rough places smooth. These are the things I will do; I will not forsake them. Jim Lovell (Tom Hanks) was telling [...]
I started playing trumpet in 7th grade. There have been a number of serendipitous moments that have happened along my musical career. During 7th grade, our family took a trip to New Orleans for the weekend and I was down at Jackson Square and there was a big band playing that had some great trumpets. I remember being completely in awe and LOVED it! It really was one of those moments as [...]
