original hymn tunes

BOUNTY 9.8.9.8 (1981-82) Hymn anthem for SATB, Congregation, Organ. Hymn for Unison, Organ. Text: Now Join We to Praise the Creator by Fred Kaan.

EAST FALLS 5.4.5.4.D (1986-87) Hymn for Unison, Keyboard; Hymn Anthem for SATB,
Congregation, Organ. Text: Have Thine Own Way, Lord by Adelaide A. Pollard; adapted by Stephen D. Jones.

VIA LUCIS 10.10.11.10 (1987) Hymn for Unison, Keyboard; Hymn Anthem for SATB, Flute, Organ. Text: A Journey of Faith by Stephen D. Jones.

COLUMNA S.M. (1987) Hymn for Unison, Keyboard. Text: Have Faith in God, My Heart by Byron Rees; alt. Stephen D. Jones.

I Know My Own (1988) Hymn for Unison with Guitar or Keyboard. Text by Stephen D. Jones.

URBS AETERNA 8.8.8.8 + refrain 10.10.10.10. (1988) Hymn for Unison, Keyboard.
Text: Jerusalem, the Promise by Stephen D. Jones.

EMET S.M. (1988) Hymn tune for Unison or SATB, Keyboard

God's Design in Human Spaces (1989) Hymn for Unison, Keyboard. Text by Stephen D. Jones.

Psalm of Covenance (1989) Cantor, Congregation, Organ. Various Scriptural texts.

CARITAS 4.8.4.8. (1990) Hymn Anthem for SATB, Keyboard. Text: Love Makes a Bridge by Brian Wren. Hymn rearranged 2000 for SATB/cong/kbd for publication in Worldwide
Worship (Templeton Foundation Press), 2000

TRANSIT 7.6.7.6.D (1990) Hymn Anthem for SATB, Keyboard. Text: Lord, When You Came to Jordan by Brian Wren.

SHUHAN 7.7.7.7. with refrain 8.8.5.5.8 (1990). Hymn for Unison/descant, Keyboard. Text: At the Table of the World by Brian Wren. Commissioned by the American Baptist National Seminarians’ Conference, Green Lake, WI, October 1990.

Who Helps You Sing Your Heart-Song? (1990) Ballad-Anthem for Advent. SATB, String Quartet or organ; Harp or Piano. Text by Stephen D. Jones.

A Woman in the Crowd (1991) SATB a cappella. Text by Brian Wren.

Is This a Day of New Beginnings? (Hymn-Anthem on COVENANT NEW 9.8.9.8) (1992) SATB, cong., organ. Text by Brian Wren.

MANNA NEW 6.5.6.5. with refrain 6.5.6.5 (1992) Hymn for Unison voices, Keyboard. Text: Seven is Sufficient by Fred Kaan (1968).

They Saw You...They Did Not See (Hymn-Anthem on HIDDEN LIGHT 10.10.10.10.10) (1992) SATB, organ. Text by Anders Frostenson, trans. Fred Kaan.

It’s Jesus We Want (Hymn-Anthem based on URBS AETERNA) (1992) SATB, organ. Text by Anders Frostenson, trans. Fred Kaan.

God of Partnership and Love (Hymn-Anthem) (1993) SATB, cong., organ. Hymn version (1993) Unis., organ. Text by Stephen D. Jones and R.R.

Break Not the Circle (Hymn-Anthem on NEWBRIDGE 10.11.10.11) (1994) SATB, organ. Text by Fred Kaan.

INNER STRENGTH 10.5.5.11 (1995) Hymn for unison voices, keyboard. Text Come, Dare to Be All That You Are in Christ by Fred Kaan. Hymn-Anthem version (1995) SATB, cong.,organ.

What Child is This? (1995) SATB + SATB (solo quartet or semi-chorus) unaccompanied. Text by William Chatterton Dix.
Version II (1999) SSATTBB, audience/congregation unaccompanied
Grand Prize Winner (1 of 2) in “Welcome Christmas” competition jointly sponsored
by Plymouth Music Series/VocalEssence (Minneapolis) and American Composers’ Forum
Version III (2000) S(S)AT(B)B, opt. kbd., opt. audience/congregation; orchestrated
2003

The Wall Is Down (Hymn-Anthem on Berlin New 9.8.9.8) (1997) SATB, organ, opt. congregation. Text by Fred Kaan.

NOCTURNE 10.6.10.6 (2000) SATB/congregation/organ. Text Hymn to the Night by Henry Wadsworth Longfellow. For publication in Worldwide Worship (Templeton
Foundation Press), 2000

O God We Dare Not Ask (2000) (Hymn-Anthem on UNIFICATION 10.10.10.10) SATB, keyboard, opt. congregation. Text by Fred Kaan

CLEARWAY 7.6.7.6.D. (2000) SATB/congregation/organ. Text Your Hand, O God, has Guided by Edward Plumptre.

HASTING 6.5.6.5. + Refrain 5.4.5.4 (2000) Hymn or Canon 4 in 1; opt. keyboard/congregation.

FOCUS 8.6.8.6.D (2000/01) Unison/SATB/keyboard/congregation.

TRINITY NEW 8.7.8.7.D (2000/01) Unison/congregation, keyboard. Anthem version: Lord God, Thy Sea is Mighty SATB, org (2005)

LEONI HADASH 6.6.8.4.D (2000/01) Unison/congregation, keyboard.

BEATITUDE Irr. (2001) Unison/congregation, keyboard.

BANQUET CELESTE 7.6.7.6. (2001) Unison/SATB/keyboard/congregation.

ALLERSEELEN 6.6.6.6.6.6. (2001) Unison/SATB/keyboard/congregation.

We Stand Within the Circle (2001) Hymn or Canon 4 in 1, opt acc. Text by Beverly Easterling.

SOPHIA IGNIS 5.5.5.5.5. (2001) Unison/SATB/keyboard/congregation.

PANIS VITÆ 8.8.8.8. (2001) Unison/congregation, keyboard.

AQUAVITA C.M. (2001) Unison/SATB/keyboard/congregation.

HOLY WEEK 8.8.8.8. (2001) Unison/congregation, keyboard.

ORDINATION 8.7.8.7.8.7. (2001) Unison/congregation, keyboard.

LIBERTAD 8.7.8.7.8.7. (2001) Unison/SATB/keyboard/congregation.

ALABASTER 8.8.7.D. (2001) Unison/SATB/keyboard/congregation. Anthem versions (2001) SATB, 2 flutes (or violins), keyboard, cello/bass; SSAA, 2 flutes (or violins), keyboard, cello/bass. Text by Susan Palo Cherwien.

EMETH HADASH 8.6.8.6.D. (2001) Unison/SATB/keyboard/congregation.

The Fallen Woman (2001) Unison/congregation, keyboard. Text by Esta Cassway, after Kassia (8th C.; in translation by CCW Sparks).

CHRISTUS VINCIT NEW Irr. (2004) Unison/congregation, keyboard. Hymn-Fantasia (2004) for SATB, congregation, brass quintet, organ. Text Because You Live, O Christ by Shirley Erena Murray.