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I sang in the (erstwhile) Valley Church Men’s Quartet, aka “The Brethren” / “Alpha Tau Pi” from 1987 to around 1999 (it turned out that I was the only original member to go the whole distance…). We had some great ministry opportunities during those years, and God blessed us wonderfully.

I also had the privilege of writing a number of songs for us, and have continued writing TTBB music occasionally.

Access

Preview: Men’s Quartet score: $ US Accompaniment track: $ US Short and simple: Doumer Liu, our bass, once commented that there wasn’t much men’s quartet music with solos for the lowest part. So I wrote him one. “Access” tells of the Old Testament times when the children of Israel were denied direct access (and Internet …

Amazing Grace

Amazing Grace is one of the best-known hymns of all time. John Newton wrote it in the eighteenth century, and from then till today it still brings forth the message of soul saved and life changed. Amazing grace! How sweet the sound That saved a wretch like me! I once was lost, but now am …

At Calvary

Preview: Price: $ US Church Calendar: Holy Week, Good Friday, Easter Sometimes the pressure’s off, and sometimes it’s on… we were planning a Gospel Music Night at Valley Church, and two weeks before the date I was asked to assemble a men’s quartet. Then came the minor difficulty of choosing repertoire. We ended up singing …

The Crosswards

Daddy’s Little Girl

Preview: Men’s Quartet score: $ US Accompaniment track: $ US The Internet is a wonderful way to meet people, chat rooms or not. This is how I met Vickie. She was searching for men’s quartet music (she accompanies “The Crosswards” from the First United Methodist Church in Rawlins, Wyoming), and happened upon the Choraegus site. …

Far Beyond

Preview: Men’s Quartet score: $ US Accompaniment track: $ US I said temporary goodbyes to a lot of friends in 1991. Paul Steele, our pastor, died of a particularly virulent and manifestly inoperable cancer, and high school friend had a painful passing from the same. My grandmother passed away due to congestive heart failure. Although …

In the Garden

Preview: Men’s Quartet score: $ US Accompaniment track: $ US Church Calendar: Holy Week, Maundy Thursday, Easter In the Garden is an early twentieth-century Gospel song by C. Austin Miles. It’s about those solitary times when we find the Savior waiting for us in a peaceful place, and spend time rejoicing in His presence. This …

Power in the Blood

Preview: Church Calendar: Holy Week, Easter Men’s Quartet score: $ US Accompaniment track: $ US In March 1988, Les Nederveld, our baritone, and I were talking about the upcoming Easter service at De Anza College’s Flint Center. Les thought it would be great to for the quartet to sing there, and decided to ask our …

Trusting in Jesus

Preview: Men’s Quartet score: $ US Accompaniment track: $ US Sometimes I have the feeling that I was born fifty years too late. For some reason, God’s given me a strange (for my generation) aptitude for writing Big Band music. Trusting In Jesus is remarkable in this respect; it seems to sound just as if …

2 comments

    • Don Morris on January 18, 2018 at 8:36 pm

    I sing in a TTBB church quartet. About six years now. Sang in a quartet at Asbury College and Central Michigan University. We have been sing a lot of Mosie Lister plus some tougher stuff like Wade in The Water, Soon and Very Soon, plus some Cathedrals and a couple of Gaither. Looking for Thanks to Calvary or anything else . Do you have anything? I usually pay for it all. No budget, just a lot of fun and fellowship. Don Morris, Lapeer, Michigan

    • admin on April 3, 2018 at 2:15 pm
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    Hello Don,

    Do take a look at https://www.choraegus.com/sing/ttbb/ !

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