Artist Profile: Songs In His Presence
What Is Songs In His
Presence?
As for who we are, the picture to the left includes all of us that we could get
together in the same place at the same time. You can see that we are a broad
mixture of men and women, young and old. We are bound together by our love of
music and love of the Lord.
Many of us have been working together at making music for church and worship use
for over 20 years, in both ecumenical renewal communities and the Catholic
parish of Christ the King in Ann Arbor, Michigan. Most recently, our efforts
have centered on creating music for use at Christ the King. There we identified
with those many parish music ministers unable to find the kinds of music they
wanted to play: current in style, directed to the Lord, and deeply prayerful.
The Lord met our need by sending us a number of very gifted musicians and some
ten excellent composers from our members and friends. From this mix has come a
broad variety of new music uniquely able to foster song as prayer and intimate
communion with Jesus. The music flows from our experience of spiritual renewal
and community, and expresses deep worship.
Since it met our needs so well, we think that it will also be able to fill the
needs of other parish music directors, worship leaders, and Christian believers.
Songs In His Presence has been formed to share this new music with others. It
works well in spontaneous formats like prayer meetings to support prayer and
praise. It is also well suited to the more organized pattern of a Catholic Mass,
for which much of the music was first composed. In fact, the "Psalms" CD is a
collection of Psalms expressly composed for use at Mass.
We have always placed emphasis on playability and sing ability in our music.
Simple piano or guitar accompaniment is generally sufficient. At the same time,
those with access to more sophisticated instrumental support will find that this
music expands readily.
Since our goal is to supply music that you can sing in your own assemblies, we
offer songbooks, choral arrangements, and instrumental parts. With the CDs as
guides, you will be immediately able to adapt this music for your own use.
Questions? Send us an email at info@SongsInHisPresence.com, or call us at (734)
507-1604.