Compositions

Tenebrae - 1 Artist March - 12 Ode to Veterans - 14 The Creation - 17

Tenebrae

Narrator: Now late in the evening Jesus took his place at the table with the twelve and during the meal be said:

Jesus: Believe me, one of you is going to betray me, someone who is now having supper with me.

Peter: Surely Lord, I am not the one?

Paul: Surely Lord, I am not the one?

Jesus: It is one of twelve, a man who is dipping his bread into the dish with me. It is true that the son of man will follow the road foretold by the scriptures, but alas for the man though whom he is betrayed. It would be better for that man if he had never been born.

Narrator: And Judas, who actually betrayed him said:

Judas: Master, am I the one?

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First candle is put out

Narrator: When they sang a hymn together and went out of the city and up onto the Mount of Olives. When he reached his usual place he said to them:

Jesus: Tonight every one of you will lose his faith in me. For the scriptures says I will smite the shepherd and the sheep of the flock shall be scattered abroad. But after I have risen I shall go before you into Galilee.

Narrator: At this, Peter exclaimed:

Peter: Even if everyone should lose his faith in you I never will.

Narrator: And they all made the same protect.

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The Second Candle is put out

Narrator: Then they arrived at a place called Gethsemane, and Jesus said to his disciples:

Jesus: My heart is breaking. Stay here and pray with me.

Narrator: Then he walked on a little way and fell on his face and prayed.

Jesus: Dear Father, all things are possible to you. Please let me not have to drink this cup. Yet it is not what I want but what you want.

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Narrator: And an Angel from heaven appeared, strengthening him. He was in agony and prayed even more intensely so that his sweat was like great drops of blood falling to the ground. Then he got to his feet from his prayer and walking back to his disciples, he found them sleeping through sheer grief.

Jesus: Why are you sleeping? You must get up and go on praying that you may not have to face temptation.

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The Third Candle is put out

Narrator: While he is still speaking, Judas, one of the 12 appeared with a great crowd, armed with swords and staves, sent by the chief priest and elders. The traitor himself gives them a sing.

Judas: The one I kiss will be the man. Get hold of him and take him away without any trouble.

Narrator: Without any hesitation, he walked up to Jesus and said:

Judas: Greetings Master.

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Narrator: And he kissed him. 'Then the others came up, seized hold of Jesus and held him. Suddenly one of Jesus disciples drew his sword, slashed at the High Priest's servant and cut off his ear. At this Jesus said to him:

Jesus: Put your sword back into its proper place. All those who take the sword, die by the sword. Do you imagine that I could not appeal to my Father and he would at once send more than twelve legions of angels to defend me?

Narrator: And then Jesus spoke to the crowds around him.

Jesus: So you're come out with your swords and stave to capture me like a bandit. Day after day I sat in the chapel and you never laid a finger on me, but this is your hour and the power of darkness is yours.

Narrator: And at this point all the disciples deserted him and made their escape. And the guards, with their captain and officers, took hold of Jesus and tied is hand together, and led him off to the High priest in whose presence all the chief priests and elders and scribes had assembled. Peter followed him at a safe distance, right up to the High Priests' courtyard. Meanwhile, the chief priest and the whole council were trying to find some evidence against Jesus which would warrant the death penalty. May perjurers gave evidence against Jesus. One man said, "I heard him say, "I heard him say, I can pull down the Temple of God and rebuild it in three days." But no witnesses could agree together.

Narrator: The High Priest then asked Jesus:

Priest: Have you no answer?

Narrator: But Jesus was silent.

Priest: I command you by the living God to tell us on your oath if you, Christ are you the Son of God.

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Jesus: I am, yes. And I tell you that i the future you will see the Son of Man sitting at the right hand of power and coming on the clouds of Heaven.

Narrator: At this, the High Priest tore his robe off and cried:

Priest: That was blasphemy. Where is the need for further witnesses? Look, you've heard the blasphemy. What's your verdict now?

Narrator: And they replied, he deserves to die. And they spat him in the face and knocked him about, and some slapped him, crying, Prophesy, you Christ? Even the servant who took him away slapped his face.

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Fourth Candle is put out

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Then the governor's soldiers took Jesus into the governor's place and collected the whole guard around him. They twisted thorn twigs into a crown and put it on his head, threw a purple robe around him saying:

Soldiers: Hail your majesty, King of the Jews.

Narrator: And then slapped him with their open hands and spat on him, and when they had finished their fun, when they had finished their fun, They striped the cloak off again and put his own clothes upon him and led him off for crucifixion having Jesus carry his own cross to a place called Skull Hill (In Hebrew -Golgotha). They offered him a drink of wine mixed with some bitter drug, but when he tasted it he refused to drink it. And when they had nailed him to the cross they shared out his clothes by drawing lots. Then they sat down to keep guard over him, and over his head they put a placard, with the charge against him - This is Jesus, King of the Jews.

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The Fifth Candle is put out

Narrator: Then from midday until 3:00 a darkness spread over the whole countryside, and Jesus said:

Jesus: My God, My God, Why did you forsake me?

Narrator: And the veil i the temple sanctuary split in two, the ground shook, rocks split and graves were opened. Then Jesus gave a great cry and said:

Jesus: Father I commend my spirit into your hands.

Narrator: When the centurion saw what happened he exclaimed reverently:

Centurion: That was, indeed, a good man.

Narrator: And the whole crowd who had collected for the spectacle, when they saw what had happened, went home in deep distress, and those who had known him, as well as the woman who had followed him from Galilee, remained standing at a distance and saw all this happen.

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Narrator: When the evening came, Joseph of Arimathea went to Pilate and asked for the body of Jesus. Pilate was surprised that he should be dead already and he sent for the centurion and asked whether he had been dead long. On hearing the centurions report, he gave Joseph the body of Jesus so Joseph brought a linen winding sheet, took Jesus down and wrapped him in it according to the Jewish custom of preparing a body for burial. In the place where he was crucified there was a garden containing a new tomb in which nobody had yet been laid. Because it was the preparation day and because the tomb was conveniently near, they laid Jesus' body in this tomb.

The last candle is taken off stage resulting in complete darkness signifying Christ's death. The lighted candle is returned (signifying the rebirth of Christ) and each choir member lights a candle from the last candle.

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Celebration of Christ Arising

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"Artist March"

Written for the Laguna Beach Concert Band to lay at the Band Day at the L.A. Coliseum.

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Ode to Veterans

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I Am a Proud American

Written for the 2017 Laguna patriot's Parade. I was an honored guest, having been the one that a patriot's day Parade would honored the veterans. I rode in the Presidents car for the parade.

March Tempo

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Verse of song above, sing with emotion

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The Creation

In the beginning God created the heaven and the earth, and the earth was without form, and void, and darkness was upon the face of the deep. And the spirit of God moved upon the face of the waters. And God said, let there be light, and there was light. And God saw the light, that it was good, and God divided the light from the darkness, and God called the light day and the darkness night.

Overture

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Narrator: And God said, let there be a firmament in the midst of the waters, and let it separate the waters from the waters. And god made the firmament and separated the waters, which were under the firmament from the waters which were above the firmament. And it was so, and God called the firmament Heaven.

The First Day

Song 1

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The evening and the morning were the First Day

Narrator: And the evening and the morning were the 2nd day. And God said, let the waters under the heavens be gathered together into one place, and let the dry land appear and it was so. God called the dry land earth and the waters that were gathered together he called seas. And God saw that it was good. And God said, let the earth put forth vegetation, plants yielding seed, and fruit trees bearing fruit in which is their seed, each according to its kind, upon the earth, and God saw that it was good.

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Second Day

Song 2

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And the evening and the morning were the Second Day

Narrator: and God said, let there be lights in the firmament of the heavens to separate the day from the night, and let them be for signs and for seasons and for days and years. And let them be lights in the firmament of the heavens to give light upon the earth and so it was. And god made the two great lights, the greater light to rule the day and the lesser light to rule the night. He made the stars also. And god set them in the firmament of the heaves to give light upon the earth, to rule over the days and over the nights. And to separate the light from the darkness and god saw that it was good.

Third Day Song 3

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The evening and morning of the Third Day

Narrator: And god said, let the earth bring forth living creatures according to their kinds, cattle and creeping things and beast of the earth according to their kind. And God saw that it was good. Then god said, let us make men in our image, after our likeness, and let them have dominion over the fish of the

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sea, over the birds of the air, and over the cattle and over all the earth and over every creeping thing.

4th day

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The Evening and Morning of the Fourth Day

`So God created man and female and said to them, be fruitful and multiply, and fill the earth and subdue it. And God said behold, I have given you every plant, yielding seed which is upon the earth and everything that has the breath of life. Thus the heavens and the earth were finished, and all the host of them to God blessed the 7th day and hallowed it because on it God rested

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from all his work. These are the generations of the heavens and the earth when they were created.

Fifth Day

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The Evening and Morning of the fifth Day

Narrator: Thus God created the earth for man into days and rested on the 7th. But the creation does not end in 7 days. The 8th day God gave to man to use as he saw fit. God gave men thought. He gave man intelligence. He gave men the materials he needed for advancement from generation to generation. God gave man wisdom, kindness and understanding.

6th Day

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The Evening and Morning of the Sixth 'Day

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Narrator: And the 7th day? What is the earth's destiny for the 7th day, Destruction, salvation, dissolution or solution? We can only pray and hope.

Seventh Day

Finale

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