• Settings for Voice with keyboard accompaniment, Lead Sheet, as a Round, SAB Choir, Piano, and Handbells
  • various durations
  • text by Martha Streufert Jander
  • When the second year of the Lutheran Church Composer-in-Residence Program began, Pastor Linda Daniels-Block challenged me to compose a handful of "Jesus Loves Me" type songs. The goal was to merge newly-written text with music that will be sung by children and adults alike for years to come. "Jesus Is My Savior" was the second song to be written. The text was written by my mother, Martha S. Jander. I am truly blessed and honored to have had the opportunity to set this and two other texts she’s written for the children’s song project. An idea for “beefing up” each of the songs came about after the second tune was finished. Once a song is complete, I set the music in a variety of idioms to be used within worship. "Jesus Is My Shepherd" and "Jesus Is My Savior" have already been arranged as lead sheets, for handbells, for SAB choir, and for solo piano. Needless to say, the direction of this project has taken a rather delightful turn.
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