Encouraging saints around the world since 1991 !!
Encouraging saints around the world since
1991 !!
MIDI CENTRAL
EXCITING NEWS !!!
You can now transpose our MIDI files, convert to MP3/WAV formats
then burn to a CD!! Great for accompaniment tracks !!!
Free program at http://www.hamienet.com/midi2mp3
I just happened upon
this wonderful web-site.
Now I have your music softly playing at my desk at work all day...
(Janie, from Mississippi)
Two choirs in Cape Town,
South Africa recently sent me a recording
of them singing several New Hope Music songs,
using six of these MIDIs as their accompaniment tracks!
Learn more about these South African groups...
Sing Along With Us !!
Introductions have now been
added
to all the song & hymn MIDI/MP3 files so you can
sing along with our arrangements!
Ideal for sing-alongs, choir practices, solos and congregational singing.
Great for small and large groups!
All our MIDIs have also been
converted to MP3,
for easy transfer to Audio CDs !!
Order CDs of our MP3s, MIDIs and PDF files
If any of you have the
time and resources
to create MIDI files,
I'm looking for people to help arrange
100+ more New Hope songs!
My general approach for background/accompaniment MIDIs is
1) Use a brief Intro
2) Keep the melody out front, but the accompaniment interesting enough to support it. Descants, countermelodies and a variety of instruments are fun!
3) Have sufficient repeats to cover all verses. OK to use an occasional, brief interlude between verses.
4) When appropriate, repeat the chorus at the end.
5) A simple ending after the last verse/chorus helps wrap things up...
Yes, it's a very basic approach, but these MIDIs serve well as backgrounds on our web sites, and as accompaniment in group singing around the world. They are also popping up all around the Internet!
Other types of arrangements of our songs are encouraged (classical, jazz, SATB), and each finds its place in our web sites.
I am in search of some
free music that I can
incorporate into the introduction of my church podcast.
I am doing this for Grace Covenant Presbyterian Church www.grace.to
Do I understand this
correctly, that your midi's are ok to use on podcasting
as long as we credit newhopemusic.com? Please
help me out with this....
(Susan, from Florida)
Want to use our MIDIs on your web site ?
Karaoke version of some NHM MIDIs
You'll need a Media Player to hear
our sound files (MP3, MIDI, Real Audio);
These programs can be downloaded ( free) off the Internet.
Left click on any link below to hear the MIDI.
Right click and "Save
Target As..."
to download the file your computer.
Many gifted saints have contributed MIDI
arrangements
of New Hope Music songs. Here are some of them !!
SONGS
Michael L. Jester (Florida)
A little about me:
I was born and grew up
in a small town West Jefferson, Ohio. I felt God's call to
vocational ministry in 1975 and moved to the
panhandle of Florida to attend
school at Florida Baptist College. I graduated with a degree in music
and served several
churches in Florida as a minister of music. At the
present time I am not in a full time position, however I am very active in a
Baptist church
in Stuart, Florida. I play in our praise band and
do some arranging for it.
I lead a bell-chime choir and sing baritone in our adult choir.
The Baby Of
Bethlehem
(Dutch version, modified by Johan, from the Netherlands)
This Day Is Holy (4/4 country version)
This Day Is Holy (6/8 blues version ! )
Fred Scorza (Pennsylvania)
He Shall Be Called
SATB Choir
Arrangement
Bob Sorem (Minnesota)
Born 1949. Grew up
on a dairy farm in southern Minnesota. Played tuba in school band
from
4th-12th grade. Had a few accordion lessons at about age 10, then later
self-taught the accordion,
piano and organ. Played tuba with several polka bands before joining the
Navy in 1970.
Family were not strong
church-goers, but my sisters sang in the choir at the country Methodist Church
near us,
and I got my first exposure to sacred music this way.
My mother played
piano, and even gave lessons,
but not in my recollection. I used to beg her to play a couple of my
favorites whenever she was at the
keyboard, but arthritis took away her abilities when she was only in her 40s.
After a short Navy career
in electronics, I worked first in electronic instrument calibration, and
then
as a computer programmer. My interest in music was always present, and I
played keyboards well enough to perform for a
few weddings, funerals, and other functions. When I
discovered the MIDI world, my two great interests came together wonderfully. After becoming disabled in
1999,
I have more or less dedicated myself to this pursuit. Active in my church from the time I joined the
Navy until ... about the same time I became disabled.
I live alone (in a northern Minneapolis suburb) and
have few responsibilities, so I enjoy helping others via the internet. I feel blessed to
have the
God-given gift of music appreciation and a smattering of talent.
** Bob's Web Site **
Logan J. Smith (Arkansas)
Logan J. Smith received
his education at the University of Central Arkansas, where he studied Music
Education under Dr. Ricky Brooks, Dr. Paige Rose and
Steven Smyth and
Composition under Dr. Paul Dickinson. He also studied privately with
Musicologist Dr. Jane Dahlenburg,
Theory teacher Dr. Carl Anthony and Trombonist
Dr. Denis Winter.
He was named Outstanding
Student of the College of Fine Arts in 2006, served as President of the Kappa
Iota chapter of Phi Mu Alpha Sinfonia froom
2005-2006 and ACPR of Phi Mu Alpha
Sinfonia's Province 4 in 2007. His Senior Recital comprised of multiple
performances of his works ranging
from a Neo-Romantic Brass Quintet to a
Twelve-Tone piece, written for Mezzo-Soprano Jennifer Crippen, to an
Electro-Acoustic piece for 6 Speakers and Computer.
He has original works
performed by the UCA Brass Choir, the UCA Orchestra, Pinnacle Brass, the UAPB
Jazz Ensemble, contemporary music group Subito
and is currently serving as the
Staff Arranger for the UCA Marching Band and Computer Musician for Subito.
Logan is currently working as the Middle
School Director/Brass Instructor for the Forrest City,
Arkansas school district and composing as much as possible.
** Logan's Web Site **
Leif Thiborg (Sweden)
I'm Leif Christer Thiborg,
56, a glad person from Sweden.
Musician, poet, artist and runner, who likes to honor God with my music
(from Leif, January 2009)
New
Every Morning
(with Debbie Stewart)
Come
To Me
(with Debbie Stewart)
Debbie Stewart (Ohio)
"For me to live is
Christ and to die is gain." A single mom who resides in Ohio,
I am a singer-songwriter and a 1978 graduate of Olivet Nazarene University
(B.S. Music Education). I share piano-playing responsibilities at Amelia
Nazarene Church
and am employed full-time as a Stationary Operating Engineer for American
Electric Power.
Elton Smith (Texas)
Larry Holder (left) &
Elton Smith (right)
A computer programmer by day, Elton resides in Plano, Texas.
He has collaborated with Larry Holder and many other wonderful
songwriters,
including Gilberto Baretto, whose songs originally prompted Elton to start a
musical web page.
Elton recently wrote a wonderful song with Rick Founds, "Nothing Can
Compare".
Elton's website is: Songs of Praise
He Shall Be Called (country)
He Shall Be Called (worship)
How Awesome Is
This Place
(new instrumentation of Richard Garber's MIDI)
Hiland Overgaard (Minnesota)
In an April 2001 e-mail, Hiland
describes himself as "...a freshman at the
University of Minnesota, Twin Cities campus, and I am double majoring in
Music Performance (for voice) and Music Education. I graduated from
Apple
Valley High School in Apple Valley, a suburb of Minneapolis, and I've lived
in Minnesota my entire life. I've been writing MIDIs for about 3
years, but
this year was the first time I sent any of them to different web sites.
I also compose classical music, play the piano, and sing in a worship team for
Campus Crusade for Christ and Hosanna! Lutheran Church."
Bringing The Presence Of Jesus
In The Splendor Of Your Courts
From Him, Through Him And To Him
Hiland's MIDIs can also be found at
Rhesa Siregar (Indonesia)
Rhesa is a musician,
worship leader and songwriter at Gereja
Generasi Baru Indonesia/New Generation Church of Indonesia.
He lives
in Makassar City, South Celebes, Indonesia with his wife, Jenny and they have
two daughters, Janice & Jasmine. He received
Jesus Christ as his Lord and
Savior of his life when he was 10 years old. He started his ministry as a
musician in 1992, and 4 years later
he became a music director and worship
leader. Rhesa is self-taught musician but he also learned the basic of piano
from his mom and dad.
Bringing The Presence Of Jesus
Yoke Wong
Silence,
Solitude, and Prayer (1)
Silence,
Solitude, and Prayer (2)
Remy St-Hilaire (Quebec, Canada)
Thine, O Lord (v1)
Thine, O Lord (v2)
Richard Garber (North Carolina)
"Currently I run my
own business, PC Workstations/Island Software...
a hardware techie as well as a self-taught programmer (Clarion).
I am married with two teenagers. I attended college for 3.5 years as a
music major performing with
various bands and orchestras playing bassoon and sax.
I played with a Christian outfit and we played various places in Pennsylvania
and a little into New York. I became a Christian in 1977."
Richard says that the following web sites
are endorsed by
the "Alaskan Eskimo Biblical Artifact Excavating Research Team"
Wow, they must be good!!
www.soundclick.com/livingwatersjazz
http://cdbaby.com/cd/livingwatersjazz
and 
www.edmfamily.com/edm/index
is Richard's business site
How Precious Is Your Love (full
orchestration)
How
Precious Is Your Love (simple arrangement)
Splendor
And Majesty
Richard Garber has also
created three MP3
accompaniment tracks for
The Baby Of Bethlehem
Leo Griffin (Oregon)
This was originally arranged
by Hiland Overgaard,
then orchestrated by Leo Griffin
David Hughes (Massachusetts)
The Mission (high descant)
The Mission (low descant)
Bob Martin (Michigan)
Victor Stockman (Georgia)
Come To Me background track only
Splendor and Majesty (version 1)
Splendor and Majesty (version 2)
This Day Is Holy background track only
Larrie Dee (California)
Larrie also created
two arrangements for New Hope Music
of a classic John W. Peterson song
"Heaven Came Down" © Copyright 1961, renewed
1989,
arr. © 2003 by John W. Peterson Music Company.
All rights reserved. Used by permission.
Adrian V. Miller (BC, Canada)
Born in 1934, Kerkrade,
The Netherlands. Graduated from college in 1955 with a degree in
Horticultural Engineering. Left for Vancouver, BC, Canada, three days after
graduation.
For 12 years I had my own
business in Horticulture and Pest Management. Then worked for
various provincial government ministries. In 1984 I obtained a Master of Pest
Management Degree
from Simon Fraser University in Burnaby, BC. I opted for early
retirement in 1992.
I did a lot of Christian
reading early in retirement and started to realize how utterly correct God's
Word is and that
the prophecies must be accepted literally. Although active in
choirs, I never had any music training.
Then the most amazing
happened in 1997: Suddenly I started writing lyrics for hymns, some
translations, many paraphrases,
but most entirely new lyrics. His Call was the
first one. I soon realized that my Lord still had a job for me and
thank Him
daily for this sudden gift. To Him be the glory!
Right click the title below
to download Adrian's MIDI performances of our songs
New Benediction (Numbers 6:25-26) New
Bringing The Presence Of Jesus
New Come To Me New
Content In All Things
(key of D)
Content In All Things
(key of F)
New Evening Prayer New
New Faithful Is The Lord New
Fearfully And Wonderfully Made
From Him, Through Him And To Him
New God Made You New
He
Shall Be Called (key of A)
He
Shall Be Called (key of B flat)
He
Shall Be Called (key of C)
How Precious Is Your Love (Merrifield)
How Precious Is Your Love (Merrifield/Gustafson)
New Hush My Little Loved One New
New I Have Called You New
New
I Will Give
Thanks (key of C)
New
New I Will Give
Thanks
(key of D) New
New If We Walk In The Light New
New In My Father's Hands (1) New
New In My Father's Hands (2) New
In The Splendor Of Your Courts
New
It Is Good (key
of C) New
New
It Is Good (key
of D) New
New Let's Just Love The Lord New
New Make Your Way Clearer New
New May God Be Gracious New
New Mighty And Awesome New
New Open The Doors New
New
Open The Eyes Of My Heart (1
- Merrifield) New
New
Open The Eyes Of My Heart
(2
- Merrifield) New
New Pleasing In Your Sight New
Robe Of Righteousness
(Key
of E)
Robe Of Righteousness (Key of G)
New Send Forth Your Light New
Silence,
Solitude And Prayer (key of
C)
Silence,
Solitude And Prayer (key of d)
Splendor And Majesty
Splendor And Majesty
New
That Ye Might Walk (version
1) New
New That Ye Might Walk
(version
2) New
New
The Baby Of Bethlehem (key of
C) New
New The Baby Of Bethlehem
(key of
D) New
New The Baby Of Bethlehem
(key of
G) New
New The Covenant New
New The Lord Is Compassionate New
New The Lord's Prayer New
New The Lord's Prayer New
New The Stability Of Our Times New
New The Word Of The Lord New
New There Will Be Silence New
New To Him Who Sits On The Throne New
New Trust In The Lord New
New Who May Ascend New
New Wisdom And Might New
New
You Are My Shepherd
(key of E) New
New You Are My Shepherd
(key
of G) New
New
You Gave Us Hope (1)
New
New
You Gave Us Hope (2)
New
New
You Gave Us Hope
(3) New
New Your Grace New
New Yours Is The Day New
New Yours Is The Greatness New
Julie Schieck (Minnesota)
"I have been playing
for a contemporary Lutheran service
for 4 years (on a Kurzweil Mark 12).
Through the years I have arranged about 200 MIDI files...
mostly contemporary Christian songs.
I have done a quite a few Christmas songs and several
songs for weddings (solo music, accompaniments).
I started for my applied
music degree but only finished 3 years.
I have taken a couple digital music courses at a local college.
I teach private voice and piano lessons ..."
More
"Splendor and Majesty"
MIDIs & MP3s
Louis Webb
Roy Ford
John Tolson
Mystery Arranger *
* If you happen to be this mystery
arranger,
please let me know so I can give you proper credit!
Go to our "Splendor and Majesty" page for more details
All songs copyright 1991 - 2009, Ralph Merrifield
New Hope Music, PO Box 1612, Westboro MA 01581
(with the exception of "Hallelujah, Jesus Is
Lord",
Copyright 2001, Stephen M. Misarski
You have our encouragement and permission
to duplicate and share these song for all "not-for-profit" purposes
(web site background, recordings, corporate worship, give-away copies).
Please contact New Hope for other uses. Thanks !!!
From Florida to Alaska, in Tennessee,
Virginia & Colorado,
a number of web sites include our MIDI arrangements as background music.
Several sites also include a collection of our MIDIs for download, including...
Songs
Of Praise (Elton Smith)
Lassen
Technologies
Free
Praise and Worship
Living
Water Jazz
New
Christian Midi
New
HYMNS
NEW
For
a $ 10.00 shipping and handling charge,
NEW
a complete set of all lyrics, pdf-musicscores and midi-files
of Adrian V. Miller's hymns can be mailed
to your regular street address on a data CD.
For details please contact Adrian by E-mail at:
AdrianAVMA@AOL.com
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