Solo piping is often associated with church related events. Music arranged for The Church Piper series is designed to serve those pipers. They must be ready and well prepared. Familiar band pieces aren’t always appropriate and advance notice isn’t always given. To learn selections from The Church Piper music books will assure readiness for the occasion.
The majority of a piper’s solo engagements are related to church events such as weddings, memorials, call to worship, Easter, Thanksgiving, Christmas, or a graduation banquet. All are occasions in which God is to be honored. To play a hymn that expounds upon the love of God, or His Almighty power, the piper must know God the Father and Jesus the Son, in a personal way. Only when a piper knows God, can he or she play with a feeling that says, “God is a Friend of mine, and I want to tell you about Him.” To play a hymn such as, “I Sing the Mighty Power of God,” one must know the characteristics that make God mighty, or know why we have reason to sing, “The love of God is greater far than tongue or pen can ever tell.” Consequently, thoughts related to playing before God are provided in addition to musical arrangements.
This is how The Church Piper music books provide pipers with more than the music. The purpose of its dissertations is to help pipers make God a personal part of their lives and their music both worshipful and meaningful. A piper will become a vehicle through whom the longings of God’s people will be carried upwards to be heard by Him, while His blessings will flow back to His listeners. This is The Church Piper’s objective. There is satisfaction in seeing pipers recognizing that a personal relationship with God makes their music much more meaningful than if they didn’t know Him at all
Pipers can check their favourite bagpipe shops to enquire about the books that will complete their library of The Church Piper.
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