CREATIVE COMPOSITION
Numerous venues across the country will be experiencing
an exciting, new composition this Easter season. “Requiem” by Heather Sorenson
is scheduled for presentations by Exultate on the following days.
Friday, April
12, at Normandale Lutheran Church, Edina, Minnesota.
Saturday, April 13, at Lake Nokomis Lutheran Church,
Minneapolis, Minnesota.
Sunday, April 14, at Lutheran Church of the Good Shepherd,
Minneapolis, Minnesota.
Specific information about times can be found at exultate.org.
My wife and I went to college with Heather’s folks,
and Carmen traveled with the Joybells Trio along with her aunt, Ellyn Sorenson
Luther.
Heather has published hundreds of compositions including
the popular “Psalm 23,” “God of Heaven,” and “Let Me Walk You Home.” She has performed
at Carnegie Hall and taught as an adjunct at Baylor University. “Although her
career is sometimes on a big stage, Heather’s heart is leading the Church in
worship, and she feels that her greatest calling is using her music to connect
people with God,” according to her website.
Heather writes, “I received a letter a few days ago
from a college student in Communist China, letting me know that they use my
music in their underground church. It is a humbling thing to open up YouTube
and see my music translated into other languages and being used in churches and
ministries all over the world.”
“Requiem” was commissioned in honor of those lost
during COVID and is designed to bring hope and healing to all who have experienced
loss. “Requiem” is distributed through Hal Leonard, and excerpts from the composition
can be heard on Heather’s website, heathersorenson.com.
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