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Jazz composer and pianist Deanna Witkowski shows how hymn arrangements can enrich our interactions with familiar texts. And she discusses how we can better welcome guest musicians into our congregations.
Deanna Witkowski has a wide range of musical experience, including as a church musician and as a guest artist in churches. Many of her compositions are sacred works, including a song my choir often sings as an introit—“We Walk in Love.” In 2017, her hymn “We Belong to God” won the Annual Hymn Search of The Hymn Society in the U.S. and Canada.
Among Deanna’s many accolades, she has won the Great American Jazz Piano Competition. She has also released six albums, including most recently Makes the Heart to Sing: Jazz Hymns.
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Resources We Mention
- Deanna’s website and her Bandcamp page
- Deanna’s sheet music
- Makes the Heart to Sing
- Deanna’s article in Down Beat
- Lectio Divina
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