Author: Carlos Colon

Alegre Luz (O Gladsome Light) Buy score here

Veni Emmanuel (contact me for score)

Restore Us, O God (Buy score here)

Noche Anunciada – Night Long Awaited (purchase score here)

I DID NOT write this one, but I am including it here for my choirs helping at Baylor University’s Advent services.

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Let say it outright, I don’t know why grace is so amazing. The concept is so overwhelming that we prefer sing about, and not just theorize about it. This choral arrangement by Roger Ames opened a window to heaven for me, specially when the arranger brings the text of the Kyrie Eleison, Lord have mercy, during the piece. Please get your headphones out and listen, or better, sing along and let God heal your heart. We all need this healing.

 

Listen to it. There’s also another version at this link.

A few years ago, Dr. Randall Bradley and I led a Baylor Church Music trip to El Salvador. By an act of grace, we ended up singing this song “Esto Les Digo” (This I Tell You) at the crypt of Saint Oscar Romero. It was May 23, 2015, the very day Romero was beatified  – the last step toward sainthood. You can see the tears in our group and in the faces of the faithful.

Nos ha llegado una triste noticia desde El Salvador.

El Maestro Doetsch,  excelente director coral, y el mas grande pedagogo de la educación vocal musical de centroamérica decidió saltearse un compás, adelantándose así a nosotros. ¡Qué vacío, nos deja… especialmente en nuestros corazones!

Un hombre de valentía inmensa: con mucho ahínco ayudó a que se estrenara mi Requiem: Las Lamentaciones de Rufina Amaya en El Salvador. Muchos se oponían, pero el no se dió por vencido. Aquí, parte de ésa presentación, se le ve a él en el piano: