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A Christmas Album
Ryan Smith and Jill Roberts, soloists
Description
Jill Roberts, harpist,and Ryan Smith, pianist, present a Christmas CD containing over fifteen Christmas carols, hymns, and tunes from around the world. The CD contains familiar carols such as Silent Night, Angels We Have Heard on High, and Gesu Bambino. Becky Reynolds, a gifted South Carolina artist, contributed the original artwork. The CD contains a mixture of harp and piano solos; no duets.
Order
Cost is only $15.00 plus tax, where applicable. (Shipping is included.) Available in U.S. and Canada.
About the Artists
Ryan Smith and Jill Roberts graduated in 2001 from Furman University in Greenville, South Carolina, with degrees in Music Performance. While at Furman they performed together frequently in recitals, and they also were involved in campus ministry.
Ryan began playing the piano at the age of eight, having studied with Ruby Morgan, Derek Parsons, Sheila Paige, and most recently Marina Lomazov. He has accompanied, performed, and taught piano. Ryan has been invited to perform some of these pieces in Carnegie Hall in December. This album follows Ryan’s solo CD, O Worship the King, which features twelve hymns that he arranged and performed on the piano. Several of his arrangements from that album are now in print, including "Be Thou My Vision" and "Great Is Thy Faithfulness." Ryan now resides in Columbia, S.C.
Jill lives in Atlanta, Georgia, where she performs with various ensembles including the Atlanta Symphony Orchestra. In 2001 she received her Bachelor of Music degree in Harp Performance from Furman University where she was principal harpist for the Furman Symphony Orchestra. A finalist in the American Harp Society's national competition, she was principal harpist for the highly acclaimed Atlanta Symphony Youth Orchestra for four years. Jill began harp lessons at the age of five and has studied with Susan Brady, Elisabeth Remy, and Anita Burroughs-Price. She is happily married to Andy.
Track Listing
Angels We Have Heard on High**
Silent Night*
O Holy Night*
O Come, All Ye Faithful*
Bring a Torch, Jeannette, Isabella**
Coventry Carol**
Do You Hear What I Hear?*
I Wonder As I Wander*
Gesu Bambino*
It Came Upon A Midnight Clear**
Away in a Manger*
What Child is This?*
Lo, How a Rose E're Blooming**
Still, Still, Still*
We Three Kings*
Hark! The Herald Angels Sing*
* Denotes piano solo
** Denotes harp solo
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Also check out Ryan's album, O Worship the King, which has received great reviews.
Now playing: It Came Upon A Midnight Clear from Christmas Album
