| “Warm,” “personable,” and “inspiring” are words that describe not only the music but the artist as well. Jan Kraybill brings to life the spirit of music such as “Holy, Holy, Holy”; “Morning Has Broken”; “Every Time I Feel the Spirit”; “O Come, O Come Emmanuel”; and many more. All of the tracks are piano arrangements of hymns and spirituals, for all seasons of the year. Included is the arrangement of “I Need Thee Every Hour” that Kraybill played for Community of Christ President Veazey’s ordination in June 2005. Many of these tracks are the most requested arrangements that she’s played for reunions and worship services over the years.
Jan Kraybill is the principal organist and director of music at the Community of Christ headquarters complex in Independence, Missouri. She earned bachelor’s and master’s degrees in music education and piano performance from Kansas State University, and a doctorate in organ performance from the Conservatory of Music, University of Missouri–Kansas City. Kraybill performs regularly as an organist, pianist, and harpsichordist, and has appeared as a recitalist and lecturer at regional and national musicians’ conventions in the United States and Canada. She has performed in Russia and Poland and has undertaken multiple tours of England, Ireland, and Wales, presenting recitals on historic organs including at St. Paul’s Cathedral in London.
Track List
1. Holy, Holy, Holy
2. Simple Gifts
3. Be Still and Know/Be Still, My Soul
4. It is Well with my Soul
5. Higher Ground
6. O Come, O Come Emmanuel
7. Carol of the Bells
8. The Coventry Carol/The First Nowell
9. What Child is This?
10. Silent Night
11. Go Tell It on the Mountain
12. We Three Kings
13. I Wonder as I Wander
14. O Sacred Head, Now Wounded
15. Morning Has Broken
16. Every Time I Feel the Spirit
17. Doxology
18. I Need Thee Every Hour
19. There is a Balm in Gilead
20. Nobody Knows the Trouble Ive Seen
21. His Eye is on the Sparrow
22. Joshua Fit the Battle of Jericho |
