Last Wednesday night I was privileged to be invited to a small private house concert with William Joseph - the piano playing composer recently discovered by David Foster. I decided to take Neal with me. Neal is taking a little "break" from piano lessons and I hoped that he might be inspired. How ironic that Neal's piano teacher won tickets to the concert. She is a huge fan of William Joseph.
William Joseph was definitely inspiring. Personable, funny and definitely cool, William Joseph shattered Neal's perception that playing the piano isn't "cool".
Besides being cool and extremely good looking, William Joseph creates amazing music. I was in awe of the incredible talent in the house. Together with Aaron Ashton, on the violin, William Joseph moved me to tears, rocked the house, and inspired patriotism and devotion with his music. Watch video clips from some of William Joseph's performances here, here and here.
I must also give a shout-out to the hosts for the evening. The Dyers were gracious and thoughtful as they offered their beautiful home for the concert. And not only that, we got to hear a performance from their very talented daughters - Tian and Mady, part of the amazing country band Dyer Highway (brother Tel is in the MTC preparing to serve an LDS mission. He was part of the Missionary Choir that sang during the Saturday afternoon session of General Conference this past weekend). Dyer Highway is a young and upcoming country band. I got to hear them for the first time last summer when they opened for The Nashville Tribute Band. These siblings are awesome! Watch their video here.
Anyway, I also have the privilege to give away two copies of William Joseph's newest CD - Be Still. Be Still is a collection of arrangements of sacred hymns. Inspiring and spiritual, Be Still invokes a calmness and peace that is so appreciated in the chaos of our days.
To enter to win one CD of Be Still by William Joseph :
1. Leave a comment on this post.
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The give-away will be open to entries until Friday, April 6th at 11:59 pm MST. The two winners will be chosen randomly from the comments and announced on the morning of Saturday, April 7th.
What a wonderful giveaway, I would love to win! Right now I am my ward's pianist and have been looking for inspiration for hymns everywhere I can get it. Fingers crossed!
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We would love one too! I am also trying to convince my boys that piano lessons are "Cool".
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ReplyDeleteThis would be fantastic---LOVE piano music, nothing in this world is better!
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ReplyDeleteI do much admire you for the mother you are!! Your so talented!! I hope I win this CD and it helps me be more inspired!! I am a follower of your blog!!
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ReplyDeleteWhen I was in high school my tennis partner and I listened to one of his songs before every match. It helped us calm down, and we always did better in our matches. Such an inspiration!
ReplyDeleteI listen to William Joseph's music almost everyday. One of the greatest musicians I've every met...a beautiful blog...Love and best wishes...
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ReplyDeleteWould love to win. I love piano music. Thank you for the giveaway.
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This sounds like a great CD.
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I would love to win this. I am a pianist and just LOVE listening to the piano on CD. Sounds wonderful. Thanks for the chance!
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I would love to win some beautiful music!
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Fantastic music from such a talented individual!
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Both my husband and I play the piano. Nothing touches my heart quite like beautiful piano music! :D
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This sounds fantastic, I think we'd enjoy it as a family.
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