Douglas Pew

American composer, conductor, and performer. Commissioned by Washington National Opera, Barlow Foundation, ASCAP/SCI, Aspen Music Festival.

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🎶 A Cranky Composer's Quick Fix 🎶

I love this hymn! It has that strong air of many of the great Protestant hymns. It’s bold melody right from the outset soars up to the high D. The moving… https://t.co/04dkjajIPg

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I'm expecting to get some wrath from more than a few readers with this one...

The music in this hymn just doesn't do it for me. Not even close.

Now, the text ... wow! Amazing! It may… https://t.co/SAs34yIabv

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Baby Aubrey’s turning 13 next week, but her new glasses make her look like she’s 17. #wolfwhistle #beautifuldaughter jpew https://t.co/eAVpXY5400

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Playing in church today with my girls. Don’t they look and sound beautiful?!?! jpew #ldsmusic #mormonmusic #violinduet https://t.co/Jnazv83pVk

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There must be very few hymns in the entire world that go into the kind of detail Hymn #48 goes into about the city of Enoch, Zion, the pure in heart.

This is true blue new Latter-Day… https://t.co/kLJugBDXOH

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Any time an Apostle writes a hymn text, I pay attention.

Yet this particular hymn and it's author, Elder John A. Widtsoe, had to be rescued from the 'Darkness' by the composer.… https://t.co/pqH8zdzlsI

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Preamble to 341 LDS Hymn Reviews https://t.co/uTNXU3Hygg

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Announcing! Dr. Pew's 341 Days of LDS Hymn Reviews https://t.co/4jIF1XmxXL

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Hello LDS music friends. Who wants a Free copy of my solo piano arrangement of "My Heavenly Father Loves Me?

Here's a link... https://t.co/ZD2fMbhrXs #lds #mormon #ldsmusic #mormonmusic #primarysongs #ldshymns

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Who? Me? No, I didn’t do it Mom... jpew #cutebaby #bottomlip https://t.co/RxSxvdTSP7

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Fascinating! https://t.co/5QHhpZZ5Tc

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@karahuberpiano @ClassicFM Um, can you say ‘James Levine’?

[Welsh National Opera @WelshNatOpera]

‘I don’t like opera’
‘Which operas have you seen?’
‘I haven’t seen any’
‘So how do you know you don’t like opera?’
‘…(silence)’

Introduce someone to opera this year.
#TuesdayThoughts

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"Hosanna, blessed be the name of the Most High God!" ‘The Firstfruits of Them That Slept - 8. Hymn: Hosannas To Our God We Sing’ on #SoundCloud #np https://t.co/Gq6QeQgx3c

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Happy Easter! He Lives!!I Know That My Redeemer Liveth by Douglas Pew https://t.co/O0r04zRt1d via @YouTube

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@TenebraeChoir @PeacockAdrian @jimmyvacance @Simon_Whiteley @violabloke @MarthaMcLorinan @msHannahCooke @tomrobsontenor @EllieJMinney @LissiePaul @bethpartridge1 Hope you'll all come back to Utah sometime soon.

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@TenebraeChoir @PeacockAdrian @jimmyvacance @Simon_Whiteley @violabloke @MarthaMcLorinan @msHannahCooke @tomrobsontenor @EllieJMinney @LissiePaul @bethpartridge1 Wish I could be there!

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@karahuberpiano Awesome!

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"When I feel the urge [to compose], I begin by appealing directly to my Maker and I first ask Him the 3 most important questions pertaining to our life here in this world--whence, wherefore, whither? Straightaway the ideas flow in upon me, directly from God." #brahms

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Yay @Lukaszewski_Pa ! #MusicaSacraMafia https://t.co/0iq55DQNKY

[Tenebrae Choir @TenebraeChoir]

You can hear more lovely delights like this, Paweł Łukaszewski's O Vos Omnes, at the Holy Week Festival at @StJohnsSmithSq 26 Mar-1 Apr #SJSSHolyWeek https://t.co/0D0i0hn3ta