Now Shall My Inward Joys Arise

Sacred Harp and other shape note music

Learning how to sing from The Sacred Harp

An overview of how to learn to sing in the Sacred Harp tradition. These resources are now dated, but I’m leaving them up as a historical record.

Palo Alto All Day Singing

Minutes and photos from an all-day singing I helped start. Alas, COVID put an end to the Palo Alto All Day Singing.

Photos of Sacred Harp Singings

Some of my photos of Sacred Harp singings from 2010 to 2022. Mostly West Coast singings.

The texts and theology

A way for urban revival singers to think about the theology of The Sacred Harp.

Texts for a new psalter

Psalm texts, in a variety of meters, suitable for singing to music in the style of the Sacred Harp. Link goes to a text file.

32 Shape Note Tunes

A collection of shape note tunes I wrote for Bay Area Sacred Harp singers from 2012-2022. Versions of one or two of these tunes appeared in “The Trumpet,” the now-defunct online publication of new tunes in the Sacred Harp tradition.

PDF of 32 Shape Note Tunes

Drawing of someone singing