Ave Maria performed by Lexi Walker with the Lyceum Orchestra
Mormon.org is releasing a set of videos for their "Christmas 12 Days of Social" by various renowned youtube artists and today they chose Marshall's orchestral arrangement of Ave Maria as featured in Lyceum Philharmonic's recently produced video. It is in Marshall's top 3 of pieces he has ever written!
Last holiday season, Marshall arranged Ave Maria for vocalist, Lexi Walker and the American Heritage Lyceum Philharmonic. She performed it at Kate Winslet's Golden Hat Foundation benefit concert in Carnegie Hall, New York City.
Sheet music for full orchestra with vocal solo is available by clicking here.
The Piano Guys Feature Marshall's Arrangement of "O Come, O Come, Emmanuel"
What an honor to have THE PIANO GUYS feature Marshall's arrangement (co-written with his close friend, Steven Sharp Nelson) of "O Come, O Come, Emmanuel" in their recent YouTube video (which has already passed 34 million views)!
And YES! the sheet music for "O Come, O Come, Emmanuel" is available for the following instruments:
- Piano Solo (as an individual PDF Download and in the piano solo book, Christmas Classics)
- Violin Solo with Piano Accompaniment
- Cello Solo with Piano Accompaniment
- Viola Solo with Piano Accompaniment
- Choral SATB
Marshall McDonald and Steven Sharp Nelson met at the University of Utah
They have produced the following most recent projects together:
- Sacred Hymns, Vol. 1 – a bestselling series of hymn arrangement sheet music books for violin, cello and viola.
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The Spanish Trail Suite – commissioned by the National Endowment for the Arts (NEA) through the Orchestra of Southern Utah, this 35-minute symphony musically depicts the triumphs and hardships experienced by those who traveled the Old Spanish Trail. It was performed in
2009 in China by the Chinese Philharmonic Orchestra. - AFRICA – a 25-minute piece written for full symphony orchestra, 8 percussion players, and full choir (also commissioned by the NEA) celebrating the great continent, Africa.
- More Holiness Give Me – their first album together, featuring only their native instruments, the cello and the piano.
- American Journey – this album features the China Philharmonic Orchestra performing Spanish Trail Suite; Come, Come, Ye Saints; Homeward Bound; If You Could Hie to Kolob and the original composition "Tender Mercies" based on the melody from the symphony, AFRICA.