Music Visualizations
Music is primarily an aural experience. But of the other senses, the visual is next in line. Listeners have long been fascinated with ‘watching’ the music – seeing musicians ‘get into it’ with body and soul, focusing on flying fingers, following along with a score, and reveling in synchronous dance
Folio Wide Page
Folio Wide Page excerpt
A Beginning
It's hard to believe that it will soon be forty years since I produced this book, during my break year between studying at the ICS and moving with Wendy to Holland for a year. I'm tempted now to call this "The Beginning and the End", because nothing much came of
Calvin on Worship Songs
This is my own paraphrase of a translation of the last part of Calvin's Preface to the Psalter.
Psalm 138 – music video
Psalm 138 - The Psalm Project - Photos & Video by Henry de Jong. This music video was made in anticipation of a tour by The Psalm Project, and incorporates photos from my own collection to accompany their rendition of Psalm 138. It revisits and ancient psalm text, the Genevan
Herman de Jong – Organ
Herman de Jong plays on the Covenant CRC organ
Worship Songs: 2007 – 2010
Here's at least a three year snapshot of all the songs sung in one church's worship services.
Seerveld on Genevan Psalmody
The Gift of Genevan psalmody for today sprung from its historical context. Calvin Seerveld
speaking about Genevan Psalm 47 as sung by the Pax Christi Chorale
Mass in B Minor
This 'Visual Studio' for Bach's Mass in B Minor was created for the occasion of my third singing of this masterpiece with Chorus Niagara in March of 2009.
Music Visualizations
I have long been drawn to music animations and have been bookmarking them for two decades. Here, finally, is a place where I can share my fascination. There are some twenty examples. The music is almost all Bach.
St. Matthew Passion
Bach's St. Matthew Passion - an online, visual, interactive presentation of a translation of the text, developed in 2000 for the Chorus Niagara concert.
The Psalm Project – 2011
The Psalm Project visits to North America in 2011 and 2012 cemented bonds of faith and fellowship between the group and members of my extended family.
The Psalm Project – 2012
The Psalm Project takes off - January 2012 Teach us to pray Tour