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This is a gathering song from Michael Herry’s collection Dare to Dream. Once again, the text is by Tricia Walsh. The sheet music is free from the Marists. You can hear their version at their site as well. I made … Continue reading →

This is a folk song about Saint Mary Mackillop but written before she was beatified. It is another one of Michael Herry’s Dare to Dream songs with lyrics by Tricia Walsh. By coincidence, today is her feast day. The sheet … Continue reading →

The next song in Michael Herry’s collection Dare to Dream is a bit confusing. It is a fine setting of the psalm for the second week of Easter Year A by the well known Australian setter of psalms, Jenny O’Brien. … Continue reading →

This is a chorus by Michael Herry from his collection Dare to Dream. The sheet music is free from the Marists. You can hear their version at their site. It is a contemplative sung prayer. The text is by Tricia … Continue reading →

Michael Herry’s song “Designer Label” has a subtitle, “with apologies to Country Road” an Australian clothing store. It is from his collection Dare to Dream, and is designed as a Recessional. The sheet music is free from the Marists. You … Continue reading →

This is the title track of Michael Herry’s collection Dare to Dream. The lyrics are once again by Tricia Walsh and suitable for Eucharist generally and Lent specifically. The sheet music is free from the Marists and you can hear … Continue reading →

Michael Herry wrote this song for the Year of the Family in the 1990s. After yesterday’s blockbuster this is a sweet singable song. There are Marian uses and Eucharistic uses as well as the obvious use for gathering. There are … Continue reading →

This is an ambitious title from Michael Herry’s collection, Dare to Dream. It is a choir piece (women, tenors, basses, cantor) and utilises didgeridoo. The music is by Herry and the text by Tricia Walsh. Getting from the slow verse … Continue reading →

I have left the familiar songs from this collection from Michael Herry called Dare to Dream to look at selections that are new to me. This one has a text based on Deut 6:4-7 and Psalm 26. The sheet music … Continue reading →

I am working through the very prolific Michael Herry’s collection Dare to Dream, which is freely available as sheet music at his website. The refrain text is anonymous and adapted by his collaborator Tricia Walsh. The verses are Psalm 138. … Continue reading →