About the Book
Come Celebrate With Me was composed in 2008 for the annual Christmas Market in Herrnhut, Germany, on November
29th, 2008.
The piece was performed twice in that Christmas Market: the first
performance was in the afternoon and given by a Christmas choir
comprised of several from Herrnhut's local Youth With A Mission center
and members from the local Christliches Zentrum church – the choir sang
on the corner where the streets of August-Bebel Strasse and Dürniger
Strasse met; and the second performance was later that evening as part
of a concert given by students and teachers of the Kreismusikschule
Dreiländereck (a music school in the "three-country-corner" where
Herrnhut lies) that took place in the sanctuary hall of the Herrnhuter
Brüdergemeine (the Moravian Church of Herrnhut) – this second
performance of Come Celebrate With Me was given by a quartet of two
Trumpets, an Alto Saxophone and a Trombone, for which I specially
rearranged the piece in light of that performance.
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Born in 1985 and raised in San Jose, California, I grew up with a very musical background. I imitated simple tunes by ear
on the piano as a child that my father would play and I eventually began
to formally learn how to read and play music at the age of 10 by
learning the trombone. At 15, as a Sophomore in High School, I then
picked up the guitar. The idea of composing music had always intrigued
me. However, after being exposed to some jazz arrangements and a
composition by a high school marching band friend and fellow trombonist,
the wheels began to turn in my life that eventually brought me to the
decision that I wanted to spend the rest of my life composing music. The
idea that something never heard or even imagined before could come out
of someone's mind and be written down for others to read, play and hear
had fascinated and inspired me to go for it myself. My music is largely
inspired by my faith in God and should tell you about Him and what He
has done in my life through the salvation His Son, Jesus Christ, brought
to you and me.
I like this quote:
"Life, wherever it
reveals itself; truth, no matter how bitter; bold, sincere speech with
people -- these are my leaven, these are what I want, this is where I am
afraid of missing the mark."
- Mussorgsky in a letter to Vladimir Stasov
-Daniel Mollé
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