Seraphim Music offers a growing catalogue of distinctive, accessible music composed or arranged by Rhett Barnwell, Brook Boddie, Sunita Staneslow, Angi Bemiss, Vicki Collinsworth, Philip Hayden, and other artists, which can be played on Lever or Pedal Harp
Most single editions and book collections by these composers are now also available in instant downloadable PDF format. Simply click on the link to order, and you will be immediately sent a link to download and print your music after checkout.
brook boddie
Nelson Brook Boddie (1968-2020), left this world all too soon at the age of 51. Brook was known and loved by many for his talent, his humility, and above all, for his loving and gentle spirit.
Brook was an accomplished organist, pianist and harpist from Shreveport, Louisiana. He held Bachelors and Masters degrees in Humanities and English from Louisiana State University-Shreveport. He was the Music Associate and Organist at Broadmoor Baptist Church since 1988. He was also on the English Faculties of Louisiana State University-Shreveport and Bossier Parish Community College.
Brook Boddie fulfilled a life-long dream to play the harp beginning in his mid 30's. He studied with Shirley Jennings at Northwestern State University in Natchitoches, LA. He played pedal and lever harp and, more recently, had added double strung harp to his beloved harp collection. He published his compositions and arrangements for harp through Seraphim Music. He also played regularly as a volunteer for a local inpatient hospice and at a residential facility for the physically and intellectually disabled.
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vicki collinsworth
was born and raised in Shreveport, Louisiana. She has been a church musician since the age of sixteen. She studied piano performance and pedagogy at the Hurley School of Music at Centenary College of Louisiana. She currently resides in Tullahoma, Tennessee where she composes and arranges music for the Southern Middle Tennessee Recorder Society (a chapter of the American Recorder Society), the Tullahoma Community Civic Choir, and Motlow College Choir. As a choral accompanist, Vicki has collaborated with the Tullahoma Community Civic Choir, Middle Tennessee Vocal Association mass and honor choirs, and the college honor choir of the Louisiana American Choral Directors Association.
Vicki is a private piano teacher and currently serves as Music Director/organist at the First Christian Church in Tullahoma, Tennessee where she composes and arranges instrumental and choral pieces for use in worship services. As a composer, Vicki has piano and organ works published with Hope Publishing, Lorenz Corporation and Hal Leonard.
sunita staneslow
is a native of Minnesota but has made Israel her home for the past 16 years. She has become widely known for her accessible arrangements for the harp and has fourteen books published by Afghan Press, Mel Bay and Sylvia Woods. A graduate of the Manhattan School of Music, Sunita’s primary teachers were Frances Miller, Lucile Lawrence and Judith Liber. Classically trained but with a passion for traditional music, Sunita’s career has been rich and varied and has spanned many genres. She has recorded CDs of Jewish, Celtic and classical music. Since 2007, Sunita has been working as a therapeutic harpist at the Schneider Children’s Medical Center in Israel. Sunita is a frequent performer and instructor at major North American folk harp festivals. Sunita can be found walking her dogs by the sea or playing in a session at a local Irish pub. Last year she spent six months with her husband cycling across Europe with her harp! www.sunitaharp.com
philip hayden
Phil Hayden is a composer of vocal, choral and harp music who discovered the joy of playing harp and its delightful possibilities for composing a few years ago. A native of New York, Phil graduated from Westminster Choir College summa cum laude, and received his Masters Degree in Music Theory and Composition from Eastern Kentucky University. At EKU he won the Orchestral Composition Contest. In 2022 he won the Ithaca College 42nd annual Robert Campbell Endowed Choral Composition Prize. Phil has current choral music published by Hal Leonard, and his harp music exclusively with Seraphim Music.
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Early in his career Phil taught high school vocal music, followed by college teaching overseas, first in Medellin, Colombia, then in Taiwan, ROC. Phil taught music theory related subjects and conducting, and directed choral ensembles. He took the first known set of handbells to Colombia, where his university handbell choir still presents concerts. Recently retired, Phil has spent the past thirty years in full-time church music ministry in Raleigh, NC, where he and his wife still reside. They are the proud parents of four grown children.
angi bemiss
is a lifelong musician who is best known in the harp world as an arranger/publisher through her company, Simply the Harp. She has published 15 books and 100 pieces of sheet music which contain over 500 music selections, encompassing sacred, popular, theatre, worship, wedding and classical genres. Angi is a Certified Music Practitioner (CMP), and has played for patients at Northside Hospital in Atlanta, GA, since 1998, as well as in other hospitals, hospices and health care facilities. She is a popular workshop presenter at harp conferences, plays for weddings and church services and gives presentations to community groups. In addition to her harp activities, she is a partner in a financial consulting firm and resides in Atlanta with her saintly husband, Kevin. www.simplytheharp.com