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Denise Pyles is a pastoral
musician and composer who has been sharing her musical gifts in various
spiritual applications since 1979. She completed production of
"Creation of Love" in 1999, a collection of original music for
ritual prayer and worship.
"Creation of Love" is the third collection that Denise
has professionally recorded and produced. Other recorded accomplishments
include "Weaver God" which was recognized with a
Liturgical Arts Award, "Song for Mater Admirabilis",
and a collaborative CD for women’s prayer and ritual sponsored by IPJC
of Seattle, Washington.
Long before her music reaches the recording studio, Denise was
writing and performing her compositions for liturgical purposes,
religious conferences, and other spiritual assemblies. She has performed
her works in concert, and has been commissioned to write music to
promote assembly singing for various religious communities, including
the Religious of the Sacred Heart (US Province), and the Catholic
Educator’s Conference (British Columbia, Canada).
Although a skilled acoustical guitarist, Denise is expanding her
repertoire to include the study of classical guitar. Whether singing,
writing, playing or conducting music, Denise believes in "full,
conscious and active participation" in liturgy and private prayer.
Her never-ending enthusiasm for liturgical and community singing are
best expressed in her trademark phrases: "it is okay to sing from
the neck down;" and "sing what you pray; pray what you
sing."
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