Valerie Floeter is an organist and teacher in the greater Milwaukee area. While fairly new as a composer, she has quickly been recognized as an accomplished composer of hymn tune based music. Her sacred piano solos and instrumental solos are written in a fresh style that is very accessible to the average church musician.
Her newest collections are 10 Sacred Piano Solos, Volumes 1, 2, 3, 4 and 5, now published under her own label Floeter Music. Like her other sacred piano books, these melodies are known across Christian denominations. These delightful arrangements are appropriate for worship as well as recitals. Click below on "View Valerie's Music Books" to see the hymntunes being used in these collections.
She also has four sacred hymn collections published by Northwestern Publishing House (www.nph.net). Each of these contain 12 pieces based on popular hymn melodies.
“Praise him with the sounding of the trumpet.” Instrumental Praise, Volumes 1, 2 and 3 contain wonderfully crafted pieces for solo instrument with piano. They fit beautifully within a worship service as well as at recitals, auditions and competitions. These fresh hymntune based arrangements were originally written for trumpet, but other transpositions are available free from this website. The B-flat parts (trumpet, clarinet, and treble clef baritone) are included with the book. Both the instrumental and piano parts are of medium difficulty and are easily within reach of the high school student as well as the adult amateur player. Their conversational style makes the instrument and the piano equal partners and both players will find them delightful.
Look for recordings of many of these songs on the “In His Time” CD by the group In His Service.
Select the Free Downloads page to download other instrumental transpositions for Instrumental Praise, Volume 1, 2 and 3.
"Val - I LOVE your two new books. I sat and played piano for over an hour straight which rarely happens for me anymore. It was fun. It was edifying. It was delightful. Keep on writing as much music as you can. It's filling a void in the market with quality, yet simple to play, hymn based music."
"The music sounds difficult, but it is easy to play."
"Next to Johann Sebastian Bach, you are my favorite composer."
"When I'm short of music in my service, I know I can grab your books and play them."
"Very accessible."
"I love that your arrangements are playable for someone like me who, with a little practice, can play at the intermediate level, and yet your arrangements make me sound much more advanced than I really am."
Lutheran Hymns sacred piano music
