Looking for soundfonts

Right now I'm in the search for new soundfonts. I've orchestrated Blessed are the merciful and have decided that a listener would have to extra extra extra merciful in listening to what my midi to mp3 convert is giving out. The converter uses .sf2 files for the conversion, so I'm looking for a better set of files.

Meditation No. 1: Mercy

Listening to the "Blessed are the merciful" composition, I started to experiment with it: slowing it down and then lowering it in the the bottom most octaves.

A few years back I read the The Cloister Walk by Kathleen Norris. This eventually lead me to exploring the practice of Centering Prayer. I worked for a while in downtown St. Paul, MN and close by was a place called the Benedictine Center where there was a lunch meditation service. Unfortunately that downtown outreach program was shut down and I have since moved to a different location for work.

Listening to this experiment I thought this would be perfect music to listen to while combining it with the Centering Prayer. This goes somewhat against the basic tenet of the prayer since its goal is "interior quiet". But I find personally that the right music can help me obtain that prayerful state.

Click here to listen.

Blessed are the Merciful

I've been avoiding writing the next two posts. I uploaded two mp3 files a while back, but have been trying to figure out what to say about them. I'm finally just choosing not to say much.

The first of these sound-files is of a composition that I wrote for choir a few years back. Here it is presented on a MIDI harpsichord. Click here to listen.