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Experience the Beckenhorst Singers LIVE in concert—featuring new music still in production for our Fall 2026 release!

Join Craig Courtney, Dan Forrest, the 24-voice ensemble, and special guests for a truly memorable afternoon of music.

Sunday February 8, 2026 at 3:00 p.m.
North United Methodist Church, Indianapolis
3808 N Meridian St, Indianapolis, IN 46208

Craig Courtney, conducting
Dan Forrest, accompanying
also featuring Marianne Kim, organist

Early Admission (2:30 p.m.): $35
General Admission: $25
Students: $15
🎟️ Buy Tickets: https://beckenhorst.link/feb-08-fb

Thank you, for including us on the reading session today . always does a great job leading from the piano!

Reminder about this opportunity for choral composers!

Emerging Composers 2024 — Friends of the Vox Emerging Composers 2024 - A Call for Scores In support of emerging composers around the world, Friends of the Vox is thrilled to announce this inaugural event in collaboration with the Music of Dan Forrest. We invite emerging composers, of any age, to submit a new work to Friends of the VoxThe compo...

Choral composers: Registration for Cambridge, England Workshop opens in two days! https://johnnessbeckfoundation.org/workshop/

Announcing Beckenhorst's new Organ Editor, Marianne Kim!

New Organ Editor: Marianne Kim Beckenhorst Press is pleased to announce that Marianne Kim has accepted the position of Organ Editor.  Born and raised in Korea, Marianne studied piano and composition at Busan High School of Arts and earned a BM in composition at Pusan National University (Busan, Korea). After working professi...

Reminder: I'll lead a Beckenhorst Press/Music of Dan Forrest Reading Session TOMORROW at 5:00PM at ACDA: Southern Region Conference! Includes music from Kyle Pederson, Marianne Forman, Craig Courtney, Tom Trenney, Molly Ijames, Jamie Hillman, and Dan Forrest. FREE music and great singing!

Join Beckenhorst Press at Southern ACDA 2024 Join Beckenhorst Press at Southern ACDA! Event Date Location Presenter Information Exhibit Booth - pickup perusal copies of music See Conference Schedule Exhibit Hall Booth #200 Dan Forrest Conference Schedule PDF Reading Session Thur. Feb. 22 5:00 p.m. Daisy Sunflower Room — Galt House West ...

Southern ACDA Friends:
-Attend our Beckenhorst Press/Music of DF Reading Session Thursday 5:00- free music and great singing!
-Stop by our booth Thursday afternoon or Friday to say hi.
-Join the ecumenical service Friday afternoon, where I'll be on the piano including "let me listen" with Tony Silvestri.

Join Beckenhorst Press at Southern ACDA 2024 Join Beckenhorst Press at Southern ACDA! Event Date Location Presenter Information Exhibit Booth - pickup perusal copies of music See Conference Schedule Exhibit Hall Booth #200 Dan Forrest Conference Schedule PDF Reading Session Thur. Feb. 22 5:00 p.m. Daisy Sunflower Room — Galt House West ...

CREATION Rehearsal Tracks now available. Take a listen to the world-class singing in the sample playlist!

CREATION Rehearsal Tracks (Complete Set) - digital download Welcome to Beckenhorst Press, publisher of quality sacred music. Founded by John Ness Beck in 1972, the Beckenhorst Press catalog includes works by over 150 of today's leading composers, arrangers and lyricists of church music.

New music for spring 2024 is now available at beckenhorstpress.com!

Dan Forrest writes: "Wheaton College titled their Christmas program this year after my new setting of "Let the Stable Still Astonish". Here's gorgeous video...but know that what moved me the most was actually not the musical performance but the reading of the text beforehand. Watch. (Video link cued to the reading)."

Let the Stable Still Astonish | 2023 Wheaton College Christmas Festival Let the Stable Still AstonishWheaton College Christmas Festival 2023Welcome – Philip Ryken 0:00Festival Fanfare for Christmas – John Wasson 1:09 Sym...

Sneak peek at Beckenhorst new releases for Spring 2024 (if you want to hear before the holidays hit!) now available!
(Complete playlist at Soundcloud; non-licensed tracks also available on Spotify, Apple Music, etc.)
Sheet music available next month.

Choral Music from Beckenhorst and The Music of Dan Forrest - Spring 2024 New music for Fall and Winter 2023 from Dan Forrest, Craig Courtney, Kyle Pederson, Howard Helvey, Marianne Forman, Molly Ijames, Trevor Manor, Jonathan Reid, Mary MacDonald, David Schwoebel, and othe

Reminder: Ness Beck Choral Composers' Workshop in July (with me, Howard Helvey, and Jamie Hillman) application deadline is in two days!

Workshop – The John Ness Beck Foundation “I had the strong sense that [Dan, Craig, and Howard] were investing in me, and that their desire to develop my talent was sincere.”