ANDREW DONALDSON

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Andrew Donaldson is a performer, teacher, composer and editor. He has led workshops on congregational song across North America, as well as in Korea, Indonesia, Poland, Switzerland and Scotland. He has worked with his wife Wendy to build singing communities of faith. Andrew was Music Director at Beaches Presbyterian Church (Toronto) for two decades, and Pastoral Musician for seven years at Trafalgar Presbyterian Church (Oakville, Ontario). His ensemble, Hilariter singers and players, recorded CDs and performed throughout Ontario, as well as in New York City, Bay City, and Grand Rapids. For five years he worked as Worship Consultant to the World Council of Churches in Geneva, where he planned and led worship for people of many faiths and at the 10th Assembly of the World Council of Churches in Busan, Korea.

As a Hart Longs for Flowing Streams

by Andrew Donaldson

SATB with piano and optional violin – CP 2406 – duration 3:10

Choirs will love this spirited and approachable rendition of a timeless text.

Andrew writes: I’ve always loved this metaphor. I am like a deer that longs for fresh water. Christ is the living water – the spiritual sustenance that we all need. He says “Let anyone who is thirsty come to me and drink. Whoever believes in me, as Scripture has said, rivers of living water will flow from within them.”