About Pneusong
For more than forty years I have been singing scripture. At the age of sixteen
I started setting scripture texts to music: Psalms, John 14, Matthew 5, excerpts
from Romans and other epistles. I set Bible verses to music for memory
verses at a Christian summer camp. In the 1970’s I was in a gospel band,
Sound of Light and we sang several of my scripture songs:
I started setting scripture texts to music: Psalms, John 14, Matthew 5, excerpts
from Romans and other epistles. I set Bible verses to music for memory
verses at a Christian summer camp. In the 1970’s I was in a gospel band,
Sound of Light and we sang several of my scripture songs:
I turned to various academic and professional pursuits during the 1980’s and 90’s.
My MCS Thesis (1988) was entitled ”Scripture in Song: J.S. Bach’s Exegesis
of Matthew 26 & 27 in the St. Matthew Passion”
Working as Minister of Music for fifteen years involved composing,
singing and conducting vocal and choral settings of scripture.
In 2005 I completed my DMA Dissertation “The Psalms of Ascents” which
involved collaborating with composer Larry Nickel in the creation of a
song cycle based on Psalms 120-134.
For over thirty years, alongside the active singing of Bible texts,
I have made it a practice to read through the entire Bible annually.
This devotional and spiritual exercise inspired me to undertake this Bible Bard project.
In 2008 I set up a home recording studio with the goal of composing/recording scripture.
I set a target of fourteen chapters per month for seven years.
From 2009 to 2016 I recorded, edited, and arranged improvisational recorded sketches into final MP3 format.
You can now listen to the entire Bible in various English translations on my
pneusong.com website.
Ray Harris (2020)
My MCS Thesis (1988) was entitled ”Scripture in Song: J.S. Bach’s Exegesis
of Matthew 26 & 27 in the St. Matthew Passion”
Working as Minister of Music for fifteen years involved composing,
singing and conducting vocal and choral settings of scripture.
In 2005 I completed my DMA Dissertation “The Psalms of Ascents” which
involved collaborating with composer Larry Nickel in the creation of a
song cycle based on Psalms 120-134.
For over thirty years, alongside the active singing of Bible texts,
I have made it a practice to read through the entire Bible annually.
This devotional and spiritual exercise inspired me to undertake this Bible Bard project.
In 2008 I set up a home recording studio with the goal of composing/recording scripture.
I set a target of fourteen chapters per month for seven years.
From 2009 to 2016 I recorded, edited, and arranged improvisational recorded sketches into final MP3 format.
You can now listen to the entire Bible in various English translations on my
pneusong.com website.
Ray Harris (2020)
