Photo Credit:
“Icelandic Bower”
Deborah Offenhauser
© 2015
The voice of Isola Jones brings forth glorious praise in Deborah’s inspirational songs, backed by orchestral arrangements that bring out every nuance of God’s love and healing for each “Child of God”.
To those“sincere seekers” I dedicate this album.
Deborah
Opening Credits
CHILD OF GOD CD Cover and Digi-Book Design by Deborah Offenhauser
Photographs by
Deborah Offenhauser “Icelandic Yellow Flowers” © 2015 Lloyd Shaffer Lloyd Shaffer and Susan Shaffer Nahmias
Original Apple and Bottle Paintings by Lloyd Shaffer, Phoenix, Arizona
Recording Studio: Opus Fromus, Phoenix, Arizona
Sound Engineers: Tim Ponzek and Lisa Pressman
CD Mastered by Dave Shirk of Sonorous Mastering, Phoenix, Arizona
All songs copyrighted by Deborah Offenhauser
Vocal Artistry: Isola Jones
Piano Performance, Arrangements and Orchestrations by Deborah Offenhauser Acknowledgments and Credits
Co-Producers: Tim Ponzek, Lisa Pressman and Deborah Offenhauer
To Tim: Wow! Your willingness to sit for those long sessions in the recording studio is nothing short of amazing. What an engineer!
To Lisa: Your indefatigable ears and counsel along this winding road have been so appreciated! You are stellar!
To Isola: Thank you so much, dear one, for your long hours and patience in learning the material, and then rehearsing and putting those finishing touches on each recording!
To Barb: Hasn’t this been a lovely trip together? Thanks for your healing lyrics.
To Lloyd: Dear hubby mine – you’ve been so stalwart in spending long hours alone while I composed, and then arranged, edited, orchestrated and recorded this album over the course of a year. Love ya, Lloyd !
Notes from Deborah
To My Dear Listeners:
The title of the album, “Child of God”, shows the embrace in which our dear Creator enfolds us, and each song underscores the nuances of His love for each and everyone of us.
“Child of God” represents several years of inspiration in creating the music and lyrics of sacred solos. Nothing less than an orchestra playing behind the gorgeous renderings of a vocalist could do it justice. I was blessed to renew my acquaintance with Miss Isola Jones, whose spirituality and love elevated the message to new heights. My wish is that this music goes out to bless the world.
Biographies
Poems
by
Mary Baker Eddy
Mary Baker Eddy wrote the poems for two songs included in this album:
“O’er Waiting Harpstrings” and “Shepherd (Show Me How To Go)”
She is the discoverer and founder of Christian Science, creating an international church in 1879, based on the teachings and healings of Christ Jesus.
Mrs. Eddy is also the author of a definitive textbook on Christianly scientific healing: Science and Health with Key to the Scriptures.
She also founded the world’s first daily international newspaper, The Christian Science Monitor, which has won seven Pulitzer Prizes.
Lyricist Barbara Beth
Whitewater
“All That I See”
“Arms Around Me Presence”
“He is Risen”
“I Thank You My Father”
“Shepherds and Kings”
Barbara Whitewater is a full time Journal Listed Christian Science Practitioner who is a published writer of articles, poems, and solo lyrics that celebrate spiritual healing.
She makes her home in Tempe, Arizona where she loves spending her free time with family and friends, attending concerts, theater,opera, and watching feel good movies, football and baseball. She loves animals and she loves to swim.
She feels especially blessed to have friends all over the world, with the help of Facebook and Skype.
Vocal Artist
Isola Jones
Isola Jones is internationally recognized as an extraordinary artist. Making her professional debut in Verdi Requiem with the Chicago Symphony Orchestra, Ms. Jones within two years made her Metropolitan Opera debut in the role of Olga in Eugene Onegin. Since then she has sung more than 500 performances as a leading artist at “The Met”: more than any other African American artist in history. She has been paired with such international artists as Luciano Pavarotti, Placido Domingo, Leontyne Price, and Joan Sutherland.
This This internationally acclaimed artist can be heard on a number of opera and concert recordings such as The Flying Dutchman , Mahler’s Symphony # 8, and Les Noces, with the Chicago Symphony orchestra conducted by Sir Georg Solti and James Levine, respectively; Porgy and Bess which won a Grammy Award for the best opera recording in 1976 with Lorin Maazel conducting the Cleveland Symphony Orchestra; RCA’s Cavalleria Rusticana with James Levine conducting; and a solo recording entitled "Music of Bach, Handel and Purcell."
Ms. Jones has also appeared in 10 "Live from the Met" telecast productions including: La Forza del Destino; Manon Lescaut; The 100th Anniversary Gala of The Metropolitan Opera and Francesca DaRimini all of which are available on DVD through the Met Opera Shop on line.
Ms. Jones again, has the honor and distinction of being the first featured African American artist in a “Live from the Met” telecast.
Composer Arranger Lyricist Pianist
Deborah
Offenhauser
Composer Deborah Offenhauser makes her home in Phoenix, Arizona with her dearest companion and husband, Lloyd Shaffer.
Her numerous piano recordings have been heard throughout Europe and America, on Muzak, Music Choice, The Weather Channel and on the hit TV show “Desperate Housewives”.
Deborah has served as the Ritz-Carlton Music Director in Phoenix, as well as having played at Ritz- Carltons and Hyatt-Regencies elsewhere in America. Additionally, she has entertained Presidents, Governors and Senators, and played for touring Broadway shows such as “Mama Mia”, “The Producers”, “Hairspray” and “Peter Pan”.
Among many other artists, Deb has played with The Irish Tenors, The Moody Blues, and Michael Crawford, the original Broadway “Phantom”, not to mention Michael Feinstein and the Phoenix Symphony.
In her spare time (is there such a thing?), Deborah volunteers for her church, and is a published author of spiritually oriented articles on healing.
Contact Deborah any time at [email protected]