Higher Ground

Todd Beaney & Yoshiko Maruyama

Fresh, interpretive stylings of both traditional hymns and contemporary worship songs, for violin and piano.

Todd Beaney is a pianist, composer, arranger, and teacher in the New York metropolitan area. He and violinist Yoshiko Maruyama played together regularly for many years at Wilton Baptist Church (in Connecticut), and conceived this project

Fresh, interpretive stylings of both traditional hymns and contemporary worship songs, for violin and piano.

Todd Beaney is a pianist, composer, arranger, and teacher in the New York metropolitan area. He and violinist Yoshiko Maruyama played together regularly for many years at Wilton Baptist Church (in Connecticut), and conceived this project out of a desire to share their very fresh, expressive approach to instrumental music for worship.

A graduate of the Eastman School of Music, Todd enjoys applying his jazz-influenced arranging skills to the canon of Christian hymns as well as to contemporary worship songs. Amid the variety of styles represented on this recording, there is something for everyone!

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