BYU - Idaho Department of Music announces a call for Hymn Texts.

Submissions

Members of the BYUI community (students, faculty/staff and community) are invited to submit original hymn texts for use in the Thirteenth Annual BYU-I Hymn Festival to be held in February 2020.

Submissions chosen for use will be forwarded to BYU-I music students, who will create a new hymn tune and harmonization for the submitted text. (Important! - Be sure that your text follows a common poetic meter for hymns; see page 405 in the LDS Hymnal for more on this.) Or, if desired, the new hymn text, additional verses to an existing LDS hymns (in the public domain) can be submitted.

Also, instead of creating an entirely new hymn text, additional verses to an existing LDS hymns (in the public domain) can be submitted.

Here is the program from the 2019 Hymn Festival

Any gospel topic can be addressed - some ideas include:

  • Temples;
  • The Prophet Joseph Smith;
  • The Restoration of the Gospel
  • The Sacrament and Sabbath Day;
  • Ministering;
  • Or Any Other Gospel Topic

Submissions are due by Monday, November 4, 2019 at the BYUI Music Department office (SNO 246 - Attn: Hymn Festival) or via email at hymnfestival@byui.edu

Mailing address:  BYU-I Music Dept.
                                  Attn: Hymn Festival
                                  Rexburg, ID 83460-1210

Please include: your name, address, phone number, email and two scripture reference that supports the text (such as are provided for each hymn in the LDS hymnal).

Please note that due to the volume of entries, only a very few submitted texts can be used in the Festival. We also reserve the right to make minor editorial emendations to submitted material to facilitate the flow of text with music. The poets and composers whose work is selected for the festival retain the copyright for their creations.

Questions can be directed to hymnfestival@byui.edu