I haven’t published a new choral book in a decade. For one thing, I don’t know what I could possibly add to the mountain of cantatas, choral collections, and musicals that is already [...]
Robert Sterling’s For Unto Y’All is a delightful gospel musical based on the Biblical Nativity story… In this version, however, whilst the characters’ and town names remain the same [...]
This past weekend, I had a fun and all-too-brief visit to 1st Baptist Church, Carrollton, GA. The choir and orchestra, under the direction of Dr. Glenn Eernisse, performed four of my works in [...]
Has it really been two years since the church music world lost one of its true artists in Luke Garrett? When I recall answering the phone that Saturday morning in June, 2016, from Luke’s [...]
The new version of the site has been active for a few weeks now. The kinks in the download process have been ironed out. Customers have purchased music and received it. (Thank you!!!) Two new [...]
RobertSterlingMusic.com first appeared on the internet 13 years ago as a way for me to stay in touch with those who sang my music – both for choirs and recording artists. My first Web [...]
A funny thing happened while I was busy working: Forty years went by. Four decades. The same number of years Moses and the Israelites wandered in the desert, for crying out loud. How did that [...]
I am not a sunny person by nature. (I’ll pause a moment for the chorus of “Amens” from all those who know me.) I have been called a pessimist. (I prefer “realist.”) [...]
Cindy and I have just finished a fantastic weekend with two great churches in the Phoenix area. 1st Southern Baptist Church of Scottsdale and 1st Baptist Church of Chandler joined musical forces [...]
Lessons learned from a life in music. (#8 in a series of posts) “I Have Seen the Light” Every year for the past quarter-century or so, when Christmas rolls around, Chris Machen and I are suddenly [...]