My 15th album Solo Piano Dawn just released. You can stream on Spotify, Apple Music, Pandora, YouTube, Amazon Music, and all music services worldwide. You can also click below to listen to the title track as you read the story behind this new collection.
This project fills my heart with joy and worship in gratitude to God for inspiring twelve new solo piano compositions in 2023. I am most grateful for who He is, and what He has done in my life. Jesus being both the Creator of the universe and my personal Savior and Lord is a miracle and mystery, which I have found to be true as I have investigated and experienced His grace, truth, and faithfulness.
Solo Piano Dawn is a Scripture Inspired Worship Collection of these twelve tracks, one hour of instrumental music inviting you and all who listen to receive God’s peace, rest, hope, and beauty. All of the tracks were released as singles in 2023, except for two brand new pieces: the opening track Solo Piano Prelude and the closing title track Solo Piano Dawn, which were composed to complete the album (Solo Piano Dawn features new music combined with the chorus melody from my piece Awaken the Dawn). The ten singles each have their own blog post which you scroll down or search to read the inspiration behind each one.
The twelve track titles are not in the order I composed and released the singles. Instead, they have been curated to create a unique flow and journey expressing the realness and variety of life circumstances, the mountain tops and valleys, the pains and struggles, the hopes and joys, the fear and faith, the uncertainty and the adventure. As you listen through the sequence of Solo Piano Prelude, Solo Piano Wonder, Solo Piano Psalm, Solo Piano Refuge, Solo Piano Blessings, Solo Piano Angels, Solo Piano Grace, Solo Piano Unheard, Solo Piano Beyond, Solo Piano Yearning, Solo Piano Sleep, and Solo Piano Dawn, I hope you will be blessed and encouraged that God sees you, loves you, knows you, and is there for you.
You can reflect on the verses behind the title track below, which speak to worship, and how as humans were all created to worship. The opening track Solo Piano Prelude is gentle preparation for the journey, and also symbolizes the peaceful assurance that God is the First and the Last, the Alpha and Omega, from Genesis to Revelation.
How does the album Solo Piano Dawn speak to you?
Psalm 108:1-2. My heart, O God, is steadfast; I will sing and make music with all my soul. Awake, harp and lyre! I will awaken the dawn. (NIV)
Psalm 34:9. Worship God if you want the best; worship opens doors to all his goodness. (MSG)
Psalm 95:6. So come, let us worship: bow before him, on your knees before God, who made us! (MSG)
Psalm 96:1. Sing God a brand-new song! Earth and everyone in it, sing! Sing to God—worship God! (MSG)
Psalm 96:8-9. Bring gifts and celebrate, Bow before the beauty of God, Then to your knees—everyone worship! (MSG)
Psalm 100:4. Enter with the password: “Thank you!” Make yourselves at home, talking praise. Thank him. Worship him. (MSG)
Revelation 8:1. Seventh Seal: Prelude to the Seven Trumpets. When He opened the seventh seal, there was silence in heaven for about half an hour. (NKJV)
I love Solo Piano Dawn! It’s beautiful, especially with Awaken the Dawn woven into it! I can’t wait to listen to the rest of them!
Thank you Tammy, so glad you are enjoying this new album. God’s blessings to you! – Stanton
I love this music, it’s one more beautiful than the other! My favorite is Solo piano prelude and I want to know if you can buy the piano sheet music! Thank you so much and congratulations! You’re a great artist! A hug from Italy
Dear Simona, hello and thank you very much for your message from Italy. I am so glad you love my music, and I am honored that you would want to play the piano sheet music. I do not have the sheet music for “Solo Piano Prelude” yet, but by later this summer I plan to release the sheet music for this song as part of all twelve pieces from the album “Solo Piano Dawn.” Thank you again for your support, and for your patience. There are many other PDF Sheet Music pieces available from the website that you might enjoy until then. Wishing you God’s grace and peace, Stanton
ALL of The Scriptures speak to me in song
Dear Marilyn, I love your words that all the Scriptures speak to you in song. I hope you enjoy all the solo piano pieces on this project, and that my music continues to be a blessing to you. Grace and Peace, Stanton
This is yet another beautiful album. Thank you for sharing your inspirations and allowing the Holy Spirit to speak through you. I use your music each week in my exercise sessions. God bless. Fiona
Thank you Fiona, I am so glad this new album is beautiful to you, and that my music is a blessing to you during your exercise sessions. May the Lord continue to bless you with His peace and presence in life and music. God’s blessings to you! – Stanton
Solo Piano Dawn is absolutely beautiful!
Thank you very much, Stanton Lanier. Your piano brings me into the Presence of God and with powerful emotions. Listening right now. Thank you Jesus.
Thank you so much Michael! You’re welcome. I am grateful you are enjoying this new album, and that my music brings you God’s peace, presence, hope, and beauty. Blessings to you! – Stanton
Hi Stanton, it was my pleasure to listen through your new album Dawn.
I listened the entire album consecutive, the collective vibe to me is : Peace of God. I strongly believe that God brings peace, honesty and calm to my heart. Hearing this album takes me to that state of mind. It is very pure piano music without any articulations, quite plain at moments actually but as a pianist myself I know that the more transparent the music gets, the more difficult it gets to keep tension and phrases.
Congratulations on your new album, I have some new material myself on its way. Kindly are you interested in curating piano material at some times, having a listen? I would be honored.
Dear Jacob, thank you very much for listening through this new album, and for your comments. I am grateful it brought you moments of God’ peace, and appreciate your encouragement with my music and composing. That is great you are working on new material, and I wish you all the best with your creating. I am not curating piano material, but if you would like to send me something to listen to, you can email me a link through the Contact page on the website. Thanks again and God bless you! – Stanton
So calming and beautiful! We need more of this kind of music in our world today! This is the kind of music that should be played in grocery stores and retail stores!
Yes! Wouldn’t that be wonderful and so soul-soothing to everyone.
I would love to see that.
(I would bet it would result in them buying less if they are feeling such peace and contentment!)
I absolutely love this new collection— Awaken the Dawn has always been. My personal favorite, due to how it touches me when you first wrote it…. but I truly love them all.
(Sorry it took me a while to make a comment- I too had a move this year .! Thank You, Stanton for letting God speak to you and guide your fingers over the keyboard – as HIS WORD speaks !