Profile of the Month: Royce Eckhardt

Hymnals containing Royce’s original tunes and harmonizations

What is on your desk right now:

Clutter…and I know where everything is.

Tell us a bit about your music space – where you practice, some things that mean a lot to you like your library.

Here’s my home piano where I practice and do my composing and arranging .  I’m displaying the various hymnals which include my published harmonizations, original tunes, descants, and a free accompaniment, launching a career in hymnology, which I taught at North Park Theological Seminary for many years.

What keeps you up at night?

 Not much, occasionally my bladder!

What is the best advice you ever received?

Mother always said, ”Things could be a lot worse!”

What keeps you motivated in life?

To see what comes next.

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