First, the man:
Richard Irwin (b. 1955) is well known as an Internet Entrepreneur as well as a writer, composer, arranger and singer. His popular web site hymnswithoutwords.com has thousands of visitors each month who download his arrangements of hymns. He lives on the Marlborough Downs in Wiltshire, England with his wife Nicky and has two children. He is Director of Music for the Parish of Holy Cross Chiseldon.
Second, the website:
www.hymnswithoutwords.com
Third, our place:
http://www.hymnswithoutwords.com/hymns/Category:Brian_L._Penney
Check out the rest of the site....lots of hymn resources!
And from Canada....
H&V is working with this experienced singer to produce more 4-part learning tracks for psalms and hymns on our website:
My name is Daniel Gillis, and I have been singing for over 30 years! My career started as a boy chorister, where 
I learned to sight-read. I was introduced to barbershop singing in 1983 by Fred Christmas, a family friend and a previous director of the Hamilton Chorus.
I completed my studies at the Royal Conservatory of Music for Voice and Piano, and began my professional singing career in Victoria, British Columbia as tenor soloist for the choir of St John the Divine.
My first chorus experience within the barbershop community was as a tenor with the Plymouth Pilgrimaires in Devon, UK in 1990. The next year I sang with The City of Lakes Chorus in Dartmouth, Nova Scotia.
Continuing my singing career in Ottawa, Ontario I have been tenor soloist in various churches and cathedrals. In 2002, I began singing as a classical counter-tenor, and since then I have sung in both ranges. For example, I have sung as both tenor and counter-tenor soloist in Handel's Messiah.
I have been fortunate to sing as soloist with a number of excellent choirs, including Musica Divina, 17 Voyces, The Bach Choir, Cantata Singers and St Matthew's Choir. I have also been able to continue my acting career with leading tenor roles in 5 G&S Operas, 2 Shakespeare plays, Hair the Musical, and Grease.
I have been in several a cappella groups, including the Acafellas (doo-wop), SAIJ (boy-band), Quintessence (jazz), and more recently Strike Four! which won the Novice Quartet trophy in 2005 and Common Interest, which won the Ontario District Championship in 2007! I sang with the Capital City Chorus for several years as a tenor, and was the lead section leader for the last year before I left Ottawa. I currently live in Yellowknife, Northwest Territories, in northern Canada.
You can hear more samples of his work at Vocal Harmonies.
Daniel is looking forward to assisting in the H&V learning track project. We have 10 psalms and hymns ready for him to produce...5 tracks for each song: soprano, alto, tenor, bass, and all together. We've been quoted a discount price of $500 to produce all 10. Here's where the big sign goes up...HELP. Seriously, we would appreciate any funding help you might be so inclined to send our way to get this project off the ground. Please send your donations to:
Heart & Voice Project
5 Harvard Drive
Hampton Bays, NY 11946
Checks should be made out to Christ Covenant Church, with a notation for H&V project.
Thanks!
Brian
P.S. Send us a list of your church's favorite psalms and hymns and we'll consider making learning tracks for them.
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