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Category Archives: Songwriting

One thing on Pamela’s bucket list was to have her songs sung by other people. So let’s help her out!

I’m including recordings, sheet music and lyrics as I find and edit them.

(Posting her songs here constitutes publication, and copyright applies. She was also a member of SOCAN. However, I don’t intend to pursue the paperwork involved in claiming performance credits unless a song becomes a big hit, or you want to make a recording. If that happens, be kind and contact me, please.)

While He was Sleeping There with You (2013)

Photo by Etienne Boulanger on Unsplash

A really good hurtin’ song.

A Recipe for Love (2006)

A sultry song with swing about looking for love.

Hap-Happy Birthday for SATB

Pam's 44th birthday cake

A mashup of Happy Birthday songs for SATB.

Ave Maria

A hauntingly beautiful sacred song that might be sung by a soloist and choir.

Om Namo Bhagavate Vasudevaya (2010)

Pam’s setting of one of the most popular Hindu mantras, dedicated to Vishnu.

Hold the World in Love (2011)

NEW VIDEO (Sept. 2020). Sing-along song for a rally or other gathering, Earth Day, environmental caretaking event, spiritual group.

Joy Dances Through Me

A paean of ecstasy in 3/4 time.

Home by the Ocean (2016)

A song expressing the heart’s tug-of-war between home by the sea and living far away for work.

Waltz to the Angels (2006)

A melodic, danceable waltz.

All is Well (2013)

An interesting round in 4 parts. Recordings included to aid in learning.

I am THAT (2009)

Mantra set to a tune, with guitar chords.

Peace Flows (2014)

A round in four parts, with a therapeutic twist.

Om Tare (2010)

A setting of the “Green Tara mantra” for kirtan, or to sing as a round..

Om Divine Mother (2013)

NEW VIDEO (October 2020). A pan-religious song invoking the Divine Feminine in the form of Sarasvati, Mother Mary, Kali and Mother Earth.

Happy Birthday for a capella trio (2013)

As presented with cake and candles to our mother on her 80th birthday.

Om Gung Ganapatayei Namah (2011)

A song for beginnings. Ganesha, the Hindu god with the head of an elephant, is the remover of obstacles.

Two Sacred Chants in Hebrew (2009)

Chants for raising spirits and for protection.

There is a Home within my Heart (2012)

Pamela Holm 2017

A personal song about Pam’s inner experience of spiritual awakeness.

Spirit of Life (2009)

A gentle devotional song, with recording by Pamela.

All I Want to Be

Heather and Pamela c. 1962

NEW VIDEO (June 2020) with Pam singing and pictures of her growing up. A song about being the little sister and finding your own way.

Jesus Shine Your Light (2009)

Written for a children’s church choir.

My Beloved One is Mine (2010)

St Teresa of Avila

Song set to a poem by St Teresa of Ávila. Recording by Pamela.

Surrender (1990)

Pamela Holm, early 1990s

A jazzy song from a personal tape showing Pam’s vocal range and flexibility.

In Your Arms / Magic Music (1990)

Pamela Holm, early 1990s

From a personal copyrighting tape recorded “for the record”.

Prayer (1990)

Pamela Holm, early 1990s

Rough recording of a jazzy, a capella prayer song.

Come to the Garden (2007)

A song heralding the awakening of spring. It slips from minor to major.

Thinking ’bout You (1993)

Pamela Holm in 1993

An original song about missing a guy. Recording from Pam’s 1993 demo.

Apple Honey Land (1989)

Pamela Holm in 1993

Recording of an early song by Pamela Holm, from her 1993 demo tape. Also a 1990 recording of it.

Take Me Back (1993)

Pamela Holm in 1993

A little bit country. A song of homesickness from her 1993 demo tape.

Sing of Joy (2008)

A Solstice or Christmas song, with video of Pam singing it in 2016.

Peace Train’s A-Comin’ (2014)

A gospel-flavoured song with a hint of Christmas to it.

Let the River Flow (1995)

Last dance, ladies and gentlemen. From a cassette recording.

I AM a Channel for Love (2009)

A spiritual song to sing with a group.

Shine Light Shine (2009)

A contemplative, light-filled song written for a children’s church choir, but suitable for adult groups too.

Now the Evening Time is Here (2011)

Pamela Holm 2015

Closing song. A round for up to four parts.

Ostara (2009)

Ostara (1884) by Johannes Gehrts

A lively tribute to the goddess of spring. The first part can be sung as a 2-part round.

Sing Me a Song (2007)

Beautiful song or poem about a music therapist facilitating an old man’s healing as he’s dying.

Come Dance with Me (2019)

From a poem by Mory Ghomshei,, music by Pamela, performed with clarinet and piano.

Hearts are made for Sweethearts (2019)

Lyrics from a poem by Mory Ghomshei, music by Pamela, performed with clarinet and piano.

Another Bright Star (2014)

Pamela Holm composed this song for her mother’s memorial service in 2014. It was performed again by her colleagues at her own memorial in October 2019.

I Found a Place Where Angelica Grows (2014)

My mother wrote this poem about 1977. I remember her dancing around the kitchen, so pleased with the verses she had created. I set it to music, trying to convey the excitement she had expressed about writing it.

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