{"id":4166,"date":"2022-03-03T14:07:40","date_gmt":"2022-03-03T20:07:40","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/blogs.acu.edu\/specialcollections\/?p=4166"},"modified":"2022-03-03T14:48:06","modified_gmt":"2022-03-03T20:48:06","slug":"while-on-the-sea-a-hymn-by-epi-stephan-bilak-and-jack-boyd","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blogs.acu.edu\/specialcollections\/2022\/03\/03\/while-on-the-sea-a-hymn-by-epi-stephan-bilak-and-jack-boyd\/","title":{"rendered":"While on The Sea: A Hymn by Epi Stephan Bilak and Jack Boyd"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>One of the additions in the 1975 supplement to <em>Great Songs of the Church <\/em> was Epi Stephan Bilak&#8217;s translation of a Ukrainian poem.\u00a0 Jack Boyd, then professor and Director of Choral Activities at ACC, arranged the music and the song became #669 in the supplement.\u00a0 Shortly thereafter Boyd and the ACC chorus issued a set of LP albums to assist congregations in learning these additional selections.\u00a0 Below is a scan of the song from the 1975 edition of <em>Great Songs of the Church, Number Two, With Supplement\u00a0<\/em>and a link to the LP album recording which may be streamed or downloaded.\u00a0 The clip immediately below contains just the Bilak-Boyd version of While on the Sea.<\/p>\n<!--[if lt IE 9]><script>document.createElement('audio');<\/script><![endif]-->\n<audio class=\"wp-audio-shortcode\" id=\"audio-4166-1\" preload=\"none\" style=\"width: 100%;\" controls=\"controls\"><source type=\"audio\/mpeg\" src=\"https:\/\/blogs.acu.edu\/specialcollections\/files\/2022\/03\/WhileontheSea.mp3?_=1\" \/><a href=\"https:\/\/blogs.acu.edu\/specialcollections\/files\/2022\/03\/WhileontheSea.mp3\">https:\/\/blogs.acu.edu\/specialcollections\/files\/2022\/03\/WhileontheSea.mp3<\/a><\/audio>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/blogs.acu.edu\/specialcollections\/files\/2022\/03\/ACU_Bilak_Sea_GreatSongs.1975.pdf\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">While on the Sea, Epi Stephan Bilak and Jack Boyd<\/a> &#8211; PDF<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/digitalcommons.acu.edu\/crs_audio_video\/79\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Supplement to Great Songs of the Church, album, side 7<\/a> &#8211; mp3<\/p>\n<p>Direct link to <a href=\"https:\/\/drive.google.com\/file\/d\/13ulSnwAW3Pb0RQhuj0HAvGZ54vHq03wQ\/view?usp=sharing\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">While on the Sea<\/a> audio file<\/p>\n<div id=\"attachment_4169\" style=\"width: 1527px\" class=\"wp-caption alignleft\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-4169\" class=\"size-full wp-image-4169\" src=\"https:\/\/blogs.acu.edu\/specialcollections\/files\/2022\/03\/ACU_Bilak_Sea_GreatSongs.1975.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"1517\" height=\"2310\" srcset=\"https:\/\/blogs.acu.edu\/specialcollections\/files\/2022\/03\/ACU_Bilak_Sea_GreatSongs.1975.jpg 1517w, https:\/\/blogs.acu.edu\/specialcollections\/files\/2022\/03\/ACU_Bilak_Sea_GreatSongs.1975-197x300.jpg 197w, https:\/\/blogs.acu.edu\/specialcollections\/files\/2022\/03\/ACU_Bilak_Sea_GreatSongs.1975-322x490.jpg 322w, https:\/\/blogs.acu.edu\/specialcollections\/files\/2022\/03\/ACU_Bilak_Sea_GreatSongs.1975-99x150.jpg 99w, https:\/\/blogs.acu.edu\/specialcollections\/files\/2022\/03\/ACU_Bilak_Sea_GreatSongs.1975-768x1169.jpg 768w, https:\/\/blogs.acu.edu\/specialcollections\/files\/2022\/03\/ACU_Bilak_Sea_GreatSongs.1975-1009x1536.jpg 1009w, https:\/\/blogs.acu.edu\/specialcollections\/files\/2022\/03\/ACU_Bilak_Sea_GreatSongs.1975-1345x2048.jpg 1345w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1517px) 100vw, 1517px\" \/><p id=\"caption-attachment-4169\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">While on the Sea, Epi Stephan Bilak and Jack Boyd, Great Songs of the Church, Number 2, 1975<\/p><\/div>\n<p>If you are interested in learning more about Epi Stephan Bilak and his work in Ukraine, please browse <a href=\"https:\/\/digitalcommons.acu.edu\/do\/search\/?q=bilak&amp;start=0&amp;context=6077772&amp;facet=\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">these materials<\/a> in our online repository.<\/p>\n<!-- AddThis Advanced Settings generic via filter on the_content --><!-- AddThis Share Buttons generic via filter on the_content -->","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>One of the additions in the 1975 supplement to Great Songs of the Church was Epi Stephan Bilak&#8217;s translation of a Ukrainian poem.\u00a0 Jack Boyd, then professor and Director of Choral Activities at ACC, arranged the music and the song &hellip; 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