From the time Sara could talk, she learned how to sing. Growing up in a musical family, at an early age Sara practiced vocal exercises with her mother and by the age of four started playing the piano. A few years later Sara was singing lead in church. As writing became a way to avoid the teenage pitfalls, her poetry and journal entries turned into songs, and Sara found, “That process was extremely therapeutic.”
Sara was immediately noticed when she started singing Etta and Aretha covers in clubs and when she added her songs to the mix, the rest quickly fell in place. Sara has since had numerous song placements in TV including on such shows as, The Young & The Restless, One Life To Live, One Ocean View, and the Oxygen hit Bad Girls Club with a performance cameo on two episodes with country singer-songwriter Kerry Harvick. In addition Sara sang the theme song on one season of The Simple Life. Always honing her songwriting skills, Sara started working with songwriter/producers Pam Reswick and Nathan Meckel (Jo Dee Messina) of Spin Box Club. PEN Music Group Inc. took an interest and introduced Sara to Elicit Music’s production/songwriting team Heather Holley and Rob Hoffman (Christina Aguilera, Quincy Jones, Sheryl Crow), and she recently recorded three masters with them. She won the 2007 Pump Audio Song Submission Contest and performed at the ASCAP Create Music Expo to a crowd of 1200 where she was a finalist with her song “Dust From The Stars.” In May 2007 PEN Music Group, Inc. signed Sara Haze to a Licensing & Administration deal. In the summer of 2007 Sara will start writing songs with 5-time Grammy Award-winning songwriter/producer Glen Ballard.
Just shy of 18, Sara’s forthcoming debut CD entitled The Ladder brings it all together and is an impressive recording. The songs at times reflecting eventual self-discovery ("Now I Understand"), the ups and downs of relationships, outright cries ("The Big Lie") to reflective and dreamy ("Dust From The Stars," "Balloon") or the wistful call of the road ("The Border"). To be released in June, The Ladder will feature songs co-written with E.B. Fraley, Spin Box Club and Elicit Music.
In support of the CD Sara Haze will play dates around the country including, in Denver at the Microsoft Convention (June), in Long Beach at Shoreline Village’s June Weekend Music Series, the Roxy in Hollywood (June 30), in Nashville at Lyrix, and a live radio broadcast from Cadillac Ranch in September. She will also do a residency every Thursday night in August at the “cozy, but crucial A&R hang” Genghis Cohen in Hollywood. Sara Haze’s band features: EB Fraley and Justin Wright on guitar, Axel Clark on drums and percussion, Andy Zacharias on bass and Sara on piano.
Angels We Have Heard on High
Sara Haze Lyrics
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Sweetly singing ore the plains
And the mountains in reply
Echoing their joyous strains
Gloria, Gloria, Gloria in Excelsis Deo
Shepherds, why this jubilee?
What glad thing, what glad thing came to be
What inspires your heavenly song?
Gloria, Gloria, Gloria in Excelsis Deo
Gloria, Gloria, Gloria in Excelsis Deo, Deo, Deo, Deo
Gloria, Gloria, Gloria in Excelsis Deo
Come to Bethlehem and see
Him whose birth the angels sing
Come adore on bended knee
Christ, the Lord, Christ, the Lord
Gloria, Gloria, Gloria in Excelsis Deo, Deo, Deo, Deo
Gloria, Gloria, Gloria in Excelsis Deo
Gloria, Gloria, Gloria in Excelsis Deo, Deo, Deo, Deo
Gloria, Gloria, Gloria in Excelsis Deo
Sara Haze's rendition of "Angels We Have Heard On High" is a beautiful and traditional Christmas carol that captures the essence of the Christmas story, depicting the miraculous birth of Jesus Christ. The song begins with the introduction of the angels singing over the plains, and then the mountains echo their joyous strains. This is a representation of the heavenly hosts announcing the birth of Christ to the world. The lyrics, "Gloria, Gloria, Gloria in Excelsis Deo" is a Latin phrase that translates to "Glory to God in the highest." This phrase is reminiscent of the angels' announcement of Christ's birth.
The second verse is addressed to the shepherds who are celebrating the birth of Christ. The shepherds, overcome with joy, ask why they are filled with such jubilation. They ask what has inspired the heavenly song that they are singing. The chorus repeats, "Gloria, Gloria, Gloria in Excelsis Deo."
The final verse of the song invites the listener to join the shepherds in adoring the baby Jesus on bended knee in Bethlehem. The song concludes with a repeated chorus, "Gloria, Gloria, Gloria in Excelsis Deo." The lyrics of the song, coupled with the melody, convey the majesty and beauty of the Christmas story, inviting listeners to contemplate the miracle of the birth of Jesus.
Line by Line Meaning
Angels we have on heard high
We have heard angels singing high up in the sky.
Sweetly singing ore the plains
Their singing was beautiful and could be heard all across the plains.
And the mountains in reply
The sound of the angels' singing was so loud that it caused the mountains to echo.
Echoing their joyous strains
The mountains were echoing back the joyous singing of the angels.
Gloria, Gloria, Gloria in Excelsis Deo
The angels were singing glory to God in the highest.
Shepherds, why this jubilee?
The shepherds were wondering why there was so much excitement and joy.
Why your joyous strains prolong?
They wanted to know why the angels' singing continued for so long.
What glad thing, what glad thing came to be
The shepherds were asking what happy event had occurred.
What inspires your heavenly song?
They also wanted to know what had inspired the angels' beautiful singing.
Come to Bethlehem and see
The shepherds were encouraged to go to Bethlehem and see something special.
Him whose birth the angels sing
They were going to see the baby whose birth the angels were singing about.
Come adore on bended knee
They were being invited to kneel and worship the baby Jesus.
Christ, the Lord, Christ, the Lord
The baby they were going to see was Jesus, who is the Lord.
Contributed by Claire W. Suggest a correction in the comments below.