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Dust, Remember You Are Splendor
Susan Palo Cherwien’s poetry brings new imagery and depth to the traditional Ash Wednesday themes of dust and repentance. Composer Anne Krentz Organ writes original music which underscores the hopeful and contemplative text.
Voicing: SAB, Pno
Use: Ash Wednesday; Lent & Holy Week$2.75
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We Are Waiting
John Helgen wrote both the text and tune of this Advent hymn, found in the worship supplement All Creation Sings, and here, Priscilla Lamparter Landis writes a gentle and beautiful arrangement for SAB choir.
Voicing: SAB, Pno
Difficulty: Easy
Use: Advent$2.50
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Before the Marvel of This Night
Published in 1982, this setting of Jaroslav Vajda's wonderful text has become our best-selling seasonal anthem. Also available: instrumental parts by Carl...
Voicing: SATB/4-part mixed
Difficulty: Easy-Medium
Use: ChristmasFrom$1.95
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O Come, Let Us Sing
Here is a festive setting of Psalm 95 by well-loved composer Walter Pelz written in honor of his 95th birthday. Choirs of any size will create a big sound in this accessible SAB anthem.
Voicing: SAB, Org
Difficulty: Easy-Medium
Use: Christ the King; General; Lent & Holy Week$2.50
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Love Consecrates the Humblest Act
A graceful and elegant setting of the hymn tune TWENTY-FOURTH from Robert Powell which carries the beloved Maundy Thursday hymn text.
Voicing: SATB, Org
Difficulty: Easy-Medium
Use: Lent & Holy Week; Maundy Thursday$2.25
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How Beautiful the Messenger
Wayne Wold weaves a new text based on the well-loved passage from Isaiah 52:7. The tuneful melody floats between the upper and lower voices in this gentle anthem scored for SATB choir.
Voicing: SATB, Org
Difficulty: Easy-Medium
Use: Christmas; Graduation; Ordination$2.75
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Singing in Community: Paperless Music for Worship
Singing in Community invites you to reconnect with singing and leading music as generations before us have done, something actually begun in ancient times. Before Gutenberg made it possible to "put the music in people's hands," congregational song and folk hymns were led without printed music for each singer. We can learn to sing in this way - a practice that seems new, but is very old.
Difficulty: Medium-Difficult
9781506418261
$13.95
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Comfort, Comfort
John Ferguson takes the popular "Freu dich sehr" tune and sets it within a light, dance-like ritornel. It works equally well with keyboard or Orff instruments...
Voicing: SATB/4-part mixed
Difficulty: Medium-Difficult
Use: AdventFrom$1.30
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Come, Lord Jesus, Prince of Peace
Here is the perfect anthem for the first Sunday of Advent! Written in the style of an expressive art song, this unison/two-part mixed anthem by Frederick Frahm for adult choirs of any size is particularly useful when rehearsal time is limited.
Voicing: U/2pt mxd
Difficulty: Easy
Use: Advent$2.50
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Arise and Rejoice
Here is a joyful anthem of praise and thanksgiving from Mark Patterson. The original text celebrates the “gifts of age and youth, the wisdom of the years” and is paired with energetic and uplifting music.
Voicing: SATB, Children's choir, HB
Difficulty: Easy
Use: General; Ordination; Praise & Thanksgiving; Stewardship; Thanksgiving$3.25
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Build a Longer Table
John Helgen crafts a moving setting of a hymn of justice found in the worship supplement All Creation Sings. The text speaks of healing divisions and caring for those in need rather than shutting them out.
Voicing: SAB, Pno
Difficulty: Easy
Use: Easter; General$2.50
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Christ, Who Was Before the World Began
A newly composed tune is paired with an Angier Brock text in this anthem by Brenda Portman. Written for adult unison choir, the anthem features a lyrical and noble melody in a flexible mixed meter.
Voicing: U, Org; Unison
Difficulty: Easy
Use: General; Lent & Holy Week$2.50
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May the Deep Blessings of Earth Be with Us
Tom Trenney brings a deeply imaginative text from John Philip Newell to life in this dynamic anthem for SATB choir.
Voicing: SATB, Pno
Difficulty: Medium-Difficult
Use: Creation; General$2.50
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Savior, Like a Shepherd Lead Us
Scored for SATB, keyboard, and optional C instrument, William Bradley Roberts writes a new setting of his popular unison anthem based on a beloved hymn text paraphrase of Psalm 23 and pairs it with his original tune, GRANT.
Voicing: SATB, Kybd
Difficulty: Medium
Use: All Saints; Easter; Funeral$3.00
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What Joyous Song Unfolding
A gently contoured melody uplifts the poetry of Susan Cherwien in this graceful anthem by Zebulon Highben. The music is largely 2-part mixed with an expressive SATB a cappella third stanza.
Voicing: SATB, Org
Difficulty: Medium
Use: Creation; General; Praise & Thanksgiving$2.50
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O Splendor of God’s Glory Bright
Brenda Portman sets this familiar hymn text to the well-loved TALLIS’ CANON, creating an impressive and accessible anthem for 2-part, 3-part, or 4-part choir with a beautiful organ accompaniment.
Voicing: 2 pt mxd/SAB/SATB
Difficulty: Easy
Use: Epiphany; Evening; General; Summer$2.50
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Canticle of the Turning: My Soul Cries Out with a Joyful Shout
A children's or youth choir could sing the first verse of this flexible arrangement, with an adult choir joining on the refrain and leading subsequent verses.
Voicing: Piano; SATB/4-part mixed
Difficulty: Easy-Medium
Use: Advent; EveningFrom$3.00
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O Jesus, I Have Promised
Thomas Keesecker creatively sets this familiar hymn text to the English folksong SALLY GARDENS with lush and accessible writing that sings beautifully.
Voicing: SATB, Pno
Difficulty: Easy-Medium
Use: Advent; Confirmation/Affirmation; Lent & Holy Week; Reformation$2.75
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Thou Shalt Know Him
This piece by Canadian composer Mark Sirett is exquisite in every way, from its rich harmonic writing to its poignant text.
Voicing: SATB
Difficulty: Medium
Use: Advent$2.25
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Nada me falta: Psalm 23
Mark Sedio writes a bilingual Spanish and English setting of Psalm 23 with original music in the style of a Spanish folk tune.
Voicing: SATB, Org
Difficulty: Medium
Use: Advent; All Saints; EasterFrom$3.00
ChildrenSing Collections
Celebrate the church year with unison and 2-part anthems for young voices in a creative and economical format.