Augsburg Fortress

Take My Voice and Let Me Sing: Music for Smaller Ensembles

With a mix of anthems scored for unison/two-part and SAB choirs, Wayne Wold writes well-crafted music for smaller sized choirs that is musically interesting and engaging.

Voicing: 2 pt mxd/SAB/SATB
Difficulty: Easy-Medium
Use: Advent; Christmas; Easter; Epiphany; General; Lent & Holy Week; Pentecost

9781506486628

ChildrenSing Creation

This engaging collection for singers 8-12 years provides eleven anthems that highlight a variety of themes related to creation from the delight of God’s creative activity to our role in honoring and caring for the Earth. Composers include Helen Kemp, John Ferguson, and Mark Patterson.

Voicing: U/2pt mxd
Difficulty: Easy-Medium
Use: Advent; Autumn; Christmas; Creation; Fall; General; Spring; Stewardship; Summer; Winter

9781506486635

Gracious Spirit, Dwell with Me

Based on the Gregorian "Adoro te devote," this Pentecost anthem has applications beyond that season. Perfect for a smaller choir, but equally successful with a...

Voicing: 2-part mixed
Difficulty: Easy-Medium
Use: Pentecost; Trinity

Christ Calls to Me

Anthony Giamanco sets a text by Mennonite poet Adam M. L. Tice in this expressive SATB anthem with lyrical melodies and jazz-inflected harmonies. The text speaks of Christ’s grace-filled blessings to us even when we stray.

Voicing: SATB, Pno
Difficulty: Easy-Medium
Use: Confirmation/Affirmation; Ordination; Reformation

Away in a Manger

Enjoy this stress-free yet elegant SAB setting of the familiar carol using the tune CRADLE SONG, lovingly arranged by John Ferguson for his grandson.

Voicing: SAB
Difficulty: Easy
Use: Christmas

Night Long Awaited / Noche de paz

An Argentinian text and tune found in All Creation Sings are skillfully arranged by Sherri Hansen in this gentle anthem, which incorporates a stanza of “Silent Night.”

Voicing: SATB, Pno
Difficulty: Medium
Use: Christmas

Christ, Whose Glory Fills the Skies

Writing new music set to a familiar Charles Wesley text, Mark Sirett once again shows his mastery of beautiful melodic writing mixed with rich harmonic textures.

Voicing: SATB, Org
Difficulty: Medium
Use: Epiphany; General; Transfiguration

A Mystery, a Miracle

Jayne Southwick Cool wrote both the text and the tune of this gently flowing hymn-anthem, which speaks to the mystery and wonder of the Incarnation.

Voicing: SATB, Pno
Difficulty: Easy-Medium
Use: Christmas

Creator of the Stars of Night

Original music by Andrew Bruhn provides a fresh and tuneful setting of the familiar Advent hymn.

Voicing: 2 pt mxd, Kybd
Difficulty: Easy
Use: Advent

From Generation to Generation

Tom Trenney creatively adapts the Isaac Watts text “O God, Our Help in Ages Past” and pairs it with exciting original music that incorporates fragments of the tune ST. ANNE.

Voicing: SATB, Pno
Difficulty: Medium
Use: All Saints; Confirmation/Affirmation; Ordination; Reformation

It Came upon the Midnight Clear

Imaginative text painting brings added depth to this well-loved carol arranged by Tom Trenney. Lyrical writing is mixed with lush chordal harmonies along with a full piano accompaniment.

Voicing: SATB, Pno
Difficulty: Medium-Difficult
Use: Christmas

Infant Holy, Infant Lowly

Evelyn Larter writes a refreshing setting of the traditional Polish lullaby in jazz style.

Voicing: SATB
Difficulty: Easy-Medium
Use: Christmas

Joy to the World

The joy of the season is highlighted in Jonathan Campbell’s exciting new setting of “Joy to the World” for the Advent season.

Voicing: SATB
Difficulty: Medium
Use: Advent; Christmas

Lord of All Hopefulness

Nancy Grundahl’s reflective setting of this beloved hymn draws the listener to the text by beginning each stanza with a prayerful choral phrase asking for bliss, strength, love, and peace.

Voicing: SATB, Pno
Difficulty: Easy-Medium
Use: Evening; General

Rise Up and Go Tell It!

Two spirituals about the shepherds are paired in this exciting anthem by Anthony Giamanco, which begins with “Rise Up, Shepherds, and Follow” and segues into “Go Tell It on the Mountain.”

Voicing: 2 pt mxd, Pno
Difficulty: Easy
Use: Christmas

Rock of Ages

Drawing on the beloved text of Rock of Ages, Michael Burkhardt has written a new tune with a flowing, gentle lilt that provides a fresh sound to the familiar.

Voicing: SATB, Org
Difficulty: Easy-Medium
Use: Funeral; General; Lent & Holy Week

Still, Still, Still

The traditional Austrian carol is set by Chris Biemesderfer in a charming, accessible arrangement for SAB choir with a gentle piano accompaniment.

Voicing: SAB, Pno
Difficulty: Easy
Use: Christmas

There's a Wideness in God's Mercy

In this creative and expressive anthem, Brenda Portman writes captivating new music to go with familiar words reflecting on the graciousness of God and what is required of us in return.

Voicing: SATB, Pno
Difficulty: Easy-Medium
Use: General; Lent & Holy Week; Reformation

Unto Us a Child Is Born

Eugene Hancock marvelously knits together the tune of the spiritual “Mary Had a Baby” with the chant “Hodie Christus natus est” and clothes them with the Christmas text from Isaiah.

Voicing: SATB, Org
Difficulty: Medium
Use: Christmas

What Feast of Love

Brian Wentzel writes a partner song for GREENSLEEVES with the text from this familiar communion hymn, creating a wonderful anthem useful throughout the year and particularly beautiful during the Christmas season.

Voicing: 2 pt mxd, Kybd
Difficulty: Easy
Use: Advent; Christmas; Communion