Augsburg Fortress

Augsburg Easy Choirbook, Volume 3: Music for the Church Year

A collection of unison and 2-part, accessible music for church, school, and community choirs.

Voicing: 2-part mixed; Unison
Difficulty: Easy
Use: Advent; All Saints; Christ the King; Christmas; Communion; Easter; General; Lent & Holy Week; Thanksgiving

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Ah, Holy Jesus

Classic John Ferguson. Easy, yet very effective with a recurring bass ostinato. This work is included on the hymn festival recording from ALCM which was completed in 1994.

Voicing: SATB/4-part mixed
Difficulty: Medium-Difficult
Use: Lent & Holy Week

Wondrous Love

This popular American folk hymn is simple in nature, with a profound message of love emanating from the text. The a capella setting opens with a soloist, before expanding...

Voicing: A cappella; SATB/4-part mixed
Difficulty: Medium
Use: Lent & Holy Week

I Believe This Is Jesus

A spirited arrangement of a traditional spiritual with infectious vocal lines. The text is both a proclaimation of faith and an invitation for all to come and...

Voicing: SATB/4-part mixed
Difficulty: Medium-Difficult
Use: Epiphany

O Day Full of Grace (revised edition)

A cheerful song of praise filled with embellished vocal lines ending with a strong declamation of Christian hope. Season: Advent

Voicing: SATB/4-part mixed
Difficulty: Medium-Difficult
Use: Advent; Reformation

This Joyful Eastertide

John Ferguson offers a playful setting for 2-part choir and organ.

Voicing: 2-part mixed
Difficulty: Easy
Use: Easter

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ChildrenSing in Worship, Volume 3

This volume presents another excellent collection of music for singers aged 8 to 12 years. Written in a variety of styles, this collection of 11 songs includes both the...

Voicing: Children's choir; Unison
Difficulty: Easy-Medium

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Solemn Reproaches of the Cross

A dramatic, yet accessible setting for soloist, SATB choir and piano of The Reproaches of the Cross, a part of the church's ancient Good Friday liturgy...

Voicing: SATB/4-part mixed
Difficulty: Easy-Medium
Use: Good Friday

9780800674724

Wade in the Water: Easy Choral Music for All Ages

This dynamic collection of two-part and three-part choral music is sure to be a favorite! Ideal for youth or adult choirs with limited rehearsal time or small...

Difficulty: Medium-Difficult

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We Shall Walk through the Valley

Undine Smith Moore’s arrangement of this African American spiritual is both accessible and gorgeous. Perfect for the First Sunday in Lent or as a companion anthem whenever Psalm 23 is scheduled.

Voicing: SATB
Difficulty: Easy-Medium
Use: Ash Wednesday; Holy Week; Lent & Holy Week

The New Gloria Deo: Music for Small Choirs

This wonderful collection of choral music was created with the small choir in mind! While each piece is written for the small ensemble, these pieces work just...

Difficulty: Medium-Difficult

9780806698403

The New Gloria Deo, Volume 2

This graceful and accessible new collection of choral pieces can be used throughout the year. The varied voicing offers works from 2-part to SATB with divisi...

Difficulty: Easy-Medium

9781451424133

The Day of Resurrection!

This familiar Easter text is given new life with a fresh tune from Farlee, with a jubilant setting for choir, brass, and organ...

Voicing: Organ; SATB/4-part mixed
Difficulty: Easy-Medium
Use: Easter

A Stable Lamp Is Lighted

Mark Sedio has set this stirring and well-loved hymn text to new music for SATB choir with piano or harp and C instrument.

Voicing: SATB, Pno
Difficulty: Easy-Medium
Use: Christmas; Passion/Palm Sunday; Three Days

In All Our Grief and Fear We Turn To You

This anthem, with great attention to text, instills peace on the listener and singer alike in a setting of the hymn tune Fredericktown. The setting weaves O...

Voicing: 2-part mixed
Difficulty: Easy
Use: Lent & Holy Week

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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

Christ Is Risen! He Is Living!

Brass, organ, percussion, and full choir! John Helgen writes the perfect festival anthem for Easter Sunday.

Voicing: SATB, Org
Difficulty: Medium
Use: Easter

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; Evening

Beautiful Savior

A classic in choral literature and a standard in the St. Olaf Choir repertoire, this graceful setting of a stirring text continues to inspire. The text speaks...

Voicing: SATB
Difficulty: Easy-Medium
Use: General

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; Easter