Augsburg Fortress

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

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, 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

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

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

Word of God, Come Down on Earth

With imaginative text painting, Thomas Keesecker’s anthem on this familiar chorale brings the text and tune to life.

You Are the One

Thomas Keesecker is a master at crafting tuneful melodies, and here he pairs a new melody with a Herb Brokering text, creating a graceful and approachable anthem.

Voicing: SAB, Pno
Difficulty: Easy
Use: Christ the King; General; Trinity

I Would Be True

Augsburg Fortress is delighted to republish this beautiful SAB anthem, originally published in 1979, by Undine Smith Moore with inspiring poetry of Howard A. Walter.

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

A Woman and a Coin

Paul D. Weber writes a beautiful and graceful anthem with a text by Jaroslav Vajda, reflecting on the Parables of the Lost.

Voicing: 2 pt mxd, Org
Difficulty: Easy
Use: Lent & Holy Week; Ordinary Time

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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Be Not Afraid

In this expressive and moving anthem, Jonathan D. Campbell pairs texts from Isaiah with sweeping melodies and rich harmonies along with a piano accompaniment that adds gentle color.

Voicing: SATB, Pno
Difficulty: Easy-Medium
Use: General; Healing; Ordinary Time

O Jerusalem!

Wayne Wold wrote the poetry of this dramatic and stirring anthem while visiting the Holy Land and musically captures all the emotion of the Passion story with intense and colorful text painting.

Voicing: SATB
Difficulty: Medium-Difficult
Use: Lent & Holy Week

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

The Lord Is My Light: Dominus illuminatio mea

In this expressive setting of Psalm 27 by Daniel Nelson, the tenors and basses sing the title phrase in Latin on a reoccurring open fifth pattern while the trebles sing the psalm text in eloquent and soaring lines.

Voicing: SATB, Pno
Difficulty: Easy-Medium
Use: Epiphany; Ordinary Time; Psalms

As the Deer Longs for the Waterbrooks

In his setting of Psalm 42, Robert Benson provides a dramatic, multi-movement choral work masterfully scored for SATB choir and organ with an integral cello part.

Voicing: SATB, Org
Difficulty: Medium
Use: Lent & Holy Week; Ordinary Time; Psalms