Augsburg Fortress

Jesus, Feed Us

Brian Wentzel's arrangement of a favorite communion hymn, featuring a driving piano rhythm is accessible for choirs of all sizes.

Voicing: Piano; SAB/3-part mixed
Difficulty: Easy
Use: Communion; General

A Wedding Music Anthology: Fiftieth Anniversary Edition

A tremendously valuable collection of arrangements of classic pieces as well as original free works for weddings, funerals, and other worship services. This new edition includes all five Wedding Music collections by David N. Johnson in one volume with reproducible instrument parts.

Voicing: Organ
Difficulty: Medium
Use: Funeral; Wedding

9781506465982

When We Must Bear Persistent Pain

David Cherwien writes a poignant setting of a Ruth Duck hymn text, found in All Creation Sings, which asks for God’s care while suffering from chronic pain. An easily learned and effective anthem.

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

Death Be Never Last

David Sims has beautifully arranged a gentle and expressive Ray Makeever hymn, published in All Creation Sings perfect for All Saints Sunday or funeral and memorial services.

Voicing: SATB, Pno
Difficulty: Easy-Medium
Use: All Saints; Funeral

All My Hope on God Is Founded

A new tune composed by Nick Klemetson is paired with a beloved hymn text in this 2-part mixed anthem. Written for smaller choirs, the creative writing and text painting give this anthem musical interest, making it effective for choirs of any size.

Voicing: 2 pt mxd, Pno
Difficulty: Easy-Medium
Use: Confirmation/Affirmation; General; Ordination; Praise & Thanksgiving

Song of Thanksgiving

Tony Ward's paraphrase of Psalm 111 delights in God's beauty, gracious mercy, and endless love.

Voicing: 2-part mixed; Piano
Difficulty: Easy
Use: Epiphany; General

Lord Jesus, You Shall Be My Song

A gentle and graceful setting of a beloved hymn, perfect for graduations, sendings, anniversaries and ordinations.

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

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

A Gentle Christmas: Piano Carols

This collection of carol settings is useful in worship as well as the many other times we are called upon to play music during the Christmas season, such as retirement centers, church dinners, hospitals, or for home celebrations.

Voicing: Piano
Difficulty: Medium
Use: Advent; Christmas

9781506466149

Christ the Lord Is Risen Today!

Delightful and joyous, this dance-like setting of the familiar hymn “Christ the Lord Is Risen Today!” by Kristina Langlois highlights the character of the Medieval tune ORIENTIS PARTIBUS and captures the excitement of the Easter text.

Voicing: 2 pt mxd, Org
Difficulty: Easy
Use: Easter

Calm to the Waves: Three Hymns for Choir and Assembly

Thom Pavlechko groups three of his new hymns into a creative and flexible collection for choir, congregation, keyboard, and instruments.

Voicing: SATB, Kybd
Difficulty: Easy
Use: All Saints; Healing; Ordinary Time

He Is Born: Il est né

A lively anthem sung in both French and English, perfect for Christmas Eve or Christmas Day.

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

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

Lo, How a Rose E'er Blooming

This arrangement, first published in 1937, features all of F. Melius Christiansen's signature harmonic and melodic touches. Perfect for Christmas Eve, choirs will love learning or relearning this enduring setting.

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

We Worship You, God

An anthem that sings of God's unfolding acts through history, God's constancy, and our amazement at God's faithfulness.

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

Jesus Christ the Apple Tree

Beauty and flexibility abound in Timothy Shaw’s strophic setting of the beloved Apple Tree Carol. Written in a minor key with a pensive mood, the unison stanzas could be shared by children, soloists, or choir sections.

Voicing: 2 pt mxd/U, Kybd
Difficulty: Easy
Use: Advent; Christmas; Lent & Holy Week

Come, Lord Jesus, Come to Earth

Walter L. Pelz writes a beautiful Advent anthem that is well-crafted and inviting. Choirs will enjoy the fluid part-writing of the a cappella third stanza.

Voicing: SAB, Org
Difficulty: Easy
Use: Advent

When Memory Fades

Carl Schalk has written a beautiful and sweeping melody that cradles a profound text about memory loss and the deep and abiding love of God.

Voicing: Organ; SATB/4-part mixed
Difficulty: Easy-Medium
Use: All Saints; General

The Time of Singing

Anne Krentz Organ has composed a creative and elegant setting of a text from the Song of Solomon. A beautiful addition to Easter Sunday or anytime during the Easter season.

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

I Hear Music in the Air: Spirituals for Solo Voice and Piano

Spiritual arrangements from Clayton White for solo voice and piano, arranged in the manner of art songs.

Voicing: Piano; Solo vocal