Augsburg Fortress

Ride On, King Jesus: Palm Sunday Medley

Three hymns and spirituals appropriate for Palm Sunday are combined in this medley that features a lively piano accompaniment and many options for ensemble performance.

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

I Cried All Night Long

Clayton White arranged this spiritual in honor of the Wings Over Jordan choir and captured the spirit and energy of their setting.

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

Young ChildrenSing, Volume 2

Ten short anthems for younger singers, each based on or quoting a familiar hymn text and tune.

Voicing: Children's choir; Unison
Difficulty: Easy

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Now Hear the Glad Tidings

Hal Hopson has arranged a solo movement for Bach's Christmas Oratorio and provided an English text to make this work accessible to choirs of all sizes and ages.

Voicing: Piano; Unison
Difficulty: Easy
Use: Advent; Christmas

Sing unto God a Song of Joy

Comets, mountains, fish and birds: God created all of them, so we should sing praise! This playful 2-part anthem is easy to learn and a delight to sing for children and adults alike.

Voicing: 2-part mixed; Piano
Difficulty: Easy
Use: Baptism; Easter; General; Pentecost; Stewardship; Trinity

The Virgin Mary Had a Baby Boy

Choirs will love singing this SAB setting of this West Indian carol, bringing a laid-back excitement to the Christmas season.

Voicing: Piano; SAB/3-part mixed
Difficulty: Easy
Use: Christmas; Epiphany

Through the Legacy of Years

A poignant and profound text with a beautiful melody, perfect for All Saints, funerals, or any time of remembering.

Voicing: Piano; SATB/4-part mixed
Difficulty: Easy-Medium
Use: All Saints; Funeral; Wedding

Christ's Blessing

This brief but rich motet asks for Christ's Blessing upon everyone.

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

Forty Days and Forty Nights

Choirs will enjoy the constantly shifting major and minor chords in Franklin Ashdown's anthem, illustrating the tension inherent in Lent.

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

Go to Dark Gethsemane

David W. Music gives new life to this beloved hymn by providing a new melody.

Voicing: Piano; SATB/4-part mixed
Difficulty: Easy
Use: Lent & Holy Week

When Twilight Comes

Wentzel's new melody for "When Twilight Comes" is the perfect anthem for Maundy Thursday, evening services, or during communion distribution.

Voicing: Organ; SAB/3-part mixed
Difficulty: Easy
Use: Communion; General; Lent & Holy Week

Jesus Loves Me / We Are Baptized in Christ Jesus

In this delightful anthem the choir sings stanzas of "Jesus Loves Me" in alternation with the assembly singing "We Are Baptized In Christ Jesus".

Voicing: Organ; SATB/4-part mixed
Difficulty: Easy-Medium
Use: Baptism; Easter; General; Lent & Holy Week

Once Led to Your Font

Stephen Folkemer set this delightful and engaging text by Mark Oldenburg to a lilting Danish folk tune for SAB voices and flute.

Voicing: Organ; SAB/3-part mixed
Difficulty: Easy-Medium
Use: Baptism; Easter; General; Pentecost; Stewardship; Trinity

Our Mission Is to Follow Jesus

Inspired by a synod convocation titled "Worship Is a Verb", choirs will enjoy exploring all the verbs in the text and how God calls communities to serve, learn, and follow the example of Jesus.

Voicing: Organ; SAB/3-part mixed
Difficulty: Easy-Medium
Use: Easter; Epiphany; General

Let Us Love One Another

Written for a wedding and appropriate for any lectionary day about love, Mark Sirett's setting of this well-known text from 1 John features beautiful, lyrical part-writing and a flowing accompaniment.

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

Our Paschal Lamb that Sets Us Free

Martin Franzmann's lively text dances in 6/8 time, and the brass quintet adds brilliance and gravity.

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

There Are Children at the Door

A hauntingly profound anthem by David Cherwien that sets a poem by Herb Brokering about Jesus' call to care for refugee and migrant children.

Voicing: Keyboard; SATB/4-part mixed
Difficulty: Easy-Medium
Use: General; Lent & Holy Week

Now the Silence

Vadja's beloved text is set to original music in this stunning anthem by Braeden Ayres.

Voicing: SATB/4-part mixed
Difficulty: Medium
Use: Communion; Epiphany; General; Lent & Holy Week

This Is My Song

John Ferguson has crafted a hymn setting that is elegant and profound, featuring an alternate third stanza not found in most hymnals.

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

From the Rising of the Sun

An a cappella anthem that reminds us of our chance to praise God continuously, morning, noon, and night.

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