Augsburg Fortress

Four by Four, Volume 2: Hymns for Piano and Four Ringers

Anne Krentz Organ continues this popular series of music for piano and four ringers (handbells or chimes) with a second volume based on general hymn tunes.

Voicing: Handbells; Piano
Difficulty: Easy-Medium

9781506487311

The Earth Adorned: Piano Settings

John Helgen masterfully spins original music from the tunes he has chosen for this collection and skillfully weaves the two together, creating varied and delightful settings that are useful throughout the year.

Voicing: Piano
Difficulty: Medium
Use: Christmas; General; Healing; Thanksgiving

9781506487281

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

In Praise of Love: Piano Settings for Lent and Easter

With his dynamic writing style, Zach Unke’s collection for Lent and Easter showcases all the moods of the season, from tender and contemplative to cheerful and celebratory.

Voicing: Piano
Difficulty: Medium
Use: Easter; Lent & Holy Week

9781506487359

F. Melius Christiansen Organ Anthology

In celebration of the 150th anniversary of F. Melius Christiansen’s birth, this anthology collects the best of his free works for organ along with transcriptions of his choral anthems.

Voicing: Organ
Difficulty: Medium
Use: Advent; All Saints; Christmas; Funeral; General; Lent & Holy Week; Reformation; Wedding

9781506479934

Christ Is the Life: Organ Settings for the Church Year

Brenda Portman’s understanding of the organ comes to life in her collection of ten arrangements of hymns found in the worship supplement All Creation Sings, with writing that makes use of styles and techniques characteristic of the organ.

Voicing: Organ
Difficulty: Medium-Difficult

9781506487328

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

Awake and Sing: Hymn Introductions and Accompaniments

In this collection featuring 16 hymn tunes, Eric Wall provides an introduction and multiple arrangements of each, thoughtfully crafted and reflective of the hymn text associated with each tune.  

Voicing: Organ
Difficulty: Medium
Use: All Saints; Christmas; Communion; Easter; Epiphany; General; Lent & Holy Week; Pentecost; Time after Epiphany

9781506487366

Hymns of Joy and Grace, Volume 2: Piano Settings for Lent and Easter

From reflective Lenten arrangements to joyful Easter pieces marked “with exuberance,” Sylvia Oines’ second volume in this series continues to provide varied and creative interpretations of familiar hymn tunes.

Voicing: Piano
Difficulty: Medium

9781506487304

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

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

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

Suite Breve for Organ on Sursum Corda

Thomas Trenney has composed a suite of six brief movements based on the hymn tune SURSUM CORDA filled with contrasting moods and fresh harmonic language.

Voicing: Organ
Difficulty: Medium

9781506487342

A Time to Dance: Settings for Organ

This exciting collection by David Evan Thomas features seven familiar tunes expressed in historical dance genres, along with three original pieces that include a sicilienne and minuet.

Voicing: Organ
Difficulty: Medium-Difficult
Use: Advent; Christmas; General; Pentecost

9781506487335

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

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

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

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

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

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