Beckenhorst Press

Conservative vocal tessituras make this SATB anthem suitable for youth and adult choirs.  The text from Matthew 7 is combined with a cappella harmonies and an Acoustic Bass part included in...

An original Christmas hymn by Erik Dewar (co-arranged with Dan Forrest), In Bethlehem paints a vivid and heartfelt picture of the Christmas story. Fresh takes on the Christmas narrative combine with...

Trying to decide whether to have choir or congregation sing this carol in your Christmas service? Now you can have both: an optional congregational part allows audience to join the beauty of this...

Part of the Beckenhorst Congregational Anthem Series, this lush setting of Silent Night from Molly Ijames works equally well as a simple SATB anthem with optional congregation, or a congregational...

Gloria (Movement 5 of TRINITY: Our God of Hope and Help) is an exuberant dance of praise exalting Father, Son, and Spirit, and quoting O God Our Help In Ages Past (with eventual congregational...

Breath of God (Movement 4 of TRINITY: Our God of Hope and Help) creates a mysterious modal soundworld asking for the Spirit’s presence. This mystery then gives way to music of comfort and...

What a Savior, What a Friend (Movement 3 of TRINITY: Our God of Hope and Help) sets familiar hymn texts to new music that moves from plaintive cry to deep assurance and humble gratitude. Effective in...

Look at the Birds (Movement 2 of TRINITY: Our God of Hope and Help) is a vivid and soaring tone poem that paints the birds in flight while asking us to consider the Father’s care for all...

One Jehovah (movement 1 of TRINITY: Our God of Hope and Help) is a reverent but tender hymn exalting Father, Son, and Spirit and praying for God’s presence and help. Optional vocal solos...

Beloved text from I Corinthians 13 is paired with other Scriptural texts about love to create a powerful statement of God’s love for us and a deeply moving call to love each other. Suitable for...

For general worship with an alternate text for the Advent season.  Lyrics by Herb Frombach.  Parts for violin and bass (BP1788A) are available.  Also available for SAB voicing in the...

An evocative SATB selection about transcendent worship and eternity. Optional violin or C instrument included in the octavo - Lyrics by Herbert Brokering. COMPANION PRODUCT Sacred Solos of...

Downloadable Rehearsal Tracks. The Beckenhorst Singers recording has been remixed to feature each voice part in separate part-dominant tracks. In each track, your singers will hear professional...

Accompaniment Track for Angels We Have Heard on HighChoral Score: Angels We Have Heard on High - Forrest - digital download

Christmas isn’t complete without a Forrest carol setting, and this new take on the familiar tune raises the bar yet again! From sparkling joy to layered "Gloria's" to moments of tender awe,...

Appalachian in flavor and suitable for general worship. Lyrics by Susan Bentall Boersma.  An alternate text for Pentecost is included. 2 violins, bass, mandolin or guitar and...

SATB, oboe and string quartet - A beautifully lyric Psalm setting suitable for themes of repentance and devotion. Companion products (digital downloads): Psalm 1 - score and parts - digital download...

This poignant anthem was written in memory of a young man accidentally electrocuted by a special effects device called a Jacob’s Ladder. The text by Susan Boersma is based on Genesis 28:15-18...

Molly Ijames' arrangement of this newly written Christmas hymn frames the nativity story in a haunting narrative about the darkness of waiting and the coming of Christ's light. Each stanza explores...

A hauntingly beautiful collaboration between modern hymnwriter Erik Dewar and Dan Forrest, this anthem for SATB voices (with piano and optional strings) weaves together a newly written hymn with "I...

Winner of the 2007 John Ness Beck Foundation award featuring an oboe obbligato.  SATB - oboe or C instrument part included in the octavo - Full score and parts for orchestra (BP1784A) available...

The third movement of Craig Courtney’s trilogy, Divine Encounter, The Blessing is a newly-composed benediction based on Numbers 6:24-26. As Jesus blessed and multiplied the fish and bread, so...

This regal, stately second movement of Craig Courtney’s trilogy, Divine Encounter, is based on Micah 6:6-8. As we partake of God's bounty, our gratitude urges us to offer ourselves as...

The first movement of Craig Courtney’s trilogy, Divine Encounter, is a song in which God invites us to receive His bounty. The first verse of Isiah 55 is expressed as a celebration rather than...

Through Leslie Leyland Fields’ words of great depth and meaning, we sing of our awe when we gaze upon the Infant Child. We not only witness the physical stable in Bethlehem, but also the stable...