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Benjamin Harlan's elegant setting of Michael Eller's profound text asks for eyes to see the Divine in the simple things of life. Easy to sing, but rich with meaning! Whether in nature or in the...

Marianne Forman's powerful new setting of this beloved hymn begins with a plaintive motive in optional solo unaccompanied strings. A new melody for the text slowly unfolds before eventually...

Statements of the liturgical text “Kyrie eleison” alternate with the English text “Lord God, have mercy” throughout this anthem. A variety of choral textures including...

Howard Helvey presents this well-known hymn in an elegant chorale-prelude style, with simple but expressive choral parts over flowing lines of counterpoint in the piano. Easily learned for the...

A soaring anthem from Craig Courtney looking toward the moment when faith becomes sight, through Pamela Stewart's inspired lyrics. Suitable for general worship as well as All Saints' or memorial...

Beckenhorst welcomes Christopher Enloe to our catalog with this comforting and conversational setting of "O God Our Help In Ages Past" for SATB choir, piano, and optional violin: "Be Thou our Guide...

Pamela Stewart's text speaks vulnerably of the dry and barren seasons of life, praying for God to see, hear, and restore; Craig Courtney's musical setting vividly evokes the lyrics with piano and...

Eileen Berry's comforting text provides assurance of God's presence through every season of a life's journey, and Molly Ijames' musical setting speaks meaningfully and directly to the listener's...

A striking re-texting of Faure's "Cantique de Jean Racine". The much-loved hymn text "My Song is Love Unknown" fits amazingly to Faure's music, resulting in a musical meditation at the foot of the...

A new setting of the famous Prayer of St. Francis from Mary McDonald, with tranquil melodic lines from choir entwining with optional oboe obbligato. A contrasting middle section and a floating...

Craig Courtney wraps haunting new melodic settings of Scriptures about faithful love around stirring stanzas of Fred Pratt Green's hymn, "The Church of God in Every Age," in this hymn concertato for...

Commissioned for the closing service of the 2025 BBC Proms at Holy Sepulchre London (the National Musicians' Church of the Church of England), Dan Forrest's new a cappella arrangement of Christina...

All of the awe and mystery of the rhetorical question has been captured in this arrangement now available for TTBB choir, solo voice and piano or optional full orchestra. From quiet contemplation to...

All of the awe and mystery of the rhetorical question has been captured in this arrangement now available for SSAA choir, solo voice and piano or optional full orchestra. From quiet contemplation to...

You haven't heard Joy to the World like this before! Dan Forrest reaches into his Irish traditional music experience to pair the well-known carol with a newly composed Irish slide, and the result is...

You haven't heard Joy to the World like this before! Dan Forrest reaches into his Irish traditional music experience to pair the well-known carol with a newly composed Irish slide, and the result is...

Assertive syncopated rhythms add energy and joy to this new setting of of the traditional Henry Lyte text. Cast in rondo form, the refrains gather intensity throughout the piece, culminating in...

"God is with us, God is for us; do not be afraid." Dan Forrest interweaves this refrain with comforting quotes from Scripture, "There shall be no night there, no crying there; God shall wipe away...

Jon Hermanson's setting for SATB chorus combines text from Luke 24 ("Stay with us, Lord Jesus, stay with us"), and quotes from Abide With Me ("in life and death, O Lord, with us abide"), to present a...

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...

An exhilarating new festival setting of Wesley's revered hymn text, to HYFRYDOL. Rhythmic accents, brilliant scoring, motivic development, optional congregational involvement, a cappella middle...

This exhilarating new festival setting of HYFRYDOL will quickly become a favorite opening for your Advent or Christmas concerts! Rhythmic accents, brilliant scoring, motivic development, optional...

Craig Courtney's adaptation of Psalm texts creates a quiet reflection of gratitude that gradually crescendos to an overwhelming outpouring of praise. An eloquent expression of thanksgiving for the...

New words by the composer committing to praise even through times of difficulty are set to the lovely Scottish LOCH LOMOND folksong. "...When questions I spin echo answerless within, even then, still...

Kyle Pederson's simple yet heartfelt new melody for this traditional Irish blessing will resonate with your choir as well as your audience. Additional text by the composer adds depth to the...