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This setting illustrates a modern yet straightforward setting of a well-known communion text. Voice parts are divided at times and the sopranos have a few places that are challenging tessitura. The interior

This expansive and reflective setting of the Beatitudes is influenced by Eastern Orthodox choral traditions. The use of a sonorous tone brings out the voices as they move through the homophonic texture. The

Chancel choirs will find light work in this rich and lilting setting of Romans 10:14-15 featuring a soaring flute, soprano solo, and deliberate repetition of the word "beautiful."

Written for the Choir of the Church of the Advent in Boston, Massachusetts, this piece was composed for the wedding of John Sterling Lambert and Susan Tighlman Bisson at the Advent on October 12, 2002. The

Gerald Near has set a sublime text by John Donne, providing restrained, elegant music that responds to the text with lyricism, mixed meter, and thoughtful dissonance. The organ part nicely supports the SATB

Ryan Kelly has written a stunning motet-like anthem for unaccompanied SAB voices using an adaptation of Colossians 3:12-17 as the text. The result is a fitting reminder to "clothe yourselves with the love

This original a cappella piece by composer Mark Miller is based on the traditional text Dona Nobis Pacem. A solo singer opens with the melody, and as the choir enters the piece gradually builds,

This unique, meditative setting of a text from Lauda Sion Salvatorem by St. Thomas Aquinas is lovely. It is suitable for both concert halls and worship services and is especially appropriate for

The great American hymn The Lone, Wild Bird serves as the basis for this arrangement. The work begins with a plaintive alto solo and gradually builds by layering voices. Sensitive arranging and

This is a celebratory anthem based on Psalm 111. With its solid vocal scoring and soaring melody contrasted with occasional harmonic dissonances, this piece beautifully captures the majesty of the psalm

This large-scale anthem creatively adapts the text O God, Our Help in Ages Past and pairs it with exciting original music that incorporates fragments of the tune ST. ANNE. A soaring melodic refrain

The composer uses an adaptation of the traditional African American spiritual text but provides new music which is at once introspective, thankful, and triumphant. The slow tempo allows for much expression

Henry Mollicone offers us a lively and upbeat setting of traditional Latin words and phrases: "Hosanna in excelsis," "Gloria in excelsis Deo," "Hallelluiah," and "Amen." It uses syncopated rhythms with

Written for The Wartburg Choir in celebration of the 500th anniversary of the Reformation, I Still Possess juxtaposes a vernacular quote of Martin Luther ("…whatever I have placed in God's

This anthem uses as its central text one of the Gospel's best-known yet least commonly sung verses: "It is easier for a camel to pass through the eye of a needle than for a rich man to enter

John 8:31-32 is set here in a well-crafted anthem that experienced singers will enjoy. The piece is laid out in three sections, opening with an expressive chordal section, followed by a bold and festive

Opening with a brief fanfare on the organ, the text is set in an exciting rhythmic pattern that shifts between duple and triple meter. In the contrasting middle section, the rhythmic energy of the opening

The familiar Song of Solomon text is framed by modern liturgy and 'For love is of God' (1 John 4:7). All parts share in delivering and supporting the warm melody and rich harmonies, connected by a solo

Scored for SATB choir and organ, this selection features a text from Proverbs 31:2530, set lyrically, which extols the virtues of being a woman who is faithful to God. Useful for any service highlighting

Sing Unto God is a practical new edition by James Chepponis of Handel's celebrated chorus from Judas Maccabaeus, scored for SATB and keyboard, with flexible additional options including