Augsburg Fortress

That Easter Day with Joy Was Bright

The perfect addition to Easter Sunday, this uplifting Easter hymn set by Benjamin Harlan for SATB choir is easily learned and can be accompanied effectively by organ or piano.

Voicing: SATB, Kybd
Difficulty: Easy-Medium
Use: Easter

Evangelical Lutheran Worship, Psalter for Worship, Year C

Includes the psalm texts, refrains, psalm tones, and keyboard accompaniments from Evangelical Lutheran Worship for Year C.

Glory to God

This exuberant anthem by Undine Smith Moore, first released in 1979, is written in the style of a spiritual and features exciting rhythmic and imitative motives.

Voicing: SATB
Difficulty: Medium
Use: Christmas; General

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Christ Has Arisen, Alleluia

A joy to sing, this uplifting choral setting of the popular Tanzanian Easter hymn features light, buoyant choral writing in the character of a madrigal. An exciting addition to Easter worship.

Voicing: SATB
Difficulty: Medium
Use: Easter

We Will Be Merry, Far and Wide

Charming and delightful, this SAB Easter anthem has the buoyant feel of a renaissance madrigal. Written in strophic form with refrain, this anthem encourages versatility in use including the option to add the assembly on the refrain.

Voicing: SAB, Org
Difficulty: Easy-Medium
Use: Easter

My Shepherd, You Supply My Need

Brenda Portman writes a stunning and serene SATB setting of this hymn paraphrase of Psalm 23 by Isaac Watts, paired with the familiar tune RESIGNATION. The rich choral harmonies are reflective of lush, verdant meadows and the gorgeous accompaniment is scored for cello and piano.

Voicing: SATB, Pno
Difficulty: Medium
Use: Easter; General; Psalms

You, Lord, Are Both Lamb and Shepherd

Nancy Raabe writes a new tune for this hymn text found in All Creation Sings and offers a gentler interpretation than other settings, allowing the poetry of Sylvia Dunstan to sing with new expression.

Voicing: SAB, Pno
Difficulty: Easy-Medium
Use: Easter; Psalms

The Son of God, Our Christ

Anne Krentz Organ has crafted a beautifully effective and useful setting of this hymn from Evangelical Lutheran Worship with the tune SURSUM CORDA. The text focuses on themes of call and discipleship and is ideal for services of ordination and ministry recognition.

Voicing: 2 pt mxd, Pno
Difficulty: Easy-Medium
Use: General

Come, Let Us Eat

A quintessential communion anthem! Anthony Giamanco sets this well-loved hymn in an accessible arrangement for SAB choir with a gentle jazz-inflected piano accompaniment.

Voicing: SAB, Pno
Difficulty: Easy-Medium
Use: Communion; General

Beneath the Cross of Jesus

This classic Lenten text is set to a Cornish folk tune by Evelyn R. Larter in an easy-medium SATB anthem with piano and C-instrument accompaniment. The lyrical folk tune is paired with poignant harmonic writing giving new expression and depth to the poetry. 

Voicing: SATB, Pno
Difficulty: Easy-Medium
Use: Lent & Holy Week

Touch That Soothes and Heals

An Easter hymn from All Creation Sings is set by Thomas Keesecker in this accessible SAB anthem useful throughout the Easter Season and particularly on the Second Sunday of Easter.

Voicing: SAB, Pno
Difficulty: Easy
Use: Communion; Easter; Healing

When We Are Tested

The beloved Irish tune SLANE is paired with a profound text by Ruth Duck in this Lenten hymn found in All Creation Sings, arranged by Robert Benson for SATB choir with organ accompaniment.

Voicing: SATB, Org
Difficulty: Easy-Medium
Use: Lent & Holy Week

Singing in Community: Paperless Music for Worship

Singing in Community invites you to reconnect with singing and leading music as generations before us have done, something actually begun in ancient times. Before Gutenberg made it possible to "put the music in people's hands," congregational song and folk hymns were led without printed music for each singer. We can learn to sing in this way - a practice that seems new, but is very old.

Difficulty: Medium-Difficult

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Oh, Worship the King

Here is a fresh take on a popular hymn text arranged by accomplished composer Mark Shepperd for two-part mixed choir. A delight for choirs of any size and useful throughout the year.

Voicing: 2 pt mxd, Pno
Difficulty: Medium
Use: General

Evangelical Lutheran Worship, Psalter for Worship, Year B

Includes the psalm texts, refrains, psalm tones, and keyboard accompaniments from Evangelical Lutheran Worship for Year B.

Jesus Christ Is Risen Today

Probably the quintessential Easter hymn is here given an updated arrangement by Aaron David Miller for unison choir, descant, congregation, brass quintet, and organ...

Voicing: Unison
Difficulty: Medium-Difficult
Use: Easter

My Song Is Love Unknown

A cello obligato adds warmth and depth to a new setting by Benjamin Culli of this familiar text using the John Ireland tune, LOVE UNKOWN. The choir sings in unison with optional assembly for much of the anthem.

Voicing: SATB, Org
Difficulty: Easy-Medium
Use: Christ the King; Good Friday; Lent & Holy Week; Maundy Thursday; Passion/Palm Sunday

Wondrous Love

This popular American folk hymn is simple in nature, with a profound message of love emanating from the text. The a capella setting opens with a soloist, before expanding...

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

Augsburg Easy Choirbook, Volume 1: Music for the Church Year

A new must-have collection of sacred choral music that is easy and accessible to the smaller, less accomplished choir—yet substantial and interesting...

Voicing: 2-part mixed; Unison
Difficulty: Easy
Use: Advent; All Saints; Christ the King; Christmas; Communion; Easter; General; Lent & Holy Week; Thanksgiving

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Alleluia! Jesus Is Risen! Earth and All Stars

This anthem for SATB voices, organ, optional brass quartet (or quintet) timpani and four handbells also has an optional part for the assembly...

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