Augsburg Fortress

Sing Nowell, Sing Gloria!

This modern carol from Olaf C. Christiansen, past conductor of the St. Olaf Choir, will delight your singers and listeners with its dancing exuberance and joyful text.

Voicing: SATB
Difficulty: Medium
Use: Christmas

Epiphany Carol

A joyful, unison anthem which works well with just women. The middle section in plain-song style can be an effective solo.

Voicing: Unison
Difficulty: Medium-Difficult
Use: Epiphany

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How Firm a Foundation

David Cherwien breathes new life into this cherished hymn arranged in a vibrant setting for SATB choir with assembly and opt. C instrument. Choral stanzas are both gentle and dynamic and the congregation will enjoy singing in canon with the choir.

Voicing: SATB, Org
Difficulty: Easy-Medium
Use: General; Praise & Thanksgiving

O Bread of Life from Heaven

David Ashley White's composition incorporates a 17th-century Latin hymn and has a plainsong feeling.

Voicing: 2-part mixed
Difficulty: Easy-Medium
Use: Communion; General

How Beautiful the Messenger

Wayne Wold weaves a new text based on the well-loved passage from Isaiah 52:7. The tuneful melody floats between the upper and lower voices in this gentle anthem scored for SATB choir.

Voicing: SATB, Org
Difficulty: Easy-Medium
Use: Christmas; Graduation; Ordination

The New Gloria Deo: Music for Small Choirs

This wonderful collection of choral music was created with the small choir in mind! While each piece is written for the small ensemble, these pieces work just...

Difficulty: Medium-Difficult

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What Joyous Song Unfolding

A gently contoured melody uplifts the poetry of Susan Cherwien in this graceful anthem by Zebulon Highben. The music is largely 2-part mixed with an expressive SATB a cappella third stanza.

Voicing: SATB, Org
Difficulty: Medium
Use: Creation; General; Praise & Thanksgiving

Whoever Would Be Great among You

Ronald A. Nelson is the composer for this Lenten anthem.

Voicing: SAB/3-part mixed
Difficulty: Easy
Use: Lent & Holy Week

Here I Am, Lord

Augsburg Fortress is pleased to add this contemporary classic to its St. Olaf Choral Series. Young's setting is an exquisite rendition of the Dan Schutte text...

Voicing: Keyboard; SATB/4-part mixed
Difficulty: Medium
Use: Epiphany; General

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Death Be Never Last

David Sims has beautifully arranged a gentle and expressive Ray Makeever hymn, published in All Creation Sings perfect for All Saints Sunday or funeral and memorial services.

Voicing: SATB, Pno
Difficulty: Easy-Medium
Use: All Saints; Funeral

Lamb of God

Here is a choral gem for all choirs who enjoy singing in unison. And shouldn't all choirs be singing in unison occasionally? Teach your children this setting...

Voicing: Children's choir; Unison
Difficulty: Easy-Medium
Use: Communion; Lent & Holy Week

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Midnight Clear

Scored for SATB (or TTBB) and organ, Russell Schulz-Widmar offers a lush new melody for the classic Edmund Sears text. Also, available in an orchestrated version for choir, flute, oboe, two clarinets, bassoon, four horns, and strings.

Voicing: SATB, Org; TTBB
Difficulty: Medium
Use: Christmas

Come Now, O Prince of Peace

A stunning setting for Advent or anytime. The instrumental lines weave a rich tapestry of sound in this meditative reflection on the unity of the Body of...

Voicing: SATB
Difficulty: Easy
Use: Advent

Sing the Stories of Jesus: Twenty-Five Songs for the Youngest Singers

Sing the Stories of Jesus offers twenty-five songs for ages four to seven based on texts from the four gospels. For unison voices and piano.

Voicing: U children's choir, Kybd
Difficulty: Easy

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ChildrenSing: Seven Anthems for Elementary Age Singers

This volume of ChildrenSing is a collection of seven anthems, spanning the church year, for the elementary school singer. To facilitate the process of learning to...

Voicing: Children's choir; Unison
Difficulty: Easy-Medium

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The Virgin Mary Had a Baby Boy

Choirs will love singing this SAB setting of this West Indian carol, bringing a laid-back excitement to the Christmas season.

Voicing: Piano; SAB/3-part mixed
Difficulty: Easy
Use: Christmas; Epiphany

This Little Light of Mine

Upbeat, sprightly, jazzy - everything we need in the cold of winter (Epiphany) to warm the hearts of young singers and congregation. From the pen of John...

Voicing: 2-part mixed; Children's choir; Piano; Unison
Difficulty: Easy-Medium
Use: Epiphany; General

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Celestial Spring: IV Glorification

A new edition of a classic motet by F. Melius Christiansen, the closing fugue of his work “Celestial Spring.”

Voicing: SATB
Difficulty: Medium-Difficult
Use: General

We Shall Walk through the Valley in Peace

Clayton White's setting of this African American spiritual is sure to uplift and move your choir and congregation. With gentle flowing rhythm and rich harmonies, the music and text are reflective of Psalm 23.

Voicing: SATB
Difficulty: Easy-Medium
Use: All Saints; Easter; Funeral; Lent & Holy Week

Shine Like the Sun

An arrangement of John Ylvisaker's "Shine like the Sun," scored for SATB and keyboard and obbligato violin or C instrument part.

Voicing: SATB
Difficulty: Medium-Difficult
Use: Epiphany; General; Time after Epiphany