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She Flies On
Gordon Light's song of the Spirit arranged for choir with flute.
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SATB and solo with piano and flute | |
Companions in the Way
Written for an arts and worship conference, this is a song at once playful, tender and dancing. |
SATB with piano and bass | |
Go with Peace to the World
A collaboration with Diane J. Strickland, this is a going-out song. |
SATB | |
Mary Laid Her Baby Down
Gordon Light's poignant song about Mary's gift of letting go, in a choral arrangement with hand-bells. |
SATB with piano and handbells, optional solo / children's choir | |
Upon this Rock
This blues/gospel song expresses both the struggles and the promise of waging peace. See below for lead sheet. |
SATB with piano | |
Songs and Hymns |
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Feuilles-O (Kyrie)
Please use this Kyrie set to a Haitian tune as we pray with our brothers and sisters in Haiti. The original song was about a mother weeping over her sick child. The original is in Creole.
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Riding on a Donkey
A rolicking, prophetic, street-level view of the Palm Sunday parade. The melody is based on the Scottish folk tune Highland Laddie. |
Leader and congregation with piano | |
And There was Evening
The words of Genesis 1 combine with a refrain and improvised instrumental music, dramatizing the story of Creation. See below for the instrumental parts. |
Leader and SATB (refrain) | |
We Have Seen a Glory Shining
A hymn about Jesus the servant. |
Words with melody | |
All the Earth Resounds with Song
A hymn about music. |
Words with melody | |
The Body is One
A playful paraphrase of St. Paul's description of life in Christian community.
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Unison vocal with piano | |
Folly of the Cross
A paraphrase from St. Paul's first letter to the Corinthian church. How God turns our wisdom upside down.
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Unison vocal with piano | |
Zacchaeus was a Tax Man
A Quebecois "chanson à répondre" tells the story of the crooked little man from Luke's gospel. |
Call/response with piano | |
Upon this Rock
This blues/gospel song expresses both the struggles and the promise of waging peace. See above for SATB with piano. |
Lead sheet | |
Choral music for advanced choirs |
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Il est né, le divin enfant
A bilingual arrangement of the old French carol with congregation/audience participation. |
SATB | |
Instrumental Parts |
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And There was Evening
The words of Genesis 1 combine with a refrain and improvised instrumental music, dramatizing the story of Creation. See above for the refrain. |
Flute, alto sax, trumpet in Bb, trombone, violin, cello | |
Holy, Holy, Holy (NICEA)
This is a slow pop ballad arrangement of NICEA with countermelodies for Alto Saxophone and Bb Trumpet. |
Piano, alto sax, trumpet in Bb | |
Praise to the Lord the Almighty (LOBE DEN HERREN)
This is an arrangement with a celtic lilt. |
Piano Piano, trumpet in Bb, Trombone, soprano recorder / violin, alto recorder |
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Songbooks |
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With Many Voices
Now in its second printing, With Many Voices presents 24 songs for congregation drawn from the world church. Features a number of songs by Canadian writers and composers, as well as from Korea, Africa, South America and the Caribbean. An excellent introduction to using world song in worship. |
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Contact Andrew for purchasing information. See the Recordings page for audio samples from the With Many Voices Companion CD. |
