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The following anthems are some of the most popular pieces in CICW's choral series and are also included on GIA's list of "Top 10 All Time" best sellers.
For SATB Voices and Organ (Text: Sylvia Dunstan. Music: Alfred V. Fedak)
“You, Lord, are both Lamb and Shepherd.” Thus begins Sylvia Dunstan’s text, which examines the seeming contradictions inherent in the one called the Christ. These “Choral Variations on picardy” by Alfred V. Fedak are a fitting vehicle for the profound text. Extensive background notes are included.
For SATB Voices divisi and Piano (Text: Herman G. Stuempfle. Music: Roy Hopp)
This piece is appropriate for communion services or any service that focuses on the theme of Christian unity. It would be especially appropriate for World Communion Sunday. The text celebrates the rich diversity of the church as it is formed by the Word of God and fed at the communion table.
For SATB Voices, Assembly, Organ, Brass Quintet, and Timpani (Text: Ruth van Baak Griffioen. Music: Roy Hopp)
This dazzling hymn in concertato form is one destine for the hymn books, if not the ages.
Its sweeping appeal leading to the assembly refrain, “How wide, how long, how high, how deep is the love of Christ,” is sure to lift the assembly out of its pews. With brass and organ this setting based on Ephesians would be an appealing choice for a festival celebration, commemoration, or feasts of Christ the King or the Sacred Heart. A real bonus is the homily on Ephesians on the inside cover!
For SATB Voices and Percussion (Text: Trad. Zambian, additional words by Ben Allaway. Music: Trad. Zambian, arr. and additional music by Ben Allaway)
This rhythmic Zambian song for SATB voices and drum alternates between an easily singable native text and an English translation, providing a way of celebrating the fact that our brothers and sisters in Christ come from among all peoples and cultures. Percussion part is for Congas and Djimbe with optional cowbell and shaker.
For STAB Voices and Children's Choir (Text: Sylvia Dunstan. Music: Roy Hopp)
A cheerful unaccompanied anthem with spirited rhythms. Scored for combined children’s and SATB choirs but can be done with soloist substituting for the former. Though it only averages four note-filled measures per page, this piece joyfully presses on for 17 pages.
It has a dynamism that makes it an instant success.
Gratitude: Why Giving Thanks Is the Key to Our Well-Being
What is gratitude? Where does it come from? Why do we need it? How does it change us?
In Gratitude, award-winning author Cornelius Plantinga explores these questions and more. Celebrating the role of gratitude in our lives, Plantinga makes the case that it is the very key to understanding our relationships with one another, the world around us, and God.
Servanthood of Song: Music, Ministry, and the Church in the United States
'Servanthood of Song' is a history of American church music from the colonial era to the present. Its focus is on the institutional and societal pressures that have shaped church song and have led us directly to where we are today.
Sound Theology
This book surveys the liturgical soundscape during and after the Reformation with regard to the use of instruments in worship in general, and the (dis)use of the pipe organ specifically.
Gratitude: Why Giving Thanks Is the Key to Our Well-Being
What is gratitude? Where does it come from? Why do we need it? How does it change us?
In Gratitude, award-winning author Cornelius Plantinga explores these questions and more. Celebrating the role of gratitude in our lives, Plantinga makes the case that it is the very key to understanding our relationships with one another, the world around us, and God.
Servanthood of Song: Music, Ministry, and the Church in the United States
'Servanthood of Song' is a history of American church music from the colonial era to the present. Its focus is on the institutional and societal pressures that have shaped church song and have led us directly to where we are today.
Sound Theology
This book surveys the liturgical soundscape during and after the Reformation with regard to the use of instruments in worship in general, and the (dis)use of the pipe organ specifically.
Unsettling Worship
Settler churches across North America have committed to the work of conciliation and reconciliation with Indigenous Peoples. Worship is a space in which these commitments are expressed and nurtured.
