Greetings, singers!
What a wonderful fall and Christmas season we had together! Thank you for all that you bring to the music we are making together at Hope Lutheran Church! I hope you find these resources helpful as you work to learn your part to upcoming anthems. If I can find online resources, I’ll attach them here, and when I can’t find any, I’ll make them myself. Some will sound like AI voices, while others will be MIDI notes, but your part will be predominant and easily heard if you click on the file for your section. In case you want to revisit any older music, click here for the archive of the site from 2025. Let me know if you have any questions, and looking forward to working with you Wednesday nights!
——- Bryan
Jesus Loves Me
Internet searches for this title under the composer’s name, Fred Bock (no relation) seem to come up with mostly people performing this as a piano solo to feature the connection to Debussy’s Clair de Lune. On the day that we offer this as an anthem, I’ll play the Debussy as prelude. Since you won’t likely find a choral recording, I’ve mixed the AI choir so that you can hear the blend and how your part fits in. We’ll be a little more rubato with the tempo than the AI choir, but hopefully this gives you the idea. Here is a recording with sheet music of the Debussy piece that this arrangement is based on. Enjoy!
Da Pacem Domine -
Here is a link to the sheet music for the canon, and here is a video of a choir singing something like what we’ll do.
Were You There
Click above for the sheet music.
It turned out someone on Youtube had already created these practice tracks, so I’ll post them to the right here. Thanks, Brenda!
Here is a youtube video with the sheet music and full choir and piano so you can hear the final product.
Soprano 1
Tenor 1
Bass 2
Soprano 2
Tenor 2
Accompaniment
Alto
Bass 1
Christ Is Risen
Click the title above for a pdf of the sheet music.
Here is a Youtube recording of the piece.
Psalm 8
Click above to view and download the sheet music.
Here is a link to a youtube recording of the piece.
Briefly between measures 30-35, altos divide into two. We will keep altos consistently on the file labeled Alto 2, and Soprano 1s consistently on their file. For these few measures, Soprano 2s will jump to the alto 1 part. If you rely on these files, you might want to download or stream both S2 and A1. We’ll go over this during rehearsal soon.
The Storm Is Passing Over
Click above for a pdf of the sheet music
Here is a youtube recording of this arrangement.
We’ll divide into three equal parts, keeping the bass section on the Bass 1 part without the optional Bass 2 part, and dividing the tenor into 1 and 2.
Archive
Click above to view music from 2025