SKU: HL.35031751

ISBN 9781495099151. UPC: 888680701673. 5.0x5.0x0.15 inches.

Exceptional quality accompaniment tracks, plus performance tracks for 11 anthems on one convenient CD. Includes: A Song of Praise; Christmas Songs of Peace; Dem Bones; Love the Lord; Rejoice! Rejoice and Be Glad!; Shepherds, Awake!; Thank You, God, for Loving Me; The Gift of Home; This Is My Father's World; Who Are We Waiting For?; Whom Shall I Fear?

SKU: HL.226455

ISBN 9781495091612. UPC: 888680674786. 5.0x5.0x0.15 inches.

This thoughtful and needful work is a stellar collection of hymn classics appropriate for every time of year. Touching the heart with expressive harmonies and masterfully arranged for success, your choir will sound their very best as they explore this essential sacred repertoire. When used with the inspiring narration, this gathering of beloved hymns becomes a festival of song with a timeless message for both singers and listeners. An excellent choice for Thanksgiving, as well! Songs include: This Is My Father's World; Speak, O Lord, Your Servant Listens; The King of Love My Shepherd Is; My Faith Looks Up to Thee; Beautiful Savior; When Peace Like a River. Score and Parts (fl 1-2, ob, cl 1-2, bn, perc 1-2, hp, vn 1-2, va, vc, db) available as a Printed Edition and as a digital download.

SKU: WD.080689063336

UPC: 080689063336.

SKU: WD.080689705120

UPC: 080689705120.

In the past twenty years, worship styles in many churches have transformed, emphasizing a personal worship that strives for intimacy with the Father. This renewal led some ministries, perhaps unintentionally, to abandon the great hymns of our faith in favor of newly composed worship songs. Other ministries, in an effort to create a balanced worship style, mixed the new with the old, sometimes with results that only amplified the differences between the two. Hymns for Praise & Worship bridges the stylistic gap between modern-day worship songs and the hymns of our Christian heritage. A select advisory board of active music ministers, Word Music staff and key choral arrangers were assembled to pinpoint fifty-six hymns from the vast array of hymnody, not only for their musical quality, but for the messages that they bring to worshippers today. Veteran choral arrangers John E. Coates and Travis Cottrell have been creating new settings of hymns for their own congregations for years. Their experience as worship leaders brought not only musicality, but also congregational and choral pragmatism to each new arrangement in Hymns for Praise & Worship. With all of the same editions and features as the Songs for Praise & Worship series, this collection is designed to work hand-in-hand with existing resources for worship. Various stylistic changes make these settings flow easily, appeal to the modern ear, and correlate with the styles of contemporary praise & worship songs. Throughout this book you will encounter variations from traditional time signatures, intuitive syncopated rhythms, and substituted chords and harmonies. Even the few hymns with more traditional settings are treated in a manner that takes the congregation on a journey through the verses, sometimes in a more through-composed manner, and usually culminating in a climactic conclusion. Each of the changes was not implemented arbitrarily, but with the goal of making the timeless messages of each hymn leap from the page in new and exciting ways. Two added features of Hymns for Praise & Worship are the demonstration and accompaniment recordings. While the songs in the collection are well known, the new arrangements are not. The staff of Word Music felt that it was vital to provide audible resources to teach and lead worship to best communicate the desires of the arrangers. All of the core editions (Choir/Worship Team, Worship Planner, Keyboard Edition, Guitar Edition) reflect the verses and voicings used on the recordings.

SKU: HL.326284

UPC: 888680987503. 5.0x5.0x0.185 inches.

This isn't your father's Deck the Hall! With a smooth, shuffling groove befitting the extra Deck in the choral's title, this finger-snapper crackles with some extra wit and pizzazz giving this Christmas standard a jazzy and delightful facelift!

SKU: HL.265811

UPC: 888680732516. 5.0x5.0x0.15 inches. Lowell Mason/Cristi Cary Miller.

Composer Lowell Mason is often regarded as the father of public school music education. In this early song by him we sing of the power, beauty and joy that music brings to our lives. A message that rings true in our music classrooms as much today as ever.

SKU: LO.99-4049MD

UPC: 000308154276.

Performance/accompaniment CD plus Split-track for 10/5344MD With original lyrics from Randy Cox and Lowell Alexander, this Richard Kingsmore arrangement of the traditional Gaelic melody “Morning Has Broken” beautifully expresses the love of God shown through Jesus Christ. Love from the Father, Infant of Mary, born in a manger, not on a throne. Life everlasting, living among us, Jesus, the promise wrapped up in love..

SKU: LO.99-4120MD

UPC: 000308156270.

Performance/accompaniment CD plus Split-track for 10/5418MD This emotive ballad by Jay Rouse reflects on the pivotal moment that Jesus was abandoned by God the Father and was left alone to die--sacrificing His life and taking on the sin of the world. The dynamic lyrics then rejoice in the Resurrection with a euphoric and victorious ending.

SKU: LO.99-4294L

UPC: 000308158878.

SKU: WD.080688558123

UPC: 080688558123.