New Organ Music for Church Services Monday, December 06, 2021
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recommended by Caryn G. and Judy S., Sacred Keyboard Music Specialists
I’m Gonna Sing (Spirituals and Hymns for Organ) arr. André J. Thomas & Douglas E. Wagner, for Moderately Easy Organ
The choral music of André J. Thomas instantly evokes an exhilarating feeling of joy in anyone who has experienced his unique signature style of writing. Seven of Dr. Thomas’s most often performed choral titles (largely based on spirituals) are arranged in this collection by Douglas E. Wagner to become stunning organ solos. Titles include: “I’m Gonna Sing,” “Beautiful City,” “Swing Down, Chariot,” “I Couldn’t Hear Nobody Pray,” “Joshua Fit the Battle of Jericho,” “The Virgin Mary Had a Baby Boy,” and “Do, Lord, Remember Me.”
Mark Hayes Hymns for Organ Volume 4 arr. Marvin Gaspard, for Moderately Easy 2-staff organ
Mark Hayes’s best-selling series of organ arrangements continues with this volume of pieces based on non-seasonal hymns. As always, Marvin Gaspard has adapted Hayes’s piano originals into effective and idiomatic organ arrangements that fully display the Hayes signature touch. Titles include: “For the Beauty of the Earth,” “Benediction Medley,” “Let All Mortal Flesh Keep Silence,” “O for a Thousand Tongues to Sing,” “Praise Him! Praise Him!,” “More Love to Thee, O Christ,” and “When in Our Music God is Glorified.”
My Hope Is Found arr. Jason D. Payne, for Moderately Advanced 3-staff organ
The Getty creative team (represented here with the work of Keith Getty, Kristyn Getty, and Stuart Townend) has made a tremendous impact in the world of church music. Many of their songs have entered the repertoire of churches as “modern hymns” for the present era. Taking inspiration from the powerful words and stirring tunes, Jason D. Payne has crafted worshipful organ arrangements of seven of their best known hymns that are by turns thrilling and poignant. Titles include: “In Christ Alone,” “Behold the Lamb (Communion Hymn),” “How Deep the Father’s Love for Us,” “O Church, Arise,” “The Power of the Cross (with When I Survey the Wondrous Cross),” “Beneath the Cross,” and “Speak, O Lord.”
Sixty-Second Service Solutions for Organ arr. Larry Shackley, for Moderately Easy 2-staff organ
This highly practical volume by Larry Shackley contains 33 arrangements of popular hymns. Each is almost exactly 60 seconds in length and has various possible uses: as brief instrumental calls-to-worship, as interludes during communion, as “filler” between service elements, or as brief offertories for small congregations. Each one also has an optional introduction ending so that it can serve as a direct lead-in to congregational singing of the hymn. Titles include: “Ah, Holy Jesus,” “Alas! and Did My Savior Bleed,” “All Hail the Power of Jesus’ Name,” “Alleluia! Sing to Jesus,” “Blessed Assurance,” “Blest Be the Tie That Binds,” “Come, Thou Almighty King,” “Come, Thou Fount of Every Blessing,” “Crown Him with Many Crowns,” “Fairest Lord Jesus,” “Hallelujah! What a Savior!,” “Holy God, We Praise Thy Name,” “Holy, Holy, Holy,” “How Firm a Foundation,” “In the Cross of Christ I Glory,” “Jesus Paid It All,” “Jesus Shall Reign,” “Lead On, O King Eternal,” “Let Us Break Bread Together,” “Near the Cross,” “Nothing but the Blood of Jesus,” “O for a Thousand Tongues to Sing,” “O God, Our Help in Ages Past,” “O Sacred Head, Now Wounded,” “O Worship the King,” “Praise to the Lord, the Almighty,” “Spirit of God, Descend Upon My Heart,” “Stand Up, Stand Up for Jesus,” “The Lord’s My Shepherd,” “To God Be the Glory,” “Were You There?,” “What a Friend We Have in Jesus,” and “What Wondrous Love Is This.”
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About the Authors:
Caryn G. is a graduate of Trinity Lutheran College (Washington state). She has over 24 years of experience working at Stanton’s in both the Piano and Choral departments, specializing in sacred piano music. She is a church pianist/accompanist and has enjoyed being a piano teacher and singing in many choirs over the years. When not working at Stanton’s or at church, she loves spending time with family members and friends, traveling and exploring, watching movies, reading, bike riding and most recently trying to better her culinary knowledge and be a little more artsy by painting rocks and water coloring.
Judy S. has 30 years of private piano teaching experience and 40 years as a church pianist. Her experience makes her a valuable connection for anybody who calls the piano department.