This classic, seasonal collection is a complete anthology of music for Advent and Christmas.
Contents: A Time Will Come for Singing Children, Run Joyfully Come Weal, Come Woe Emmanuel Exult, You Just Ones Gentle Night Just Begun Let the Valleys Be Raised Patience, People The Beautiful Mother The Lord Is Come The People That Walk in Darkness Wake from Your Sleep Who Has Known Winter, Cold Night Quantity
Enjoy the peaceful, comforting songs of Gregory Norbet this Christmas. Gregory offers new insight into the Christmas story with poetry, melody and his own gentle style of song. Dona Nobis Pacem includes both orginal compositions and well-known songs for the Advent / Christmas season.
Contents Adeste Fidelis All Through the Night Ave Maria Away in a Manger Deep in My Soul Dona Nobis Pacem Glory to God Holy This Night Lo, How a Rose E'er Blooming O Little Town of Bethlehem Peaceful, So Peaceful Silent Night What Child Is This? Quantity
These contemporary and ethnic folk carols for elementary school children are set in a comfortable singing range and are useful for liturgical and classroom needs. The songbook includes scripture discussion, banners, and ideas for extended activities. There is also a chapter with ideas for seasonal liturgical banners for the classroom or worship space.
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Maranatha -- Aramaic for "Our Lord, come!" -- offers music and texts that evoke the fullness of the Advent spirit, bringing together the joyful anticipation of Christ's birth in Bethlehem and the joyful hope with which we await his return in glory.
The collection features a variety of music for the liturgy, including SATB a cappella introits, choral anthems, ballads, gospel-rock songs and psalm settings. Jerry has taken some of the most beautiful, familiar Advent hymn texts and set them to upbeat, contemporary music, giving this ancient poetry new life. Other texts have been drawn from the Scripture readings for Sundays in Advent.
Lead your assembly into the joyful expectation and stillness of Advent with Maranatha! Available in Compact Disc only. Quantity
Carey Landry and Carol Jean Kinghorn, composers of some of the most popular music for children and for liturgy over the past 35 years, have created their first Christmas collection! Designed for adult choirs, children's choirs, liturgical celebrations, liturgies with children and catechetical moments, How Beautiful Is the Child offers 14 wonderful new songs for Advent, Christmas, and Epiphany.
The collection opens with "Season Full of Promise," a delightful round for children's choir, and "Waiting in Silence," a hauntingly beautiful Advent hymn. Other highlights include Carey's arrangement of his classic hymn "Hail Mary: Gentle Woman" and "Silent Night" to form a beautiful medley; an innovative setting of the traditional hymn "The Friendly Beasts," which children will love; and several pieces in which the adult choir and the children's choir sing together. From energetic music for children to more contemplative hymns for adults, Carey and Carol have included songs in a variety of musical styles, both contemporary and traditional.
Offering songs that unite liturgies throughout Advent and Christmas, this collection is accessible—simplifying the planning required for these seasons—and inspiring, drawing us into a more sincere celebration of Christ’s incarnation and presence in our world today.
Knowing the difficulty of introducing new music at this busy time of year, Dan has created easy-to-learn contemporary arrangements of many traditional melodies. The collection includes psalm settings for use throughout Advent and Christmas, allowing a community to learn and use one refrain setting for all the Sundays of each season. In an effort to promote unity within Advent and Christmas, Dan provided hymns that can be woven into the liturgy throughout the weeks of each season. He’s included extensive texts for these seasonal hymns to accommodate the changing themes of each week.
Christians everywhere long for peace, harmony and justice in the world. We continue to hope for the fulfillment of God’s promise to us, which began with the birth of Jesus. The 14 songs in Prince of Peace give voice to these hopes and longings, reminding us that God wasn't born just once in time, but takes flesh for us every day, and each year.
