Morning Service in C, Op. 115

SKU: HL.125212

UPC: 884088988760. 5x5 inches.

Uses: Advent

Scripture: Isaiah 9:2-7; Micah 5:2

Based on Isaiah's prophecy of the coming King, this lilting and lively song will be a welcome addition to any Advent service. A Renaissance-styled orchestration is available to enhance the presentation. Score and parts (fl/pwhist, perc, vn 1-2, va, vc, db) available as a digital download.

SKU: WD.080689571176

UPC: 080689571176.

Once again, it’s time to start your Sunday morning service…and there’s no better w. y to do that than with a song. But which song? Lots of great titles to choose from – just make sure it’s a Gathering Song!

Word Music & Church Resources has just the right tool to help you choose the perfect Gathering Song with MORE GATHERING SONGS, the sophomore release in the series! The songs in this resourceful collection are designed to bring believers together, preparing their hearts for worship while encouraging the congregation to “enter His gates with thanksgiving and His courts with praise.”

These are Gathering Songs…songs that encourage us to come into His presence with singing. These are Service Openers for Worship-Leading Choirs! Arranged and orchestrated by Cliff Duren, MORE GATHERING SONGS is a choral resource of Modern-Day Calls to Worship, designed to lead congregations to lift their voices, raise their hands, and open their hearts to the King of Kings and Lord of Lords! MORE GATHERING SONGS—songs chosen especially for you and your choir to invite worshippers to come inside, joining hands, hearts, and voices together in songs of celebration and praise.

Open up your worship services in a bold, fresh w. y with these 10 new Gathering Song arrangements by Cliff Duren. Add the use of the dynamic, high-energy DVD Accompaniment Track, and watch your next Sunday morning service come alive!

SKU: LO.10-5582MD

ISBN 9780787773915.

Originally featured in the popular choral collection Redeemed (55/1202MD), this bright Easter morning song opens with a festive brass fanfare and driving instrumentation. The lyrics tell of the Easter morning story of the discovery of the empty tomb and the hope found in the resurrection. A perfect opener to an Easter service, this classic is re-energized in this fresh and upbeat arrangement.

SKU: CF.CPS13F

ISBN 9780825843617. UPC: 798408043612. 9 X 12 inches.

Commissioned by the South Carolina Chapter of Phi Beta Mu Band Fraternity in honor of Lorraine Paris, Band Director for 47 years at Newberry High School, Newberry, SC. Lorraine Paris is a native of Greenville, South Carolina, where she graduated from Parker High School. She received her B.S. in Music Education from Winthrop College and her M.A. from Furman University. She began her teaching career in 1948 in Newberry, South Carolina, where she taught for the next 47 years until her retirement in 1995. A member of numerous musical organizations, including Phi Beta Mu and the Theta chapter of Alpha Delta Kappa, she served as the first president of the South Carolina Band Directors Association and currently serves as their first Executive Secretary-Treasurer. She has been named Outstanding Bandmaster and Outstanding Contributor by the South Carolina Chapter of Phi Beta Mu, and was also named to that organization's Hall of Fame. Other honors include the South Carolina Career Service Award from ASBDA, the Silver Baton and Scroll of Excellence Awards from WBDNA, and the Band World Legion of Honor. In 1993, she was presented the Key to the City of Newberry, and at her retirement, was awarded the Order of the Palmetto from the State of South Carolina. It is to this legacy that the Phi Beta Mu fraternity commissions Prelude to an American Spiritual and it is Lorraine Paris' love of the hymn song that prompted this arrangement of My Lord, What a Momin'.
Commissioned by the South Carolina Chapter of Phi Beta Mu Band Fraternity in honor of Lorraine Paris, Band Director for 47 years at Newberry High School, Newberry, SC.Lorraine Paris is a native of Greenville, South Carolina, where she graduated from Parker High School. She received her B.S. in Music Education from Winthrop College and her M.A. from Furman University. She began her teaching career in 1948 in Newberry, South Carolina, where she taught for the next 47 years until her retirement in 1995. A member of numerous musical organizations, including Phi Beta Mu and the Theta chapter of Alpha Delta Kappa, she served as the first president of the South Carolina Band Directors Association and currently serves as their first Executive Secretary-Treasurer.She has been named Outstanding Bandmaster and Outstanding Contributor by the South Carolina Chapter of Phi Beta Mu, and was also named to that organization’s Hall of Fame. Other honors include the South Carolina Career Service Award from ASBDA, the Silver Baton and Scroll of Excellence Awards from WBDNA, and the Band World Legion of Honor. In 1993, she was presented the Key to the City of Newberry, and at her retirement, was awarded the Order of the Palmetto from the State of South Carolina.It is to this legacy that the Phi Beta Mu fraternity commissions Prelude to an American Spiritual and it is Lorraine Paris’ love of the hymn song that prompted this arrangement of My Lord, What a Momin’.

SKU: WD.080689549175

UPC: 080689549175.

For more than a decade, Christian Supply’s annual church music conference, Choral Festival, has commissioned Marty Parks, one of the nation’s favorite choral arrangers and personalities, to arrange their conference “opener”…a medley of hymns, praise choruses, worship songs, and gospel-favorites, used to provide the event with its signature launch year after year!

Having long been a favorite element of the conference, many have asked, “Where can I get those arrangements for my choir?” That question was first answered with the release of Choral Festival Favorites, Volume One. On the heels of the success of that first volume, Word Music is excited to present CHORAL FESTIVAL FAVORITES, VOLUME 2, arranged and orchestrated by Marty Parks.

CHORAL FESTIVAL FAVORITES, VOLUME 2...direct to your choir from the pen of Marty Parks and the platform of one of the most influential choral music conferences in the nation! We also offer a powerful audio-visual tool to support your presentation of these proven medleys in the form of a DVD Accompaniment and Performance Track, guaranteed to enhance your Sunday morning service options.

SKU: LO.10-5576L

ISBN 9780787774080.

A triumphant resurrection celebration! This is the perfect anthem to begin your Easter morning service. With opt. brass and timpani, the fanfare-like opening is followed by a robust choral entrance followed by a contrasting verse builds into a dramatic key change and powerful ending.

SKU: ST.W176

ISBN 9790220205866.

SATB and organ.

SKU: LO.10-5691L

ISBN 9780787776961.

This festive and jubilant celebration of the resurrection is perfect as a musical opener or end to your Easter morning service. Incorporating multiple Easter hymns and full of energy, this exciting anthem is a stellar reflection on the miraculous resurrection of our Messiah.