Category Archives: Choir

Compositions for choir.

Revenge of the Killer B’s: Psalm 133, How Very Good

Posted on February 4, 2012 by gregscheer

I added verses to Barbara Boertje’s “How Good It Is,” but I’ve never posted a recording of the full choral arrangement. Until now.

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Revenge of the Killer B’s: Psalm 124, If the Lord Had Not Been on Our Side

Posted on February 3, 2012 by gregscheer

This choral anthem will be coming out on GIA soon. Six years in production, it’s gonna be good… Here’s a recording of a read-through of the choral anthem, sans narration sections.

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Revenge of the Killer B’s: Psalm 103, From the Dust

Posted on January 31, 2012 by gregscheer

I’ve blogged about “From the Dust” before, but I’ve had no recording of the choral arrangement until now. This one didn’t make it into Psalms for All Seasons and has been rejected by one publisher to date.* But I still hold … Continue reading →

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Revenge of the Killer B’s: Psalm 36, Deeper than the Sea

Posted on January 25, 2012 by gregscheer

Once again, this song is not new to my blog, but this is a new recording. And as a Psalms for All Seasons reject, it fits squarely in this series of Killer B posts: MP3.

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Revenge of the Killer B’s: Psalm 23, The King of Love

Posted on January 23, 2012 by gregscheer

Hands down, one of my favorite hymns is “The King of Love My Shepherd Is.” I wrote an SSA arrangement of this which found a home in the Augsburg Choirbook for Women. More recently I re-arranged it for SATB choir. … Continue reading →

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Revenge of the Killer B’s: Psalm 13, How Long Will You Forget

Posted on January 22, 2012 by gregscheer

This choral/congregation setting of Psalm 13 began its life as Alas! And Did My Savior Bleed (which, by the way, I think you should sing in your church this upcoming Lent). When TCS and I were doing the initial reading … Continue reading →

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Peace in the Valley, the understudy

Posted on December 26, 2011 by gregscheer

Chris Smit was such a hit singing “Peace in the Valley” at Church of the Servant’s Lessons & Carols service a few weeks ago, that a repeat performance was demanded for the Christmas Eve Service. Sadly, he lost his voice … Continue reading →

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Heinz Chapel Choir sings “Lo, How a Rose”

Posted on October 20, 2011 by gregscheer

Back when I was doing my masters at the University of Pittsburgh I studied conducting with John Goldsmith, the director of the Heinz Chapel Choir. Besides being a great singer, scholar and teacher, he was kind enough to try out … Continue reading →

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The Christian’s Farewell, premiere video

Posted on May 11, 2011 by gregscheer

My latest commissioned composition, “The Christian’s Farewell,” was premiered Saturday night in Waco, Texas in the “Southern Harmony” Concert at Baylor University’s Armstrong Browning Library. The musicians did a lovely job! You can see the video at http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9KDyiU3a3LM. Check out … Continue reading →

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Odds and Ends, part 4

Posted on May 4, 2011 by gregscheer

From the Dust You Shall Raise Us Up (Solo, SATB Choir and Piano) I posted a song at the beginning of Lent called From the Dust You Shall Raise Us Up, with verses taken from Psalm 103. Here it is … Continue reading →

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