Category Archives: Finale

Demos created by Finale. (Which are usually pretty cheesy sounding.)

A Humble Mass

Posted on September 2, 2010 by gregscheer

A while back NPM (National Pastoral Musicians) held a contest  for new musical settings of the English Mass which was recently approved by the US Roman Catholic bishops. For those of you who aren’t Catholic, even small changes in the … Continue reading →

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Alas! And Did My Savior Bleed

Posted on March 10, 2010 by gregscheer

I was reading Bruce Benedict’s very excellent Cardophonia blog today, and he had a post with four different musical renditions of Isaac Watt’s text “Alas! And Did My Savior Bleed.” That reminded me that I have never uploaded my choral … Continue reading →

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ALLITERATION: a new hymn tune in 8787D

Posted on September 19, 2009 by gregscheer

Hymn tunes are funny things. They are compact little musical expositions that are given a few dozen measures to introduce and develop a theme. But more than that they are to be sung. A hymn tune may be musical genius … Continue reading →

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Before the Cross

Posted on March 12, 2009 by gregscheer

One of my favorite hymn tunes is O WALY WALY (often associated with the song “The Water Is Wide”) and one of my favorite hymn texts is “When I Survey the Wondrous Cross.” I often put them together, to the … Continue reading →

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Oh Holy Night

Posted on December 21, 2008 by gregscheer

On Christmas Eve we’ll sing my brand spanking new arrangement of “O Holy Night.” To help the musicians prepare, here’s an MP3, score and parts (choir/piano, strings, brass, percussion). Strings–get cracking on that high part in the refrain!

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Come, Thou Fount of Every Blessing

Posted on November 7, 2008 by gregscheer

Here’s a little something I whipped up this afternoon: Come, Thou Fount of Every Blessing. Okay, “whipped up” and “this afternoon” makes it sound too easy. I’ve actually been carrying around a rough draft of this in my backpack for … Continue reading →

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A Great and Mighty Wonder

Posted on November 2, 2008 by gregscheer

Due to popular demand (okay–one request) I just wrote a piano accompaniment for my Christmas song “A Great and Mighty Wonder.” I also took the opportunity to update the text a little and write out a descant. The descant is … Continue reading →

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This Is the Way

Posted on May 26, 2008 by gregscheer

I just finished my 34th song with lyricist Colin Gordon-Farleigh. It’s a ballad called “This Is the Way.” If you know any Broadway musical producers, call them and tell them I’ve got their next hit. Listen to the MP3 or … Continue reading →

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Adopt this tune

Posted on April 29, 2008 by gregscheer

I recently composed a new hymn tune using a meter of 11.10.11.10.11.10. The tune has been driving me crazy the last few days. I just can’t get it out of my head. I’m not sure if that’s good or bad. … Continue reading →

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Trip to Russia

Posted on October 15, 2007 by gregscheer

No, I’m not taking a trip to Russia, but one of my songs is. I just got word from Colin Gordon-Farleigh that a number of our songs will be recorded by the Russian group, Lyra. Here’s one called “Benediction” in … Continue reading →

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