Category Archives: Psalms

Hallel Postlude

Posted on May 15, 2013 by Greg Scheer

With a Hallel rehearsal looming in my near future, it’s about time I wrapped this thing up. And nothing wraps up a piece of music like a postlude, eh? MP3, PDF

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2013 Spring Cleaning: Psalm 126

Posted on May 14, 2013 by Greg Scheer

Once again, spring cleaning can unveil some ugly dust bunnies. This version of Psalm 126 isn’t exactly an ugly dust bunny, but as I listen to it I hear a half dozen things I would change if I were doing … Continue reading →

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2013 Spring Cleaning: Open for Me the Gates of Righteousness

Posted on May 12, 2013 by Greg Scheer

Before I became the music director at Bellefield Presbyterian Church in Pittsburgh, I was just a lowly grad student in the composition program at Pitt. But the people of Bellefield were took pity and asked me to compose a choral … Continue reading →

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2013 Spring Cleaning: I Cry Aloud to the Lord

Posted on May 10, 2013 by Greg Scheer

Sometimes spring cleaning can get downright dirty. In this case, my men’s choir composition based on Psalm 142, “I Cry Aloud to the Lord,” is sung by Greg, Greg, Greg, and Greg. I apologize in advance. On the other hand, … Continue reading →

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2013 Spring Cleaning: Lead Me to the Rock

Posted on May 9, 2013 by Greg Scheer

In preparation for the Cry Out to God! CD, The Choral Scholars and I read through hundreds of Psalms. Literally, hundreds. We’d read through 40 songs in an evening, making quick recordings as we went, and after many of these mammoth … Continue reading →

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2013 Spring Cleaning: As the Deer

Posted on May 8, 2013 by Greg Scheer

I can’t believe I’ve never uploaded my setting of Psalm 42/43, “As the Deer,” to this blog. It’s kind of my big hit, appearing on the Greg Scheer Songbook CD, as a choral anthem in Augsburg Fortress’s GladSong Choirbook, on … Continue reading →

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2013 Spring Cleaning: Den Armen (Pitt Women’s Chorale)

Posted on April 26, 2013 by Greg Scheer

You heard “Den Armen” in a previous spring cleaning post in its original form as part of a cantata for choir and organ. Later, I returned to this movement and turned it into an anthem for women’s choir and piano, … Continue reading →

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Psalm 118: This Is the Day! (Easter 2013)

Posted on April 3, 2013 by Greg Scheer

Easter is always a big day for church music, and this year was no exception. What was an exception was the difficulty level of the piece I wrote for the day’s Psalm. I actually wrote this setting of Psalm 118 a … Continue reading →

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Hallel Post Rest

Posted on March 26, 2013 by Greg Scheer

I know it’s Holy Week, but that doesn’t mean I can’t post to my blog, right? Actually, the week before Easter is usually pretty relaxed at church because the bulk of the planning and preparation is already done. So I … Continue reading →

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Creation’s Chorus (Psalm 148)

Posted on March 22, 2013 by Greg Scheer

I’ve had this song hanging around for over a decade, and due to a contest sponsored by Fuller Seminary (Brehm Center/Fred Bock Inst. of Music) finally decided to polish it up and send it out the door. Psalm 148 is … Continue reading →

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