Category Archives: Arrangement

Kimbrough’s Psalm 104

Posted on May 26, 2015 by Greg Scheer

Update 12/11/21: Sheet music for this song is now available at gregscheer.com. I’ve featured the music of Wendell Kimbrough before, and today he makes a return appearance. An honor to be sure… Earlier this year his setting of Psalm 104, “Oh, Rejoice … Continue reading →

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Pentecostal Splendor at COS

Posted on May 25, 2015 by Greg Scheer

This Fall I arranged Pentecostal Splendor for Calvin College’s Lessons & Carols service. It was premiered beautifully, though I wasn’t able to track down a recording for my blog. Naturally, when Pentecost arrived at my own church, I thought of … Continue reading →

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What Wondrous Love, quartet

Posted on April 17, 2015 by Greg Scheer

Update 3/12/22: Sheet music for this arrangement is now available at gregscheer.com. Clint Harris died this week. I didn’t know him well, but everyone seems to agree he was a man who lived fully and loved deeply. As often as I … Continue reading →

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Psalm 133: Behold the Goodness

Posted on April 14, 2015 by Greg Scheer

In Psalms for All Seasons is a setting of Psalm 133 (Behold the Goodness of Our Lord, PfAS 133A) that seemed just right for the Guitarchestra this past Sunday. The melody, DETROIT, comes from the Kentucky Harmony hymnal. Like a lot of … Continue reading →

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Kimbrough: In You, Lord, I Refuge Take

Posted on April 13, 2015 by Greg Scheer

Wendell Kimbrough has appeared in this blog before. Indeed, this song has appeared previously. But for this Palm Sunday I wrote a choral part for his setting of Psalm 31 that I thought deserved a new entry. As you’ll hear … Continue reading →

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O Sacred Head, descants

Posted on March 20, 2015 by Greg Scheer

Update 3/22/22: Sheet music for these descants is now available at gregscheer.com. I can’t let a Holy Week go by without writing a little something, right? Here is a double descant that we’ll use as the intro and over the … Continue reading →

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Kimbrough: Mighty God

Posted on March 18, 2015 by Greg Scheer

I don’t usually post other people’s music, but I’ll make an exception here. Actually, I had a small hand in this, as it’s a collaboration of Wendell Kimbrough (http://wendellk.com/), Ludwig van Beethoven (no website), and me (www.gregscheer.com). Wendell used the … Continue reading →

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Psalm 137: By the Babylonian Rivers

Posted on March 17, 2015 by Greg Scheer

Update: This song is now available at gregscheer.com. “By the Babylonian Rivers” is one of my favorite songs from Global Songs for Worship and one of my favorite Psalm settings in general. We used it at COS last week and I … Continue reading →

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Comfortable Words

Posted on February 15, 2015 by Greg Scheer

Update: Sheet music for this song is now available at gregscheer.com. If you are involved in church music at all, you know there’s a deep divide between “traditional” and “contemporary” music. Don’t get me wrong, the ugly worship wars of … Continue reading →

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Brightest and Best

Posted on January 20, 2015 by Greg Scheer

Update: Sheet music for this song is now available at gregscheer.com. One of my favorite Epiphany hymns is “Brightest and Best of the Stars of the Morning.” Written by Reginald “Holy, Holy, Holy” Heber in 1811, it wonderfully ties together … Continue reading →

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