Category Archives: Art Music

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: 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: Jig (Daedalus Quartet)

Posted on May 11, 2013 by Greg Scheer

They say that any piece can get a premiere, but you know you’ve been truly successful if you get a second performance. By that standard, Jig for string quartet is a resounding success. Here it’s played by the Daedalus String Quartet: … Continue reading →

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2013 Spring Cleaning: Elegie, for bass and piano

Posted on May 2, 2013 by Greg Scheer

Speaking of spring cleaning, you’ll need to spring clean your ears after you’re done listening to this one. No, actually, I quite like this one; but it certainly isn’t easy listening music. I wrote it toward the end of my undergrad … Continue reading →

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2013 Spring Cleaning: Leave a Message

Posted on April 27, 2013 by Greg Scheer

More fun with creative phone messages! This time it’s me singing a two-part counterpoint message inviting people to leave a message: MP3

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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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2013 Spring Cleaning: Du Warst Lang Bei Mir

Posted on April 25, 2013 by Greg Scheer

In Bertolt Brecht’s Trommeln in der Nacht, there’s a touching scene in which a returning soldier’s wife explains why she eventually gave up hoping he was still alive. I decided that I needed to set it to music, and friends … 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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Hallel Post-Nations

Posted on March 14, 2013 by Greg Scheer

“What’s up with the goofy name–“Hallel Post-Nations?” you say. Indeed. As promised, I continue to chip away at my multi-movement work based on the Hallel Psalms. All the Psalm songs are done, and now I just have a few instrumental … Continue reading →

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