Category Archives: Choir

The Nicene Creed

Posted on July 19, 2024 by Greg Scheer

The World Council of Churches recently put out a call for musical settings of The Nicene Creed for their 2025 conference which will commemorate the 1700 years since the gathering at Nicea that produced this creed. How could I say … Continue reading →

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If The Lord Had Not Been On Our Side @ GIA

Posted on May 11, 2021 by Greg Scheer

I was very pleased to hear that my Gospel/Spoken Word/Choral rendition of Psalm 124, “If The Lord Had Not Been On Our Side,” is featured in their Spring 2021 choral packet. I was even more excited to hear the recording … Continue reading →

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Psalm 122: Let Us Go (Church of the Servant)

Posted on February 15, 2021 by Greg Scheer

How cool is this? My friends at Church of the Servant made a music video of my song “Let Us Go” for the COS Psalm Contest premiere Sunday. It was great to see old friends from the COS Choir, Guitarchestra, … Continue reading →

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Jesus Cristo, esperança do mundo/Jesus Christ, Hope of the World

Posted on December 7, 2020 by Greg Scheer

This fall, I was commissioned to write an arrangement of the lovely Brazilian milonga, “Jesus Cristo, experança do mundo.” It premiered last night in the second installment of Calvin University’s four-part Lessons and Carols. The whole program was lovely and … Continue reading →

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Psalm 37: An Antiphonal Acrostic

Posted on May 29, 2020 by Greg Scheer

A number of months ago, my mom mentioned that Psalm 37 is one of her favorite scriptures, so I thought I’d set it to music. Little did I realize what an undertaking it would turn out to be!  You see, … Continue reading →

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Love One Another

Posted on February 21, 2020 by Greg Scheer

Update 10/6/20: Sheet music for this song can be downloaded here. #3 in the “Seven Last Words of Christ” series. The Gospel of John tells the story this way: “Near the cross of Jesus stood his mother, his mother’s sister, … Continue reading →

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By Your Side

Posted on February 18, 2020 by Greg Scheer

Update 10/6/20: Sheet music for this song can be downloaded here. “By Your Side” is song #2 in my Seven Last Words of Christ series. This one is based on Luke 23:43 “Truly, I say to you, today you will … Continue reading →

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Kwake Yesu in Singapore

Posted on January 22, 2020 by Greg Scheer

Thanks to the work of my new friend Christopher Mazen, my translation/arrangement of “Kwake Yesu Nasimama (Here on Jesus Christ I Will Stand)” made its way to the International Baptist Church of Singapore. It’s not only a beautiful rendition of … Continue reading →

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Keur Moussa Magnificat

Posted on December 30, 2019 by Greg Scheer

Update 10/11/22: Sheet music for this song is now available at gregscheer.com. This year, Church of the Servant (my “alma mater” church) commissioned me to arrange a lovely “Magnificat” by Keur Moussa. I don’t know a lot about the Keur … Continue reading →

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Psalm 103: Bless the Lord, O My Soul! @ Calvin University

Posted on November 19, 2019 by Greg Scheer

On October 28, I was privileged to lead Calvin University’s chapel with the Campus Choir. We focused on Psalm 103–my favorite–singing four different versions of the Psalm as a way of “preaching with song.” We sang Taizé’s “Bless the Lord … Continue reading →

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