Category Archives: Congregational Songs

Psalm 67: Let All the Peoples Praise You!

Posted on May 2, 2016 by Greg Scheer

Update 10/2/20: Sheet music for this song can be downloaded here. If necessity is the mother of invention, the lectionary is the muse of new Psalm settings. I already composed one setting of Psalm 67, but that was a complicated … Continue reading →

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Kwake Yesu at Calvin Colloge’s LOFT

Posted on April 29, 2016 by Greg Scheer

My choral arrangement of Kwake Yesu/Here on Jesus Christ I Will Stand (GIA) is beginning to make its way in the world. Here is a video from a recent LOFT service at Calvin College: http://livestream.com/calvin-college/events/4678265/videos/113157761. Kwake Yesu begins at 22:55.

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All Hail, funky retune

Posted on April 28, 2016 by Greg Scheer

Imagine Earth, Wind & Fire (rest in peace, Maurice White) retired from touring and set up residence in a local church. Now imagine that in a dusty hymnal on the shelves of that church they came across the hymn All Hail the … Continue reading →

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Psalm 148 – Creation’s Chorus (for chorus)

Posted on April 26, 2016 by Greg Scheer

Update 12/11/21: Sheet music for this song is now available at gregscheer.com. I wrote Creation’s Chorus in 2000 hoping to forge a daring new path of Motown Psalmody that I was sure others were sure to follow. But it turns … Continue reading →

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God Himself/O Rejoice

Posted on March 18, 2016 by Greg Scheer

Update 12/18/21: Sheet music for this arrangement is now available at gregscheer.com. This is not a new arrangement, per se, but it’s newly notated and recorded. Plus, it segues right into Wendell Kimbrough’s “O Rejoice in All Your Works,” so that … Continue reading →

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We Sing the Mighty Power (Christ Church Davis)

Posted on March 4, 2016 by Greg Scheer

While it’s fun to have your music played on your home turf, there’s something special about learning that a church far away is using one of your songs or arrangements. My friends Phil and Sarah Majorins used my string arrangement of “We … Continue reading →

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Kwake Yesu, GIA recording

Posted on February 18, 2016 by Greg Scheer

One of the nice things about getting a choral piece published is that the publisher often makes high quality recordings of the pieces for promotional purposes. Here’s a new recording of “Kwake Yesu/Here on Jesus Christ I Will Stand” by … Continue reading →

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Do not I love Thee, Oh my Lord​?​ (DETROIT)

Posted on February 17, 2016 by Greg Scheer

Update 12/18/21: Sheet music for this arrangement is now available at gregscheer.com. I’m proud to be included on the latest Cardiphonia compilation. This time around the the theme was “shape note” hymns in new arrangements. If you’re not familiar with … Continue reading →

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Rhyme or Reason

Posted on February 3, 2016 by Greg Scheer

I was challenged to write music for a somewhat irregularly metered hymn text based on Ecclesiastes. (Okay, not directly challenged, but I accepted it as such.) Since the text talked about stretching and striving, I thought this rising melodic figure … Continue reading →

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Come, Join in Cana’s Feast

Posted on January 18, 2016 by Greg Scheer

Update 1/11/22: Sheet music for this tune is now available at gregscheer.com. A few months ago I wrote a tune for a text by Herman Stuempfle. Strangely, when I went searching for a text to accompany this week’s sermon on … Continue reading →

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