Category Archives: Production music

Savior of the Nations, Come (String Orchestra)

Posted on November 22, 2017 by Greg Scheer

Update 10/28/21: Sheet music for this piece can now be purchased at gregscheer.com. My friend Carlos Colón directs worship at Baylor University. He recently asked if I had anything for string quintet that might work as an interlude for an … Continue reading →

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Oh Jerusalén, que bonita eres/Oh, Jerusalem, How You Shine in Beauty

Posted on July 29, 2017 by Greg Scheer

Lately, a large part of my work for the Calvin Institute of Christian Worship has been translating and arranging Hispanic worship songs for the forthcoming bilingual (Spanish/English) hymnal. These songs have included everything from the smooth pop praise of Marcos … Continue reading →

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Brooks’ Sanctus

Posted on February 6, 2017 by Greg Scheer

I’m just coming down from the mountaintop known as the annual Calvin Worship Symposium. Beyond the 4 sessions and 2 services I helped lead, I contributed an arrangement to the service led by Bruce Benedict and the Hope College worship … Continue reading →

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WCRC Take 3: Renew Us, O God!

Posted on October 30, 2016 by Greg Scheer

Update 10/28/21: Sheet music for this song can now be purchased at gregscheer.com. In a Goldilocks’ moment, my third and final porridge…er, song…is just right. This time, my theme song for the World Communion of Reformed Churches 2017 General Council brings … Continue reading →

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WCRC Take 2: God of All Creation

Posted on October 29, 2016 by Greg Scheer

My second attempt at a theme song for the World Communion of Reformed Churches 2017 General Council was inspired by their meeting place: Leipzig. Leipzig, of course, is famous as the city in which Bach worked for almost three decades … Continue reading →

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WCRC Take 1: Semper Reformanda

Posted on October 28, 2016 by Greg Scheer

Update 12/11/21: Sheet music for this song is now available at gregscheer.com. I’ve been asked to write a song for use at the World Communion of Reformed Churches 2017 General Council. The difficulty of this sort of assignment is that–with … Continue reading →

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Flight

Posted on February 16, 2016 by Greg Scheer

My son, Theo, creates some pretty spectacular animations. He’ll disappear for a few hours and then come back with a stop motion mash up of drawings, cut paper, cellophane, and moving objects. “Flight” follows the adventures of a paper airplane. … Continue reading →

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Colin: Who Do You Dream Of?

Posted on July 25, 2014 by Greg Scheer

Colin Gordon-Farleigh is working on a new album and needed a Norah Jones style ballad to round out the project. He sent me the words to “Who Do You Dream Of?” with some basic melodic ideas. I added some special … Continue reading →

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And God Said, I’ll Go There Myself

Posted on December 26, 2012 by Greg Scheer

Here’s a recording I made last year of my wife Amy reading her story, “And God Said, I’ll Go There Myself.” It sat in a lonely folder on my computer called “ideas_to_be_developed” until earlier this evening when she announced that she … Continue reading →

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Everybody Get Diakonian!

Posted on October 1, 2012 by Greg Scheer

At some point last week, reality hit me and I cursed myself for agreeing to compose an infectious dance/pop song about the changing role of the deacon in the CRC. But nothing inspires like a deadline, and here I am … Continue reading →

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