Choral Music Magazine

The anthems listed below are suggestions for use during the Pentecost to Advent season of the liturgical year. There are a variety of different levels for choirs of varying ability. Since opinions are often varied, I have not tried to indicate the level of difficulty for each of the selections. I would advise readers to build up a library of single octavos and store by season so that you can refer to them when deciding on your year’s repertoire.

Praise – Rowley – SATB – Oxford 42.013
Praise Ye The Lord – Rutter – SATB/B solo - Oxford 42.357
Trumpets Sound Forth – Purcell – SATB – Flammer A-6205
All From the Sun’s Uprise – Tomblings – SATB – Oxford E-18
Awake the Trumpet's Lofty Sound – Handel – SATB – Alfred 16297
Brother James’ Air – Harris – SATB – Northwest – NW418
Christ Hath a Garden – Near – SATB – HW Gray CMR 3271
Come Let Us Join Our Cheerful – Ritchie – SAB – GIA G-5055
Come My Way, My Truth, My Life – Archer – SAB – Mayhew KM009
Come My Way, My Truth – Rawsthorne – 2 Part – Mayhew
Deck Thyself My Soul with Gladness – Handel – SATB – Coronet 392-41707
The Eyes of All – Harris – SATB – Oxford 42.983
Gloria Patri – Palestrina – SAB – Hal Leonard – 08720111
God Is the Lord of All – Handel – 2 part mixed – Augsburg 0-8006-4920
I Lift My Eyes to the Mountain – Mendelssohn – 2 Part – Flammer – EA5171
I Lift Up My Eyes to the Hills – Hurd – SATB – GIA G-3228
I Waited For the Lord – Mendelssohn – SAB – Presser 312-41754
I Will Sing of Thy Great Mercies – Mendelssohn – SAB – Dean HRD 115
Jubilate Deo – Agazzari – SAB – Concordia 98-2362
Let the Heavens Rejoice – Webbe – SAB/SB – Perform CC5
Lord, I Call to You – Mozart – SAB – Hinshaw- HMC 1145
Lord, Keep Us Steadfast – Busarow – 2 Part – Concordia 98-2602
My Song Is Love Unknown – Cherwien – SAB – Augsburg 11-10708
O Praise the Lord with One Accord – Couperin – SAB – Concordia 90-2226
O Praise the Lord – Gumpeltzhaimer – SAB – GIA G-2294
O Remember Not – Battishill – SAB – EC Schirmer 2615
O Sing Unto the Lord – Morley – SAB – RSCM
Rejoice In the Lord – Telemann – SAB – Foster MF 2031
Ridin’ the Train – Johnson – SAB- Jenson 446-28010
Saviour Teach Me Day by Day – Cabena – SAB – Jaymar 02.315
Simple Gifts – Strommen – SAB – Alfred 7507
Gracious Spirit Dwell With Me – Scott – SA/TB – Augsburg – 11- 2198

Mr. Miller, a New Jersey native, retired after 38 years of teaching vocal music in grades K-12 in New Jersey. Miller has been Organist and Choirmaster at St. John’s Episcopal Church in Somerville, NJ, for 34 years. He is President of the Eastern Division of the American Choral Directors Association and co-chair of the Music Commission of the Episcopal Diocese of New Jersey and served for many years as program chair. He also conducts the community based Hunterdon Choral Union and Chamber Orchestra, and is former conductor of the community chamber chorus PhiloMusica and the Middlesex Chorale. He is music chair for Voices for Charity, a charity fund-raising organization in Hunterdon County, New Jersey. His degrees include a B.S. from Rutgers University and a M.A. in choral conducting from The College of New Jersey. Mr. Miller is an active member of MENC: NJ Music Educators Association and the Association of Anglican Musicians. He is currently a member of the Board of Directors of NJ American Choral Directors Association where he has served as the state president for two terms and the NJ Music Educators Association, serving as Coordinator of Choral Festivals, and as liaison to NJ ACDA. Photo: Brent Miller