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Favorite Resources

***New: February, 2008***

YOUR FAVORITES

Music and Music Resources That WORK

Favorite Songs and Anthems

Free or Almost Free

***David McCarthy Music Anthems and other church music, $5-$10 for all the copies your church needs.

"Now Let Us Have a Little Talk With Jesus"
This song is in most hymn books, and sounds absolutly wonderful with a SATB choir. Wow! Contributed by Lucas S.

Christmas Communion Service from St. James Music Press. Communion Words set to 3 common Christmas songs. Free download; $10 to use.

This is easy but sounds impressive. Wellsprings Music has a wonderful introit "Come and Worship" for two parts plus handbells (We just used piano and it worked out fine.) by Douglas Macomber that can be downloaded and used for $10.

*NEW! Free Choral Anthems and Songs added here as the recommendations come in.

Wonderful easy song for two parts: "Come, Thou Fount of Every Blessing" Nettleton, setting by Roland E. Martin, acc. after J.S.Bach.

Ask for FREE Choir Starter Kit:

Warm-ups, Breathing, Sightreading, and Counting Exercises, Amens, plus 6 Easy SB and SAB Pieces and Arrangements by Website Producer, Evelyn Pursley-Kopitzke

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Favorite Composers and Arrangers

Arrangements by Hal Hopson are usually wonderful and very accessible. Hal Hopson music is available at most music publishers.

Robert J. Greene, Jr.

Bristol, Virginia

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Favorite Publishers

St. James Music Press has books of 2 and 3 part anthems that you buy a license to make unlimited copies for within your church for about $55 for 20+ anthems. The music is economical and accessible (easy) as long as you have a reasonably good accompanist. You can also give your singers the web address so they can listen to the music on their own.

I have subscribed to most choral review services. I now only continue with Hope Publishing, Beckenhorst, and Morningstar. They consistently have a higher quality of choral music than the other publishing companies. There are quarterly mailings of a listening CD and music. You can subscribe at their web sites (linked above).

Read complete article by Don Land

Ingenious new idea allows choristers to highlight and mark their scores without ruining the scores for the next user.

Click on picture or go to

http://www.tempotape.com/

Worry Early is considered to be an invaluable resource for choral musicians and conductors alike. The book is available for order through The College Store at a cost of $24.95 plus tax. Order Online

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