Liturgical Music
Difficulty Guide
1/4 - Suitable for non-auditioned amateur choirs
2/4 - Suitable for ambitious amateur choirs
3/4 - Suitable for skilled auditioned choirs
4/4 - Suitable for advanced professional choirs
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SATB and Organ (with opt. congregation)
Text: Stuart Beatch (b. 1991)
Duration: 2 minutes
Difficulty: 1/4
What’s it about? A joyful gospel acclamation with unison refrain -
SATB a cappella
Text: Book of Common Prayer (1979)
Duration: 3.5 minutes
Difficulty: 1/4
What’s it about? A tender setting of a humble prayer for musicians -
SAB and Piano (with opt. congregation)
Text: James Ostime (b. 1983)
Duration: 4 minutes
Difficulty: 1/4
What’s it about? Leading change and unity through faith -
SATB (Organ ad lib.)
Text: Various
Difficulty: 2/4-3/4
What’s it about? 35 hymns with service music for use in the Anglican church -
SATB and Organ
Text: Book of Common Prayer
Duration: 7 minutes
Difficulty: 2/4
What’s it about? Evensong canticles, written for All Saints Cathedral, Edmonton -
SATB and Organ
Text: Latin Catholic Liturgy
Duration: 7 minutes
Difficulty: 2/4
What’s it about? A mass setting for All Saints Cathedral, Edmonton -
SATB (Organ ad lib.)
Text: Book of Common Prayer
Difficulty: 2/4-3/4
What’s it about? 150 harmonized psalm chants for use in the Anglican church -
SATB and Celebrant, a cappella
Text: Book of Common Prayer
Duration: 5 minutes
Difficulty: 2/4
What’s it about? Evensong responses, written for All Saints Cathedral, Edmonton -
The following works are for SATB a cappella with no divisi, and are accessible to church choirs:
Cantate Domino (2016)
Text: Psalm 96:1, 11-13 (KJV)
Duration: 4 minutes
Difficulty: 2/4Panis Angelicus (2014)
Text: Thomas Aquinas (1225-1274)
Duration: 3.5 minutes
Difficulty: 1/4Simple Psalms (2016)
Text: Psalm 48, 123 & 130 (BCP)
Duration: 2.5 mins each (7.5 mins total)
Difficulty: 2/4
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