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Choir Library of Practice Songs


All Through the Night
Arr. Mac Huff
onedrive.live.com/?authkey=%21AF5UrCrkhwl5RB4&id=C939A7CF7B128478%2188798&cid=C939A7CF7B128478
Amazing Grace - Alto Part
Arr. Peter Brown

Are You Looking For Jesus
Robert Wetzler
Herbert Brokering
​www.jwpepper.com/Are-You-Looking-for-Jesus/8070641.item#/submit

At the Riverside
Arr. Joel Raney
www.sheetmusicplus.com/title/at-the-riverside-sheet-music/19937138

Be Still, and Know That I Am God
David Lantz III & Gene Grier
www.jwpepper.com/Be-Still%2C-And-Know-that-I-Am-God/8071762.item#.VrZCuPkrKUk


Big Yellow Taxi
Join MItchell
​Arr. Greg Gilpin
​www.jwpepper.com/Big-Yellow-Taxi/10089099.item#/submit

​Bridge Over Troubled Water
www.sheetmusicplus.com/title/bridge-over-troubled-water-sheet-music/814233

Calypso Christmas
Words and Music by Natalie Sleeth
www.hopepublishing.com/W1076_CALYPSO_CHRISTMAS/

Cantate Domino
Dave & Jean Perry
​http://www.jwpepper.com/3193471.item#.VpPpYaRIh9B

Celebrate God's Love
Don Besig & Nancy Price
hopepublishing.com/html/main.isx?sub=31&workid=2266

Christmas is Coming
Joel Raney
hopepublishing.com/html/main.isx?sub=31&workid=2266
Select C 5471

 Come, Receive God's Blessing
Don Besig & Nancy Price (Four Part)
http://www.sheetmusicplus.com/look_inside?R=18441361
Adapted for two parts by Peter Brown
Part I - High Voices
Part II - Low Voices

Daddy Sang Bass​
www.sheetmusicplus.com/title/daddy-sang-bass-sheet-music/18429972

Deep River
Arr. Russell Robinson
www.sheetmusicplus.com/title/deep-river-sheet-music/19645713

Down by the Riverside
Arr. Audrey Snyder
www.youtube.com/watch?v=zIMT-gw_S3I

Down to the River to Pray
Arr. Sheldon Curry
Soprano
​ https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cJtNXaDyHuY
Alto
​https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=a60ozSWekT0&feature=em-share_video_user
Tenor
​https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9rU7Oqcu8L0
Bass
​https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2FA3w6scE-I

Faith of Our Fathers (VU#580)
Words: v1. Frederick W. Faber 1849, vv. 2 - 4 Joseph R. Alfred 1981, alt.
Music: Henri Frederick Henry 1864, adpat. James Geroge Walton 1874
​Words (v 2 - 4) (c) 1941 Joseph R. Alfred
Alto
Bass
Soprano
Tenor

Food in a World (VU#551)
Words (German): Manfred Wester, 1984. Trans. Unknown.
Music: Robert J. Crocker, 1969. Arr. Mary Beth Nicks Barbour, 1993.
Words © 1985 Gisela Wester. Music © 1970 The Girl Guides of Canada.
​Arr. © 1995 Mary Beth Nicks Barbour.
Alto
Bass
Soprano

Forever Young
Bob Dylan
​Arr. Roger Emerson

​www.youtube.com/watch?v=o208oSYeN1A

For the Beauty of the Earth
VU#226
Alto
Bass
Soprano
Tenor

Four strong Winds
Ian Tyson
​Arr. Larry Nickel
www.sheetmusicplus.com/title/four-strong-winds-satb-sheet-music/19821551

God of the Living
VU#492
Alto
Bass
Soprano
Tenor

Hockey Song
OneDrive Link:
onedrive.live.com/?authkey=%21ANo3Qs5LdMEOLbY&id=C939A7CF7B128478%212135&cid=C939A7CF7B128478
Hockey Song (The)
Stompin' Tom Connors
Arr. Larry Nickel
​www.sheetmusicplus.com/title/the-hockey-song-sheet-music/19905131

Holy Manna
www.youtube.com/watch?v=_huKKZFB9Qg&feature=youtu.be

High Upon a Mountain
http://www.jwpepper.com/sheet-music/media-player.jsp?&type=audio&productID=8069586

Hosanna in the Highest
Words and Music: Carl Tuttle
Choral Setting: Joel Raney

www.hopepublishing.com/html/main.isx?sitesec=1.2.4.0&workid=3808​

Hymn to Freedom
Oscar Peterson arr. Paul Read
​​http://www.musiccentre.ca/node/67332

I Am Cow
Mike McCormick, Arrogant Worms
​1drv.ms/f/s!AniEEnvPpznJkHScrIDmsKmgFIH_

I Hear the Prophet Callin'
Words and Music by ​Pepper Choplin
​www.jwpepper.com/I-Hear-the-Prophet-Callin%27/10049476.item#/

If I Have Been a Source of Pain
(More Voices #76)
Words (Spanish): Sara M. de Hall, based on a text by C.M. Battersby.
English trans. Janet W. May, © 1992. Music: Pablo Sosa, © 1988
Part I - High
Part II - Low
​

In Star and Crescent
(More Voices #159)
Words: Mary Louise Bringle
Music: Janet Best


In Flanders Fields
​1drv.ms/f/s!AniEEnvPpznJhqInoxr-U_HbivgZ-w?e=Ou5wOe

Light A Candle For Peace
Words and Music by ​Ruth Elaine Schram
www.jwpepper.com/10046470.item#/submit

Like a River in My Soul
​www.sheetmusicplus.com/title/like-a-river-in-my-soul-sheet-music/20742312

Long, Long Time Ago
Don Besig & Nancy Price
www.jwpepper.com/10029879.item#.WC9zhfkrKHt

Lord Speak to Me
VU#589
Alto
Bass
Soprano
Tenor

O Christian Love
VU#594
Soprano
Tenor

O! What a Beautiful City
Shawn Kirchner
www.youtube.com/watch?v=MFOwYik0Vmw

Rehearsal Recordings from David Sale
1drv.ms/f/s!AniEEnvPpznJg7NIRJXppuc6RYXkpA

Ob-La-Di, Ob-La-Da
John Lennon & Paul McCartney
Arr. Audrey Snyder
www.youtube.com/watch?v=MjOsJk_aWBA

One Gift the Magi Bore
Words Thomas Troeger and Music by ​Roy Hopp
Select "Audio Sample" key

store.afcanada.com/store/product/4432/One-Gift-the-Magi-Bore?notFound=true

Ordinary Miracle
​www.sheetmusicplus.com/title/ordinary-miracle-sheet-music/17262348

Peace Like a River
Arr. Joel Raney
www.sheetmusicplus.com/title/peace-like-a-river-sheet-music/19883434


Praise to the Lord, the Almighty
VU#220
Soprano
Tenor

Song for the Mira
Allister MacGilvvary
​Arr. Joel Raney
​soundcloud.com/chor-leoni-mens-choir/song-for-the-mira

Song of the Saints
Words and Music by ​Pepper Choplin
www.jwpepper.com/Song-of-the-Saints/8060036.item#/

Standin' in the Need of Prayer
Arr. Joel Raney
www.hopepublishing.com/html/main.isx?sitesec=1.2.4.0&workid=3359​

Swing Down, Sweet Chariot
Arr. Lloyd Larson
www.lorenz.com/search-results?q=swing+down%2C+sweet+chariot

The 12 Days of Christmas Presents
Arr. David Sale
Link to OneDrive:
​1drv.ms/f/s!AniEEnvPpznJj3b6U7fT24K0Llij

The Church of Christ in Every Age (VU#601)
Words: Fred Pratt 1969. Music: James William Elliot 1874.
Words (c) 1971 Hope Publishing Company

Alto
Bass
Soprano
Tenor

The Power of Your Love
Words and music by Geoff Bullock
www.sheetmusicplus.com/title/the-power-of-your-love-sheet-music/3876274​

There's a Spirit in the Air (VU#582)
Words and music by Geoff Bullock
Alto
Bass
Soprano
Tenor

The Upper Room
Don Besig & Nancy Price
www.lorenz.com/choral/church/the-upper-room-2​

Travelin' Thru
www.sheetmusicplus.com/title/travelin-thru-sheet-music/20170605

T​ruly Brave
www.sheetmusicplus.com/title/truly-brave-sheet-music/20057808

Walk by Faith
Words by J. Paul Williams / Music by Joel Raney
www.sheetmusicplus.com/title/walk-by-faith-sheet-music/19476285


Walk with Me
Jack Schrader
www.sheetmusicplus.com/title/walk-with-me-sheet-music/19551016

Walkin' to Jordan
Words and Music by Jay Althouse
hopepublishing.com/html/main.isx?sub=31&workid=2378

We Shall Go Out with Hope of Resurrection
VU#586
Alto
Bass
Soprano
Tenor

We Will Take What You Offer
MV#196
Soprano

What the World Needs Now is Love
​www.sheetmusicplus.com/title/what-the-world-needs-now-is-love-sheet-music/19533672

When Christmas Comes
Words and Music by Joanna Schwarz
larrynickel.com/CypressAudio/WhenChristmas.html

​​Why We Sing
www.sheetmusicplus.com/title/why-we-sing-sheet-music/5837420?showMoreIds=7000000

Yesterday / Beatles Concert
John Lennon & Paul McCartney
​Arr. Mark Bymer
​https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5C0Tt99s4oM

"All God's Creatures Got a Place in the Choir"

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Staff ProfilesSt. Andrew’s Sanctuary Choir is always looking for more voices.

Some of the reasons you might consider joining us are:
- there are no auditions;
- you don't have to read  music;
- we help you figure out if you are a soprano, alto, tenor or bass; and
- we welcome anyone and everyone over the age of 16


But, the number one reason to join us is that singing is a purely joyful pursuit! From the soaring anthems through the oldest of traditional hymns and on to the toe-tapping medleys it is always a wonderful feeling to bring the gift of music to our church family.

We practice on Thursday nights from 7 - 8:30 pm 
and on Sunday mornings at 10:00 am before service at 11:00 am.

Don’t believe that you are not good enough. You are! Remember, “All God’s Creatures Got a Place in the Choir”.

And, if you would like a little more encouragement take a look at the article below by John Rutter, renowned composer, about the importance of choir.


If you are interested in singing with us please contact our Music Director, Peter Brown at
613-257-2657​ or by e-mail at: [email protected] 

​To learn more about Peter see his profile at: Staff Profiles
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The Sanctuary Choir / 2015

John Rutter on the Importance of Choir

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John Rutter
Choral music is not one of life's frills. It's something that goes to the very heart of our humanity, our sense of community, and our souls. You express, when you sing, your soul in song. And when you get together with a group of other singers, it becomes more than the sum of the parts. All of those people are pouring out their hearts and souls in perfect harmony, which is kind of an emblem for what we need in this world, when so much of the world is at odds with itself ... that just to express, in symbolic terms, what it's like when human beings are in harmony.

That's a lesson for our times and for all time. I profoundly believe that. And musical excellence is, of course, at the heart of it. But, even if a choir is not the greatest in the world, the fact that they are meeting together has a social value. It has a communal value. And I always say that a church or a school without a choir is like a body without a soul.

We have to have a soul in our lives. And everybody tells me, who has sung in a choir, that they feel better for doing it. That whatever the cares of the day, if they maybe meet after a long day's school or work, that somehow you leave your troubles at the door. And when you're sitting there, making music for a couple hours at the end of the day, that's the only thing that matters at that moment. And you walk away refreshed. You walk away renewed. And that's a value that goes just beyond the music itself.

Of course, as a musician, I put the music at the heart of it, but all of these other values just stand out as a beacon. I think our politicians need to take note ... my gosh do they ever!, and our educators, those who decide education budgets, church budgets, just need to remember it's not a frill. It's like a great oak that rises up from the center of the human race and spreads its branches everywhere.

That's what music does for us. And choral music must stand as one of the supreme examples of it.

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Join us for service Sunday mornings at 11:00 a.m.

2585 County Road 29
Pakenham,  Ontario,  Canada

You can reach us by phone: 613-624-5400
and E-mail:  [email protected]
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