Preview: Men’s Quartet score: $ US Accompaniment track: $ US Short and simple: Doumer Liu, our bass, once commented that there wasn’t much men’s quartet music with solos for the lowest part. So I wrote him one. “Access” tells of the Old Testament times when the children of Israel were denied direct access (and Internet …
Tag: Larry Sue
Larry Sue is the owner, composer/arranger, and publisher at Choraegus. He and his wife Carla are West Michigan's Smallest Handbell Ensemble.
Jesus Paid It All – SSA ensemble
The message of Jesus Paid It All goes far beyond the title. True enough, He gave Himself to pay the penalty of our sins, but the hymn text also intimates that we have an infinite debt to Him that goes along with receiving the free gift that He offers. Of course… it’s impossible to repay …
Angels We Have Heard on High – SSA ensemble
Angels We Have Heard on High is based on the nineteenth-century French song Les Anges dans nos Campagnes and is traditionally sung to the hymn tune GLORIA. The lyric tells us of how the angels came from heaven to celebrate the birth of the Christ Child. Preview: Price: $ US Church Calendar: Christmas I’ve arranged …
Once in Royal David’s City
12/14/03: It’s six days before we sing at another church’s Christmas program, and Geri just wrote to ask if we could get our hands on an arrangement of Once in Royal David’s City. I responded with “I’ll see what I can do in two hours (because that’s all I had before having to head out), …
I See the Power of God
I See the Power of God Written for Barb Keller Preview: Choral score: $ US Accompaniment track: $ US Barb is a friend who’s seen God allowing some very difficult things in her life, and also has seen Him working through them to cause her to grow in her faith. It truly has been a …
Be the Thought That Won’t Fade Away
Be the Thought That Won’t Fade Away Dedicated to Amy Puryear I Corinthians 2:2 Preview: Choral score: $ US Accompaniment track: $ US Amy was our accompanist for a few months during the 1989-1990 season. I knew she had to be a special friend – we share the same birthdate! Her time with us coincided …
Anchored On You
Anchored On You Dedicated to David Tom Psalm 91:14-16 Preview: Choral score: $ US Accompaniment track: $ US David is one of those great guys you meet only every once in a long while – and he was that was when he was a teenager! The depth of his faith and the clarity with which …
All Things Are Possible
All Things Are Possible Dedicated to Joe Howard Matthew 19:26 Preview: Choral score: $ US Accompaniment track: $ US Joe’s one of those once-in-a-lifetime musicians who makes everything look easy. As some friends have observed, the only time you hear him play what’s on the score is when he’s sight reading… after that point (or …
Rejoice! For Our Savior Has Come
Rejoice! For Our Savior Has Come Dedicated to Alex Van Den Broeke Matthew 21:1-11 Preview: Price: $ US For once I write a Palm Sunday song! The open fifths are reminiscent of trumpets, the triple meter pulse has the feel of a coronation procession, and the irregular meter (to me) expresses the near-random shouts of …
Bring My Heart Home
Bring My Heart Home Dedicated to Charlene Jacobs II Corinthians 5:6-9 Preview: Choral score: $ US Accompaniment track: $ US Charlene came to California on a two-year visit with her mom,. who was working in a local office. They came to Valley Church, and soon approached me about Charlene joining Living Water. It took almost …