Author Archives: maddg

Brisbane’s emmanuelworship have always been at the praise and worship end of Australian Catholic music. I am looking back at their album Ride of a Lifetime album from 2003. I am expecting lots of songs that are meant for young … Continue reading →

With the new year, normal service will be resumed. I will get back to Australian Catholic music with a throwback to 2003 − a collection from the emmanuelworship team. Ride of a Lifetime is long out of print, but I … Continue reading →

This is another interesting text from new releases by GIA. David Bjorlin has contrasted the themes of the four Advent candles with the many evils in the world and sings hope despite them. The setting by Mark Miller is not … Continue reading →

I’ve found some interesting new songs from GIA. This one has a text by Daniel Charles Damon and was written in response to the Black Lives Matter movement. It is actually a Hope Publishing copyright, and the text and a … Continue reading →

Entrance: Angels We Have Heard on High Psalm 71 (McKenna) Lord every nation on earth will adore you, Will adore you. Gifts: We Three Kings Communion: Born in the Night (Ainger) AOV 2/101 Recessional: Shout to the Lord (Zschech) AOV NG … Continue reading →

Entrance: Joy to the World Psalm 104 (McKenna) The Lord remembers his covenant forever. Gifts: What Child Is This Communion: The Aye Carol (Bell) G3 456 Recessional: Angels We Have Heard On High

Further to my pretty random survey of recent GIA releases, this is a song for Pentecost with a text by David Bjorlin set to AE FOND KISS, a Scottish traditional song in the arrangement from the Iona Community. I like … Continue reading →

This is another new song from GIA. This is a sung prayer with a challenging text from Hannah C Brown, set by Benjamin Brody. The tune starts conventionally then goes to interesting places. The pattern I see so far is … Continue reading →

I’m looking at a selection of recently released GIA offerings. This is a 2023 publication with two texts by Hannah C Brown, one with a general application and one for funerals. The tune is by Adam Tice and Benjamin Brody … Continue reading →

As far as I can tell GIA does not have an equivalent to OCP’s Breaking Bread in which they decide what’s in and out. They have started a new planning page that leads to GIA/WLP resources that might be worth … Continue reading →