Last November I latched onto Fiona Dyball’s presentation at the APMN conference, “Singing the Sacraments”, and expanded it into some posts here.
I found another of her presentations looking at “road tested repetoire”, this time for prayer services at secondary schools. Since we could all use some “Music for Prayer and Devotion”, I’ll expand her notes into some blog posts.
The link here allows you to link to a lot of her recommendations.
Most of these I have blogged before but a few are new to me. I will put a backing up with the usual links to sheet music. It will take several posts, as she is a master of compression in her presentations.
A Rightful Place by Steve Angrisano.
I thought this one was new to me, but I have blogged it before. It is lively and a call to unity and action, so suitable in a social justice setting. The text is here. You can purchase the sheet music at OCP.
This is my original funk backing:
I made a country one this time, having heard his version:
… is for Adoration.
The lyrics are here. Fiona links to praise charts but it is easier to get the sheet music at OCP.
And All the People Said Amen by Matt Maher
Fiona notes that this is a prayer of thanksgiving. The text is here. This one’s sheet music is probably is better through Praise Charts, but OCP have it in a collection of the same name. I note the “And” is sometimes left off.
Benedictus by Steve Angrisano
This one is new to me. It is for morning or evening prayer. OCP sell the sheet music, which comes with a setting of the Magnificat to much the same tune. The text is in their preview.