Monthly Archives: December 2023

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 →

Before I leave OCP songs, Sarah Hart played us this new song at the APMN conference in Brisbane in September. It is a gentle waltz time song for Eucharist with an insistent hook – “remember me” – that takes the … Continue reading →

This is the last of the songs added to Breaking Bread by OCP for 2014. Consider me underwhelmed by their selections. In the past OCP has had its critics for being at odds with tradition and too uptempo, especially the … Continue reading →