Author Archives: maddg

We often sing this song by Marty Haugen, especially as a recessional. You can hear some of the original here and it is very jolly. If you play it slowly on an organ it sounds all wrong. This more like it. … Continue reading →

Another huge hit, this time by Bernadette Farrell. You can hear the original here. We do it a little faster and with more enthusiasm. This solo version takes some liberties with the timing but is OK. This version is probably … Continue reading →

In church terms, this is a hit song by David Haas and it is in extremely high rotation. It transgresses the singing in God’s voice “rule” but I can’t see that getting in the way of its use because it … Continue reading →

According to my People’s edition of As One Voice Volume Two, it was published in 1996 only four years after the first one was published. It is subtitled, “Uniting God’s People in Song.”  It has some more traditional hymns, like … Continue reading →

A song written for Hillsong by Russell Fragar. Also known as “Love You So Much” it is another slow P&W song as you can see here. When I was blogging “As One Voice: the Next Generation” last year, the only song … Continue reading →

This one is listed as author unknown but I have seen it attributed to Stuart Townend. You can hear a version here that has all three parts. It is another slow burn P&W song with the novelty of the three … Continue reading →

While I have a short break from AOV, this is one from The Source: New Songs Vol One – I haven’t done one from this collection since October. This is by Stuart Townend, a very successful English Christian musician and … Continue reading →

I’m working from the old combined guitar version of As One Voice and at this point they have the “Mass for Moderns” by Father Stephen Robinson, the “Mass Shalom” by Brother Colin Smith, the “Mass of Creation” by Marty Haugen … Continue reading →

This is the Michael Joncas one. It is a setting of Ps 118. We usually do the other one, which I dislike so I was hoping this might provide an alternative as we have never done it before. You can hear … Continue reading →

A text written in the sixties by James Quinn SJ to a traditional Welsh tune, “Ar Hyd Y Nos” that I realised I had associated with the song “All Through the Night” after listening to the snippet at AOV.  The lyrics vary on … Continue reading →