Member Resources

Member Resources

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by Hezekiah Walker

Lyrics are here: https://genius.com/Hezekiah-walker-better-lyrics – except that we sing ‘Find a praise…’ at verse 2, not ‘Find your praise…’

Audio guides:

God Is My Everything

by Percy Gray

NB: The video version is a much longer structure than the version we’re doing! Get the structure from the audio guides, please.

Lyrics are here: https://www.elyrics.net/read/c/chicago-mass-choir-lyrics/god-is-my-everything-lyrics.html

Audio guides (on each, the named voice is prominent and there’s an instrument playing the notes too). The tenor and bass guide has the tenor to the left and bass to the right. They’re singing an octave apart.

High And Lifted Up

by Joseph Pace II

Lyrics are here: https://www.invubu.com/music/show/song/Joe-Pace/High-and-Lifted-Up.html

Audio guides:

Holy Spirit, Rain Down

as performed by Alvin Slaughter.

Our version’s a little different in structure to this, but the video gives an idea:

Lyrics:

…can be found here: https://genius.com/Hillsong-worship-holy-spirit-rain-down-lyrics

Audio guides:

Holy Water

by Ed Cash, Scott Cash, Franni Cash, Andrew Bergthold, Martin Cash; as performed by We The People.

Lyrics are here: https://www.mywrbc.org/wp-content/uploads/2020/07/Outdoor-Worship-7.9.2020.pdf

Audio guides: (these currently have no piano, but are full enough to sing to)

In The Sanctuary

by Kurt Carr

Lyrics are here: https://genius.com/Kurt-carr-and-the-kurt-carr-singers-in-the-sanctuary-lyrics

Audio guides:

Living In The Overflow

by Charity Gayle, Joshua Sherman, Desiree Sherman, Steven Musso, Lara Landon and The Emerging Sound

NB: The video version has various leader/response lines, but we’re doing the whole song as full choir in harmony.

Lyrics are here: https://www.google.com/search?q=living+in+the+overflow+lyrics

Audio guides (on each, the named voice is prominent and there’s an instrument playing the notes too):

Look Up

by Wesley Nilsen, Mary Grace Batson, Libby Swan and The Emerging Sound

NB: The video version is in a higher key (B) than our version (Ab).

Lyrics are here: https://l-hit.com/en/1678032

Audio guides (on each, the named voice is prominent and there’s an instrument playing the notes too):

Love You So Much

by Russell Fragar

Lyrics are here: https://lyricstranslate.com/en/hillsong-united-love-you-so-much-lyrics.html

Audio guides (on each, the named voice is prominent, but the other voices are there as well):

Never Gonna Stop

by Tommy Walker

Lyrics are here: https://www.justsomelyrics.com/1665519/tommy-walker-never-gonna-stop-lyrics.html – except:

  • In the verse, it’s “miracles”, not “miracle”
  • In the chorus: “…let it end; just begin…”

Audio guides (on each, the named voice is prominent, and has an oboe playing its notes too, but the other voices are there as well):

New Name Written Down In Glory

by Charity Gayle, David Gentiles, Denita Gibbs and The Emerging Sound

Lyrics are here.

Audio guides:

No One Like You

by Tommy Walker

NB: This video version is in a very different key than we’re using. Use the video to get the shape and timings of the song, but the audio guide tracks below to learn where your notes are!

Lyrics are here: https://www.newreleasetoday.com/lyricsdetail.php?lyrics_id=79349

Audio guides (on each, the named voice is prominent, and has an electric piano playing its notes too, but the other voices are there as well).

Currently these tracks don’t have anything to sing during the long instrumental section. That might change!

  • Soprano
  • Alto (note that, at the end, the altos split for the “no one else, no one else, no one else” parts. Both are on the same audio file, but panned hard left (high) and right (low)).
  • Bass

Praise Is What I Do

by William Murphy III

NB: The video version is a different arrangement, starting with solo singer. Ours comes in from the choir verses.

Lyrics are here: https://www.lyrics.com/lyric/8281845/Praise+Is+What+I+Do

Audio guides (on each, the named voice is prominent and there’s an instrument playing the notes):

Shout

by Martha Munizzi

Video of performance by Alvin Slaughter and choir. NB: We use a different song structure, but this at least gives a good idea of how the song goes!

Lyrics are here: https://genius.com/Alvin-slaughter-shout-lyrics

Audio guides:

Sing!

by Damilola Makinde, Ben Trickey and Tanya Follett

Lyrics are here: https://www.worshiptogether.com/songs/sing-kxc/#SongLyrics

Audio guides:

They That Wait

by Fred Hammond, Calvin Rodgers, Phillip Feaster, Ericka R Warren, Michael Bethany & Dynna Wells

NB: This original version is of a different structure than we’re doing, but it gives an idea/reminder of the components of the song.

Lyrics, in the structure we’re using, are here: https://www.dropbox.com/s/cxafyswkrin1ity/They%20That%20Wait%20lyrics.pdf?dl=0

Audio guides (on each, the named voice is prominent and there’s an instrument playing the notes too):

Up Above My Head

as performed by Kirk Franklin’s Nu Nation

Lyrics:

Up above my head I hear music in the air;
Up above my head there’s a melody so bright
and fair I can hear when I’m all alone,
even in those times when I feel all hope is gone.
Up above my head I hear joy-bells ringing;
Up above my head I hear angels singing.
There must be a God somewhere,
There must be a God somewhere.

I hear music in the air, I hear music everywhere: there must be a God somewhere
[Tenor and bass also sing ‘I hear music, I hear music: there must be a God somewhere’]

There must be a God somewhere…

Audio guides:

What A Day That Will Be

by Jim Hill

It’s very hard to find a version like the one we’re doing: I’m still looking! So, please use this video as a reminder of the song – but not necessarily how it goes. We sing different rhythms here and there, and our harmonies are different, so please use the audio files underneath for the ‘definitive’ version (for us).

Lyrics are here: https://namethathymn.com/christian-hymns/what-a-day-that-will-be-lyrics.html

Audio guides:

What A Friend We Have In Jesus

by Charles Converse and Joseph Scriven

No video for this, as it’s our own version.

Lyric sheet here.

Audio guides (on each, the named voice is prominent and there’s an instrument playing the notes too).

What Mercy Did For Me

by Albert E Brumley, Crystal Yates, Drew Ley, Joshua Sherman, Micah Tyler and The Emerging Sound

Lyrics are here.

Audio guides:

When I Was Lost

by Kate & Miles Simmonds

Lyrics are here.

Audio guides:

Wonderful Is Your Name

by Melvin Crispell III, as performed by Hezekiah Walker and the Love Fellowship Crusade Choir.

NB: The video version is a longer structure than the version we’re doing! Get the structure from the audio guides, please.

Lyrics are here: https://www.elyrics.net/read/c/chicago-mass-choir-lyrics/god-is-my-everything-lyrics.html

Audio guides: these were prepared by Joan Hall at ChoirParts.com, and edited down to the structure we’re using, and some piano added. The soprano and alto are at pitch, but the tenor/bass need to drop an octave or two!

You Brought Me Back To Life

by Brian Eichelberger and Zach Bolen, arr. Nicolas Gold and Daren Allder

The original, by Citizens and Saints, is very different from our version, but you can see it here if you’re in an 80’s retro mood:

Audio guides (on each, the named voice is prominent and there’s an instrument playing the notes too). The Soprano, Tenor and Bass guides also have a little of the Alto part (panned to the left), to provide some context, as the Altos have more singing in the verses.

You Have Made Me Glad

by Charity Gayle, David Gentiles, Sarah Perez and Steven Musso

Lyrics are here: https://genius.com/Charity-gayle-you-have-made-me-glad-lyrics

Audio guides (on each, the named voice is prominent and there’s an instrument playing the notes too):