What Praise Can I Play on Sunday?

If you are familiar with the series of books called “What Can I Play on Sunday? “,  here is a new treat for you.  Carol Tornquist, a long-time arranger of sacred piano music, has arranged the first two of what will be a series of six books in  a series called “What Praise Can I Play on Sunday?”  Each book has ten easily prepared piano arrrangements for use in the worship service, or to play at home for your own enjoyment.  Book 1 is for January and February,  Book 2 is for March and April.  Pieces include seasonal pieces as well as praise songs for general use.  The arrangements are full-sounding and are 2-5 pages long per title.  If you have been looking for praise music that is tastefully arranged, have a look at these!  For more information about these books or other sacred piano collections, please call us at 1-800-42-MUSIC, email us at keyboard@stantons.com, or vist our website at www.stantons.com

Piano Collections for Contemporary Worship

Even if you missed Stanton’s Sacred Piano Reading Session at the beginning of August, we wouldn’t want you to miss out on these new piano collections:

Contemporary Christian Hits
arr. Melody Bober
Contemporary Christian Hits contains ten arrangements of inspirational worship favorites by top Christian artists. These arrangements can be used effectively during religious services or in a concert setting. Helpful fingering and approximate performance times are included with each arrangement.

Getty and Townend Praise Classics
arr. James Koerts
The collaborative efforts of Keith and Kristyn Getty, along with Stuart Townend, have produced long-lasting modern hymns for the church. These contemporary arrangements of some of their best-loved praise classics have memorable melodies that make these attractive arrangements a delight to learn and to play at an early advanced level.

Reflections for Worship
arr. Mark Hayes
Here are ten settings of popular new hymns and songs from Dan Schutte, Michael Joncas, Sebastian Temple, David Haas, Marty Haugen and others. Based upon liturgical songs from the mass, these beautiful and inspiring songs have transcended denominational lines and made their way into Protestant circles and beyond, blessing countless congregations and parishes around the world.

Shout To The Lord
arr. Larry Shackley
For two decades, the musicians at Hillsong Church in Sydney, Australia have provided churches around the world with worship songs that speak to the Christian’s heart. Larry Shackley has selected ten Hillsong favorites and asked ten of favorite writers to arrange them as piano solos. There is a wide range of styles and moods in this collection to fit almost every need in contemporary or blended services.

Sunday Morning Blend, Volume 5
arr. Carol Tornquist
Well-known traditional hymns are blended with many of today’s popular contemporary praise and worship songs in this fifth edition of the series. These books are the perfect choice for any church that wants to seamlessly blend traditional and contemporary worship styles.

For more great recommendations, contact Stanton’s keyboard department at 1-800-426-8742, ex. 3.

Top Christian Hits of 2011-2012

Top Christian Hits of 2011-2012 includes 21 of the best top Christian songs of 2011 and 2012.  Casting Crowns, Chris Tomlin, Laura Story, Jeremy Camp and more artists are represented here.  There are Laura Story’s “Blessings“,  MercyMe‘s “Move”,  The Afters’  ”Lift Me Up“,  and  Brandon Heath’s  “The Light in Me” included.    These are standard arrangements of the songs; piano with the melody in the  right hand, the vocal part, and guitar chords. If you like to play for yourself, or if you are looking for current songs for worship services, this is a great book of sacred sheet music.  For more information about this  music or other sacred collections, please contact us at 1-800-42-MUSIC or email us at  greatservice@stantons.com.

Acoustic Christian Hits

From 2002′s “Word of God Speak” by MercyMe to 2011′s “Blessings” by Laura Story,  the 21 songs in Acoustic Christian Hits  cover eleven years of top Christian hits.  It includes “Amazing Grace (My Chains are Gone“) by Chris Tomlin, “Hold Me”  by Jeremy Grace,  and more.

These could be used for summer vocal solos for or for piano solos.  A praise band that is used to arranging music for their own group can find material to keep them busy into the fall season.  This collection of sheet music is a gold mine of recent Christian hits.

To check out this book of Christian hits or to inquire about others, please call 1-800-42-MUSIC or email us at greatservice@stantons.com.

Fingerpicking Christian

This book contains 15 beautiful contemporary Fingerpicking Christian songs arranged for guitar.  Words are included, and there is the option to strum along using the chord names above the staff.  Summer is fast approaching, and with it the need to supply special music during the worship service. This sheet music book is full of possibilities: “Who Am I” by Casting Crowns, “Where There is Faith” by 4Him,  “Be Still and Know” by Steven Curtis Chapman, and more.  This would be a great resource for praise bands, too.  If you would like to know more about this music book, call us at 1-800-42-MUSIC or email us at keyboard@stantons.com

Kutless-Believer

This new album, Believer, by Kutless, debuted at 36 on Billboard’s Top 200 Albums, and at number one on the Billboard Christian Albums chart for the week of March 17, 2012.  The single, “Carry Me to  the Cross,” is still on the Billboard Christian Songs chart.  This collection has all the songs from the album ready to sing and play.  If you’ve been listening to the album all this time, now’s your chance to have it in print!

For information about this and other sheet music collections, call us at 1-800-42-MUSIC or email us at keyboard@stantons.com

Modern Worship Hymns

This sheet music collection of 25 modern songs for worship includes such favorites  as “In Christ Alone” by Avalon,  “Amazing Grace (My Chains are Gone)” by Chris Tomlin, “Speak O Lord” by Keith and Kristyn Getty, and “How Deep the Father’s Love for Us” by Sarah Sadler.

The songs are arranged so that they can be played as piano solos or sung by a soloist with the piano as accompaniment.  For summer time special music, this collection of medium to medium high contemporary sacred songs is a treasure trove!

To find out more about this collection or other sacred music collections, call 1-800-42-MUSIC or email us at keyboard@stantons.com

Essential Songs Wedding

This collection of 83 wedding song favorites will keep a wedding vocalist well supplied throughout the year.  There are piano solos for wedding as well, including: Canon in D, Wagner’s The Bridal Chorus and Handel’s Largo from Xerxes.  Popular wedding songs include Endless Love, Bless the Broken Road, You Raise Me Up, and A Time for Us.

Essential Songs Wedding is a great blend of current songs and wedding standards–a portable song library in one volume! Please contact us to inquire about this or any other of our sheet music products that may interest you.

Digitally Download Sheet Music

Do you ever need sheet music in a big hurry?  Check out Stanton’s Digital Delivery to browse our digital sheet music library. There are pop songs, Broadway songs, sacred songs, guitar tabs, and much more!

You’ll need to download a free Scorch program that allows you to see the first page of each song you look up, and it allows you to print on your own printer.  Many songs can also be transposed to whatever key you need! Just pay with a credit card, download and print.

This service is available 24 hours a day, 365 days a year.  Happy browsing!

Get a real, LIVE person on the phone!

We’re always talking about our knowledgeable staff—you’ll find that very phrase on much of our printed advertising, as well as on our website. Stanton’s sales staff is separated into departments to ensure that each staff member is well informed about a specific area of the wide variety of music that we carry. So when you call and ask about music for trumpet, you’ll be speaking with someone who has first-hand knowledge of repertoire, not just a phone operator with no musical experience. Here’s what you’ll find in each department:

CHORAL DEPARTMENT (ex. 1)
Church Choral Music
School Choral Music
Elementary Classroom Music
Classical Solo Vocal
Handbell

BAND DEPARTMENT (ex. 2)
Concert Band
Marching Band
Jazz Ensemble
Orchestra
Solos for all concert instruments
Instrumental Method Books
Music Software/Technology

POP/KEYBOARD (ex. 3)
Sacred & Secular Piano
Organ
Piano Method Books
Popular/Broadway Solo Vocal
Contemporary Christian Vocal
Guitar Solos and Methods
Music for Folk Instruments

BILLING AND ACCOUNTS (ex. 4)

You can direct emails to the exact department you need by clicking the links above, or press the appropriate extension when you call 1-800-42-MUSIC (1-800-426-8742). If you’re unsure of which department to choose, we’re always happy to direct you to whoever can best address your needs; press “0″ to have your call directed, or send a general email. At Stanton’s, it is important to us that you receive the most educated answers to your questions and the finest music recommendations.