You’ll find the melody in question beginning at 13:33. The entire video may be of interest to you. (To hear a Dutch group render this tune in a contemporary band idiom, see the video of Psalm Project. Psalm 77 Here is another Genevan melody that we’d like to retain but we think it could be fused with more modern sounds. We think the Genevan melody captures this, but that a fresh metrical setting beginning at verse 19 may better convey this. Visualize the procession of all lands in the train of the God who arises in awesome power. ” The versification should be able to either follow the dramatic reading, or stand alone. This spoken reading then breaks into song at verse 19 “Blessed be the Lord, who daily bears us up. (A possible refrain text, sung to the opening melody of Genevan 68: The concept that we are working with is beginning with a dramatic reading of Psalm 68:1-18 (or portions thereof), perhaps with an optional sung refrain appropriate for Easter or Ascension.

The meter of this majestic psalm melody is 887 887 D, but you would do well to compose text with both the melody and meter in mind. Psalm 68 We are interested in a new versification of verses 19-35 to the tune of Genevan 68, set in 4 stanzas, give or take.

Psalm 64 Open to any fresh approach to this psalm in any genre. Psalm 57 We are looking for a new tune (6.6.8.6) to carry this text by Michael Parry: Righteous God, we often are idle witnesses, and sometimes we conceive of and profit from deceitful words. Righteous God, we prayer for your servant(s) (N.) who endure(s) slander. Perhaps this attempt might prime the pump for a new text of lament and/or confession for the ills of slander and gossip. Psalm 35 Looking for a setting of Psalm 35 that points to its liturgical use. Verses 8-12 could be conflated into a single stanza. A setting could find inspiration from a Handel “Coronation anthem” with an eye toward an Easter context. Psalm 21 Perhaps a new metrical versification. Perhaps Psalm 14:3 and 7 could provide refrain material. Psalm 9/10 Setting of these psalms as a unit which deals with the relationship of God as Sovereign with the plight of the vulnerable and the poor.

Particularly interested in a setting that traces the turns in the psalm.

Psalm 7 Looking for a setting in any form or genre. Think in terms of how Psalm 2 is quoted in the New Testament. For examples of existing scripted texts, see Hal Hopson’s work in Psalms and Canticles for Singing or Calvin Seerveld’s rendition in Voicing the Psalms. Epiphany, Transfiguration, Easter, Justice, Sovereignty of God). Psalm 2 Looking for a scripted text with multiple refrains that can be used for different seasons (e.g. Before you submit any material please do read the instructions for submissions found here and note the 5 song maximum.Įditor, Reformed Worship – Worship and Music The deadline for submissions is the end of December 2010. Please pass this information on to any text/tune writers you may know. While we are open to submissions on any psalm (or hymn/song) the following is a wish list of psalm settings we are particularly interested in. The most fitting of those settings will be included in a new hymnal for the Reformed Church in America and the Christian Reformed Church (and beyond) with each of the 150 psalms represented. Some of you are musicians and text writers, others of you are in a position to know someone who is and I wanted to let people know of the following opportunity. Faith Alive Christian Resources and the Calvin Institute of Christian Worship are currently working on a Psalter which will include multiple settings of each psalm.

Psalm 124 sung responsively