Lift Up Your Voice!: 40 New Descants for Your Choir

Do you love hymns? If you do, here is something for you. I am delighted to announce the publication of my new book of descants, Lift Up Your Voice!, for SATB choirs and congregations.

Lift Up Your Voice! is a carefully curated collection of 40 modern hymn descants, written to deepen worship and elevate hymn singing through sound that is reverent, radiant, and practical. Featuring descants for some of the world’s most beloved hymns, this collection offers music directors a fresh way to enrich familiar repertoire.

Written with real choirs in mind, this set functions seamlessly as church choir hymn arrangements across denominations and ensemble sizes. The descants integrate easily with standard hymnals and are well-suited for regular worship, festivals, and seasonal services.

Perfect for:

• Church and cathedral choirs
• Music directors seeking fresh hymn treatments
• Festival services, Easter, Christmas, and special occasions
• Congregations that cherish traditional hymns enriched with new color

At its heart, Lift Up Your Voice! is about worship, not display. These hymn descants serve the song, the choir, and the congregation, lifting voices upward and deepening the shared act of praise.

To explore the collection, please visit:

JW Pepper: https://jwpepper.com/lift-up-your-voice-11675191/p

Sheet Music Plus: https://www.sheetmusicplus.com/en/product/lift-up-your-voice-40-hymn-descants-for-satb-choir-congregation-23652081.html

Sheet Music Direct: https://www.sheetmusicdirect.com/se/ID_No/1939519/Product.aspx

Hymns in the collection:

1. A Mighty Fortress Is Our God 
2. All Creatures of Our God and King 
3. All Hail the Power of Jesus’ Name
4. Away in a Manger
5. Before Jehovah’s Awful Throne
6. Blessed Quietness (Joys Are Flowing like a River)
7. Come, Let Us Sing
8. Come, Thou Holy Spirit, Come
9. Cross of Jesus
10. Crown Him with Many Crowns
11. God Moves in a Mysterious Way
12. Hark the Voice of Jesus
13. How Sweet the Name of Jesus Sounds
14. I Do Believe (Father, I Stretch My Hands to Thee)
15. I Sing the Mighty Power of God (Tune: Materna)
16. Immortal, Invisible, God Only Wise
17. It Is Well with My Soul (When Peace Like a River) 
18. King of Glory, King of Peace
19. Let All the World in Every Corner Sing
20. Love Divine, All Loves Excelling
21. Nearer, Still Nearer
22. O Father, I Thank You
23. O For a Thousand Tongues to Sing (Tune: Abridge)
24. O God, Our Help in Ages Past
25. O Master, Let Me Walk with Thee
26. O Thou Who Camest from Above
27. Once in Royal David’s City
28. Pleasant Are Thy Courts Above
29. Silent Night, Holy Night
30. Sing Praise to God Who Reigns Above
31. Sun of My Soul
32. The Church Has One Foundation
33. The First Noel
34. The Lord in Zion Reigneth
35. Thou Whose Almighty Word
36. To God Be the Glory 
37. Turn Your Eyes upon Jesus (O Soul, Are You Weary)
38. When I Survey the Wondrous Cross
39. While Shepherds Watched Their Flocks
40. Who Is on the Lord’s Side?