Trumpet in Church Music Ideas

Trumpet in Church
Music Ideas

Churches are a great place for playing the trumpet. Trumpet music can be used as solos for preludes, offertories, and postludes. Trumpets also work well to accompany hymns. Playing descant lines on one or more verses of a hymn can add a nice touch. Below is a list of music that I have collected over the years for playing at churches. Any suggestions for addtions to this list are welcome. There is also a list of trumpet Descant collections. Trumpet Solos for Church Prayer of St. Gregory, Alan Hovhaness From Humility to Hallelujah, music for Holy Week arranged by John Head and Sue Mitchell-Wallace. Also, two collections of wedding music and a collection of Christmas music from these two, are all highly recommended. Aria, from Flor Peeters Sonata for Trumpet (works well on flugelhorn) Sacred Solos for trumpet and organ, arranged by Loni Smith Trumpet in Church, arranged for trumpet and organ by Shirley Denwood Hymns for the Contemporary Solist, as performed by Fletch Wiley, arranged by Fletch Wiley and David Winkler (Word Music),http://www.superdupermusic.com/trumpet/cat47.htm
Music for Rejoicing, arrangements by Michael Stewart http://www.geocities.com/Vienna/3612/UnpubBrass.html Anything from SonEloqui Publications. Nice trumpet/organ church arrangements. http://www.soneloqui.com Trumpet Descant collections 1. 61 Trumpet Hymns and Descants -- Vol 1, 2, and 3 (Doug Smith, Hope Pub) 2. Trumpet Descants for Worship -- Vol 1, 2, and 3 (Mark Shepperd, Lorenz Pub) 3. Trumpet Hymns and Fanfares (Doug Smith, Lorenz Pub) 4. Praise Him with the Sound of the Trumpet. Vol 1, and 2 (Clyde Hunt, Bb Music) 5. Hymns and Descants for Trumpet (William Bay, Mel-Bay Music Pub)