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We invite you to explore our publications, recordings and opportunities for commissions, hymn festivals and choir workshops, as detailed on this website. We are here to serve church musicians, choirs, congregations, organists, and all who love the music of worship. Please contact us.

 

Advent Press is pleased to announce two new re-releases:

BLOW YE THE TRUMPET IN ZION
Hymns for brass, organ, percussion and singers, in arrangement by Richard Webster  $18.00

This 1994 recording, featuring the choirs of St. Luke's Church, Evanston, Illinois; the Asbury Brass Ensemble and Charles Snider, organist; all under the direction of the composer/arranger, has become a classic for lovers of church music. Recorded in the church's reverberant acoustical setting, and accompanied by spectacular and historic 1922 Ernest Skinner organ, the demand for this disc has never waned. It is now available in revised format from Advent Press. Click here for play list and liner notes.

The new BLOW YE THE TRUMPET IN ZION will be available for shipment from Advent Press on December 22.
 


PITTSBURGH SYMPHONY BRASS - THE SPIRIT OF CHRISTMAS
This splendid disc features Christmas favorites arranged in magnificent settings that capture the joy of the season, played as only the Pittsburgh Symphony Brass can. Among the selections on this recording are hymn arrangements by Richard Webster and two movements of the J.S. Bach Christmas Oratorio, arranged for brass and organ and recorded at Pittsburgh's spectacular East Liberty Presbyterian Church. $15.00

Featuring: George Vosburgh and Neal Berntsen, trumpet, piccolo trumpet and flugelhorn; William Caballero, French horn; Peter Sullivan and Murray Cove, trombone; Eric Bubacz, tuba; Timothy Adams, percussion; Tami Fire, mezzo-soprano; Richard Webster, organ.


 

Welcome to Advent Press, a publisher of sacred music. Why “New Traditions in Church Music”? Christianity is heir to a glorious musical legacy. Some of the greatest works of all time --  simple and elaborate -- were composed in praise of God. To be faithful stewards of this inheritance is only a beginning. Church music also must speak in new and fresh ways in our own day to those who seek God. Advent Press offers music that is grounded in tradition, even as it seeks to renew and enliven that tradition. 

  

The music of Advent Press is practical music. Anthems in our catalog represent a variety of styles and levels of difficulty for all kinds of choirs. The hymn settings with brass, timpani and organ inspire congregations to new heights of singing. The settings of the Eucharist are in demand across the country and have been well received by congregations in churches large and small. The new hymn tunes present familiar words in a fresh way. 
     
         

Richard Webster

Richard Webster is a composer, church musician, choral conductor and organist of wide renown. He is in frequent demand for newly commissioned anthems, organ works, hymn tunes and liturgical music, and travels extensively to direct hymn festivals, choral workshops and perform organ recitals. His hymn arrangements for brass, percussion, organ and congregation are performed in churches and concert halls throughout the English-speaking world.