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Mary Louise Bringle, Ph.D. Hymnody |
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| Links to Hymns (.pdf files) |

| PUBLICATIONS: Book Length | |
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JOY AND WONDER, LOVE AND LONGING: 75 HYMN
TEXTS
BY MARY LOUISE BRINGLE (Chicago: GIA Publications, Inc., 2002). |
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CHURCH HYMNARY (CHURCH OF SCOTLAND)
Canterbury Press, 2005 |
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ORAMOS CANTANDO / WE PRAY IN SONG
(Chicago:
GIA Publications, Inc.,
2005) |
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VOICES FOUND: WOMEN IN THE CHURCH'S SONG
(NY:
Church Publishing, Inc., 2003) |
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A
Prayer Book for Remembering the Women (Chicago: Liturgy Training Publications, 2002) All hymn texts are by Mary Louise Bringle. |
| PUBLICATIONS: Anthems and Hymns | |
| "Calm
to the Waves," in RADIANT CITY, a collection of hymn tunes by Thomas
Pavlechko, Selah Publishing Co., 2002. |
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| "Christ
Be in Your Senses," with music APPALACHIAN
FALL
by
William P. Rowan, GIA Publications, Inc. |
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“Here in the Spirit’s Presence”
[HANDEL
ARIA] arranged by
William P. Rowan, GIA Publications, Inc. |
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“Grateful Praise,” hymn text (with music Ferland by William P. Rowan), Supplement to Hymnal: A Worship Book (Brethren Press, 2001); concertato edition © MorningStar Music Publishers, 2002. |
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| "When Memory Fades" (with music HEGER, by Jayne Southwick Cool), GIA Publications, Inc., 2002. | |
| Four hymns included in CHURCH HYMNARY (hymnal of the Church of Scotland, 2005) | |
| COMMISSIONS | |
| "We Sing!" Commissioned by the Center for Christian Ethics, Baylor University (Waco, TX) | |
| "Built on the Rock of Christ," commissioned by Calvary Episcopal Church (Cincinnati, OH) | |
| "Lovely Is Your Earthly Dwelling," commissioned by Centenary United Methodist Church (Winston-Salem, NC) | |
| "From
Our Mothers' Wombs, You Know Us," commissioned by Meg Flannagan for
graduation from Columbia Theological Seminary (Decatur, GA) |
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| "We
Gather in Memory, in Hope, and in Praise," commissioned by First
Presbyterian Church (Asheville, NC) honoring Pete Peery for ten years of ministry |
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| "For Our Leaders and Teachers," commissioned by Second Presbyterian Church (Baltimore, MD) | |
| "God, You Made Our Human Voices," for the Music and Worship Conference (Montreat, NC) | |
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"Through Years of Struggle, Fellowship, and Grace," celebrating the 40th
anniversary of Trinity Presbyterian Church (Hendersonvile, NC) |
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| "We Will Rise Up and Follow" and "God Is Calling," commissioned by Samford University | |
| "Windswept Skies, Swirling Seas," commissioned with composer Carson C. Cooman by Richard and Simi Mason (Rochester, NY) | |
| "Let the Children Come," Lexington Presbyterian Church (Lexington, VA) | |
| "A Witness to the Living Christ," St. Stephen United Methodist Church (Charlotte, NC) | |
| "With Hearts That Join in Jubilee," Starmount Presbyterian Church (Greensboro, NC) | |
| For more information about commissions, email mbringle@brevard.edu | |
| COMPETITIONS | |
| "The
Love that Goes Unspoken" Prizewinning text in search for a hymn "calling the church to celebrate the gifts and ministries of gay, lesbian, bisexual, and transgendered persons," sponsored by Macalester-Plymouth United Church (spring 2003) |
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| "One
People Here, We Gather" Prizewinning text in search for convocation hymn for San Francisco Theological Seminary (2002) |
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| "Bless
the Arms that Comfort" Prizewinning text in search for hymn honoring the ministry of caregivers, sponsored by The Hymn Society in the US and Canada (2001) |
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| "Grateful
Praise," with FERLAND by William P. Rowan, honorable mention in AGO hymn search (2001) |
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| “Joy and Wonder, Love and
Longing” Prizewinning text in search for eucharistic hymn to celebrate year 2000 Jubilee Corpus Christi, sponsored by the Archdiocese of Cincinnati (2000). |
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| “It
Started with an ‘Idle Tale’” Prizewinning text in millennial hymn search sponsored by The Hymn Society in the US and Canada, published in The Hymn, vol. 51, no. 1 (January 2000). |
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“The Garden Needs Our
Tending Now” |
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Last updated: February 14, 2006