The West Coast Mennonite Chamber Choir Collection
was founded by Tony Funk (director) and Larry Nickel (composer) while eating apple pancakes at the Swiss Chalet one rainy morning in 1989 . Larry had recently recovered from a near-death experience with viral encephalitis, which put him in a coma for 15 days. During his convalescence Larry wrote and arranged the music for “Songs My Father Taught Me”. They envisioned making one recording with new digital technology by recruiting family and friends (singers). They could not have imagined that from 1990 to 2004 the choir would record 13 highly acclaimed CDs, raising over a million dollars for a local charity through CD sales. The choir was frequently featured on CBC National Radio and many radio broadcasts throughout the USA and United Kingdom. During those years Nickel composed/arranged 120 pieces for the recordings, including music for brass quintets and string quartets. Nickel’s choral music is listed below.
Several recordings are still available – click here
ARRANGED ALPHABETICALLY: Click on a title to study the score while you listen.
SHAPE NOTES: many titles are available in shape notes upon request.
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All That is Beautiful – LN 1954
All the Diamonds – SATB, TBB, SSA
Almighty God – LN 1998
Amazing Grace – LN 1966
Another Day of Grace – LN 2013
As Evening Shadows Fall – LN 1979
Away in a Manger – LN 2008
Bach Sinfonia Eleven – CP 1706
Back to the Master – LN 2021
Behold, the Lamb – CP 1670
Be Still and Consider – SATB, SSAA, SATB – –
Beneath the Cross of Jesus – LN 1994
Blessed Are They – LN 1955
Bugles Sang – from Requiem for Peace
Call to Holiness – LN 2005
Can a Little Child Like Me – LN 1980
Candle (includes “Jesus Bids Us Shine”) – LN 1986
Can You Count the Many Stars – LN 2018
Come Let Us Go – LN 2003
Come to the Throne of Grace – LN 2026
Come to the Upper Room – CP 1671
Come Unto Me – LN 1975
Danny Boy – CP 1760
Dare alla Luce – (SATB and SSAA)
Day by Day – (SATB a cappella)
Dulce et Decorum – from Requiem for Peace
Emmanuel – LN 1977
Four Strong Winds – SATB, TTBB, SSAA, SAB
For me to Live is Christ – LN 1956
God Himself is With Us – LN 2017
God of Love, God of Joy – LN 1974
God Will Take Care of You and Without Him – LN 1957
Good Christian People Rejoice – CP 1720
Have You Not Known? – LN 2012
Healing for a Wounded World – LN 1967
Heavenly Son, the – LN 1952
His Eye is On the Sparrow – SATB and SSA
Hosanna – SATB with piano (from the Easter Oratorio)
How Sweetly Chime the Sabbath Bells – LN 2020
I Delight Greatly in the Lord – (SATB and SSA) –
If Christ is For Us – LN 1958
If You Want Joy and God Will Take Care of You – LN 1965
I Know My Jesus Lives – LN 1973
In a Grain of Sand – CP 1093
In My Father’s House – LN 2004
In the Rifted Rock I’m Resting – LN 1970
In Times Like These – LN 1960
I Want to Fly (SATB and SSA)
It’s Alright to Have a Good Time – CP 1723
Jacob’s Ladder – LN 1959
Jesus Bids Us Shine – LN 2017
Jesus Shall Reign – LN 1990
Jesus, Thy Blood and Righteousness – LN 1971
Jimmy Brown Song, the – CP 1599
Keep Me True – LN 1981
Like a River Glorious – LN 1982
Long Black Arm – from Requiem for Peace
Lord, Help Us Live in Peace (Peace) – SATB and TTBB
Love Bade Me Welcome – LN 1999
Love Divine, All Loves Excelling – LN 1983
Love Everlasting (Gott ist die Liebe) – LN 1985
Love of God, the (SATB)
Make a Joyful Noise – LN 1991
Mary Treasured All These Things – CP 1459
May the Words of My Mouth – LN 1987
Melodies of Molotschna – LN 1996
Miles to Go Before I Sleep – CP 1452
Move Him Into the Sun – from Requiem for Peace
My God Shall Supply All of Your Needs – LN 2000
My Heavenly Father Watches Over Me (TTBB) – LN 1997
New Songs I Sing Today – LN 1992
No More Fear of Dying – CP 1532
No Room – CP 1462
Now the Day is Over – LN 2022
Of the Father’s Love Begotten – LN 1972
On My Pilgrim Journey – LN 2016
Paradise Awaits the True Believer – LN 2001
Peace – (Lord, Help Us Live in Peace) – SATB and TTBB
Praise Be to God – LN 2009
Remember Thy Creator – CP 1717
Silent Night – LN 2024
Sing For Joy – LN 1993
SONGS MY FATHER TAUGHT ME (the book pictured below) – CP 1791 ($20.00)
Strands of the Finest Gold – LN 1961
Storm is Passing Over, the – SATB, TTBB, SSA, SATB
Take My Hand and Lead Me – LN 1953
Taste and See – LN 1995
Through an Open Window – LN 2006
To Whom Would We Go? – LN 1978
Train Up a Child – LN 2011
True Evangelical Faith – SATB, SSA, TTBB
Water is Wide, the – CP 1738
We All Like Sheep Have Gone Astray – CP 1673
We Want to Know Christ – CP 1672 (from the Easter Oratorio)
What Joy to Us is Given – LN 2019
When I Was a Child – LN 2002
When Morning Gilds the Skies – LN 2023
Where He Leads Me I Will Follow – LN 1963
Where is Your Treasure? – LN 2007
Who Would Leave a Kingdom? – LN 1964
Wife of Noble Virtue – LN 2010
Without Him and God Will Take Care of You – LN 1957
Working With Joy – LN 1976
World Without End – LN 2025