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Songs by Ben Loomes and Philip Swan

This songbook and CD were first released in 1999 and 2000. The song At the Cross won the inaugural 1999 ANGLICARE Young Composer of the Year Award. Since a guest performance by Philip at KYCKSTART Convention in 1999, the songs By the Cross and Help Me Live have been sung at Katoomba Christian Conventions and delegate churches ever since. This led to their re-release by EMU Music on the compilation album Every Promise .

In collaborating on For the Cross Ben and Philip aimed to produce a collection of quality, useful songs which work musically and make sense lyrically, which are theologically sound, which are honest and which glorify God.

Check out pages from the songbook below, and listen to tracks from the CD. For the Cross is available at Moore Books , 21 King St , Newtown , Sydney (ph 02 9577 9966), or you can mail-order it from us here . Songbook $20; CD $20; Songbook and CD pack $35 (plus postage).

The Songbook

The songbook contains Piano Scores, Lead sheets, and Lyric sheets for all the songs, as well as wind parts (in C and Bb) for By the Cross and some guitar capo versions.

The CD

The songs are presented on the CD in a variety of possible church settings – solo piano and voice, with a small group of friends, or with a full church band.

Track Listing

The Composers

Ben Loomes and Philip Swan are professional musicians who studied composition at The University of Sydney. Both attend St Stephen's Anglican Church in Belrose, Sydney , Australia .

Copyright Situation

Reproducing the lyrics and making custom arrangements of these songs is licensed by CCLI . In addition, if your church owns a copy of both the songbook and CD, you may make photocopies of the sheet music (for church use) and audio copies of the CD (to help your musicians learn the songs). If they want to continue listening to the recordings after they've learnt the songs, they should of course buy a copy of the CD.