Con Spirito Music offers highly singable choral and vocal music for concert and worship, available in printed and downloadable digital formats from JW Pepper, and in downloadable digital format from Sheet Music Plus. Click or touch a boldface title to preview and learn more about the selection.
Choral Music
- A Prayer for Every Day (2-part treble voices, piano) — aspirational children’s verse ideal as concert program closer. “Let me be hope, be joy! Let my life sing!”
- Arise, O Lord (SAB voices, organ) — Ascension anthem based on verses from Psalms 132 and 28
- As With Gladness Men of Old (SATB voices, organ) — Christmas-Epiphany anthem with new tune to W. Chatterton Dix’s venerable text
- Before the Day Draws Near Its Ending (SATB voices, keyboard) — an ideal text for a late afternoon or early evening service of worship
- Be Strong and of Good Courage (SAB voices, organ) — Ideal for recognizing the beginning of or transition to a new ministry, or acknowledging God’s goodness and providence in times of trial
- Bread of the World, Bread of Heaven (SATB voices, organ; SAB voices, organ) — Communion anthem
- Come, Thou Long-Expected Jesus (SATB voices, organ) — Charles Wesley’s venerable text in a new setting
- Create in Me a Clean Heart (SATB voices, organ) — Ash Wednesday / Lenten anthem
- Draw Nigh and Take the Body of the Lord (SAB voices, organ) — Communion anthem based on ancient text, with music by Orlando Gibbons
- For All Thy Saints, O Lord (SATB / SAB voices, organ) — general anthem ideal for All Saints Day and other commemorations of saints
- God is Love: Let Heav’n Adore Him (SATB voices, piano) — comforting text set to 19th-century Sacred Harp hymn tune, BEACH SPRING
- Heart of Jesus, Think of Me (SAB voices, organ) — Communion devotion from St. Augustine’s Prayer Book
- Hymn to the Holy Trinity (SAB voices, organ) — metrical paraphrase of the Apostles Creed
- In the Bleak Midwinter (TTBB voices) — Gustav Holst’s hymn tune, “CRANHAM,” to text by Christina Rossetti
- In the Hour of Trial (SAB voices, organ) — especially appropriate in Lent and for memorial services, featuring a folk-like pentatonic tune and lovely harmonies
- Lord, Hear Us for Our Native Land (unison voices, organ) — fitting for national celebrations, this prayer speaks of a nation’s humility before God and reliance on His providence and blessing
- O Come, Divine Messiah! (SAB voices, organ) — Advent anthem on a sprightly French Noël, ideal for Gaudete Sunday (third Sunday in Advent)
- O Come, O Come, Emmanuel (SAB voices, piano, flute) — unique setting of the venerable Advent hymn
- O Dulcis Virgo Mater (SATB voices) — Holy Week anthem recalling the emotional pain of the Blessed Mother Mary, and the pain of Jesus in his passion
- Of the Father’s Love Begotten (SATB voices) — traditional Christmas hymn set to beautiful plainchant melody
- Remember, O Thou Man (SATB or SAB voices, organ) — poignant, affecting anthem for Advent
- Take My Life, and Let It Be (SAB voices, organ) — Frances Havergal’s beloved consecration hymn in a newly composed, simple-yet-effective setting
- Unto the Hills: Psalm 121 (SATB voices, piano) — metrical paraphrase by John D. Campbell (1845-1914)
- Were You There? (solo baritone, SAB voices, piano) — very accessible yet emotionally evocative arrangement of a beloved African-American spiritual
Vocal Solos
- Be Still, for the Presence of the Lord (soprano, organ) — David J. Evans’ beloved hymn of praise
- The Lamb (high voice / low voice, piano or organ) — William Blake’s lyric poem from Songs of Innocence
- Take My Life, and Let It Be (soprano, organ) — beloved hymn text in a new setting
- Three Solos for Advent, Christmas, Epiphany (soprano, organ) — includes the German Advent carol, “Blest Mary Walks Amid the Thorn;” the familiar “Lo, How a Rose E’er Blooming” with traditional and contemporary harmonizations; and the Epiphany hymn, “Saw You Never in the Twilight,” set to the Welsh lullaby, “Suo Gan.”