Lenten Anthems for Children's and Youth Choir

This setting of a well-loved Latin text features many opportunities for beautiful, musical moments with your younger or smaller ensembles. Thoughtfully scored for developing choirs, the melody mirrors the

The Prayer of St. Richard of Chichester encourages the believer "to see Thee more clearly, love Thee more dearly, and follow Thee more nearly day by day." This lovely setting has a beautiful melody

Based on Psalm 19:14, this gentle prayer to honor God through words and actions is excellent for Lent or any time of year. Repetition in both the melody and the optional vocal harmony ensures success with

Maynard's new melody for this familiar text can be sung by any combination of voices. Perfect for smaller choirs. A truly flexible anthem useful in Lent or throughout the year.

The Hear Our Prayer trilogy from Mark Patterson is a wonderful resource for your children's choir or small adult choir. This trilogy includes short anthems for Ash Wednesday, Lent, and Holy Week.

With harmonies that evoke the Appalachian roots of the hymn tune and a violin part providing beautiful countermelody throughout, this anthem is a striking presentation of God's sacrifice and love. This

With a memorable melody, beautiful accompaniment, and lovely oboe part, you can't go wrong with Becki Slagle Mayo's Ubi Caritas. This sweet, accessible and flexible piece is a thoughtful choice for

In this exquisite choral setting with piano, we find inspiration from both the American spiritual and gospel styles of an earlier century. A rich vocal solo opens the piece, and later floats over

A haunting original Lenten anthem for treble choirs, this is especially fitting for Maundy Thursday worship, but can be used throughout the Lenten season. A tender prayer refrain highlights the unified

This important song from Twila Paris will be very effective throughout Lent and especially appropriate on Good Friday. "Your gift of love they crucified, they laughed and scorned him as he died, the humble

This lovely work for treble voices and piano is a lyric, fluid rendering of the familiar text from the Book of Hours (1541). Elegantly simple, it offers the opportunity for young choirs to explore tone,

The traditional Latin text is set to a haunting melody in this reverent, deeply moving choral work. Composed in memory of the children who perished in the 1995 Oklahoma City bombing, it is easily singable

This liturgical text is scored for unison voices with piano and oboe (or flute or violin). It is a great work to introduce your children to the principles of Latin diction. If you are a church musician, an