Most of the anthems posted here are arrangements I have made during thirty years as director of the adult choir of St. James Episcopal Church in Greenville, South Carolina. To the wonderful choir members who tested these anthems with me, and to Marian Willard Blackwell, my wife and collaborator, I dedicate this website. Marian and I would love to hear from you, particularly if you make any use of these anthems in worship or performance: ablackwell@charter.net.
Readers might also be interested in my blog, Modalities.
Anthems
- Twelve New Hymns: Anthems for the Church Year (SATB) [new page]
- Download all anthems below as a .zip archive.
- As Pants the Hart for Cooling Springs (Psalm 42)
- Behold That Star
- Bowing Heads, Now (Tantum Ergo)
- Candlemas Carol (Simeon’s Song)
- Choral Vocalises I & II
- Come, Thou Holy Spirit, Come
- Dona Nobis Pacem
- Every Soul and Every Nation
- Gladsome Light (Phōs Hilaron)
- Go Down, Moses
- God be Merciful (Psalm 67)
- How Blest Are They (Psalm 128)
- In Te Domine Speravi (Psalm 31)
- In Thy Loving Kindness (Psalm 51)
- Jesus Walked This Lonesome Valley
- Maria, Mother of Our Joy
- Mary, Vessel of Holiness
- My Lord, What a Mornin’
- O Jesus, Joy of Loving Hearts
- O Light from Light (O Nata Lux)
- O Savior, Open Heaven Wide
- Out of the Deep (Psalm 130)
- Psalm 15 & Psalm 42
- Softly Gather Shepherds
- Sometimes a Light Surprises
- Take Up Your Cross
- Thanks Be to Thee
- Wedding at Cana
- What Wondrous Love
* © 2012, Albert Blackwell. These anthems are free for downloading and use, including performance, under the terms of the license below. Any reuse or distribution of these anthems must bear the following attribution: “Copyright 2012, Albert Blackwell. Creative Commons License at http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-sa/3.0/.”
Free Anthems for Church Choirs by Albert Blackwell is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-ShareAlike 3.0 Unported License.
