Come, Holy Spirit, Come!: Choral Instrumental Pak
By David Lantz III
Item: 35-PK00138418
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This spirit-filled original is tastefully decorated with a neo-Appalachian style that is immediately engaging to the listener. With a general worship text or using the optional Pentecost text, this song provides a fresh approach to your summer worship programming! Innovative! With bodhran and Appalachian string instruments. Duration: ca. 2:38
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Publisher:
Hal Leonard
SKU:
35-PK00138418
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About the Composer: David Lantz III
David Lantz III teaches vocal music in Pennsylvania's public school system while maintaining an active composing career that spans sacred and secular genres. His catalog includes roughly 500 published works distributed by major American publishers, covering everything from orchestral and band writing to jazz and chamber music.
Beyond composition, Lantz works as a music editor and engraver, directs church choirs, and performs as a bassist and vocalist in contemporary settings. He shares his northeastern Pennsylvania home with his wife Marti Lunn Lantz, also a composer, and their five musically trained children.
Why we love this
The neo-Appalachian aesthetic here sidesteps the typical contemporary worship sound while remaining fully accessible to summer programming audiences. Lantz's choice to include bodhran and authentic stringed instruments creates textural depth that doesn't require a massive ensemble, and the optional Pentecost text gives you flexibility to fit your liturgical calendar and worship style.
What to expect
The neo-Appalachian textures evoke a sense of rootedness and spiritual earnestness without leaning into sentimentality. You hear folk tradition meeting modern compositional sensibility, creating something that feels both timeless and immediate.
Who it's for
Choirs seeking contemporary sacred repertoire that avoids overused production styles will find fresh material here. This works equally well for churches programming summer services and schools looking to expand their repertoire beyond traditional hymn arrangements.
How to get the most out of it
- Treat the bodhran as a melodic anchor rather than pure percussion; it carries rhythmic and harmonic weight that shapes the song's character throughout.
- Balance the Appalachian strings carefully in rehearsal so they enhance rather than overshadow the choir. A lighter touch during ensemble passages often reads with more power.
- Decide early on your text approach (general worship versus Pentecost-specific) and let that choice inform your vocal tone and interpretive approach to phrasing.
How to use it
Summer worship services benefit particularly from this piece's length and focused emotional arc. Alternatively, consider it as a closing anthem for a concert that explores American musical traditions, where the authentic instrumental coloring will stand out sharply against more formal repertoire.
Skills your students will build
- Blend and balance with non-traditional orchestral colors (bodhran, Appalachian strings)
- Stylistic interpretation of neo-Appalachian idiom and folk-informed phrasing
- Text flexibility and emotional authenticity across worship and seasonal contexts
- Ensemble listening with rhythmic instruments that function both percussively and melodically