Let Your Kingdom Come: Choral Instrumental Pak
By Pepper Choplin
Item: 35-PK00339088
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Description
Uses: Advent, Christ the King, General, Second Advent
Scripture: Psalm 42:2-3; Matthew 6:10
Music of significance and a message that stands as a testament to our faith characterizes this artful choral original. Based on a phrase from the Lord's Prayer, this anthem has a chorus that will lift the soul! The ending is a true moment of inspiration. A lush orchestration is available, but the piano accompaniment is just as rich and fulfilling. Exceptional!
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Publisher:
Hal Leonard
SKU:
35-PK00339088
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About the Composer: Pepper Choplin
Pepper Choplin holds degrees from the University of North Carolina at Greensboro (Bachelor of Music) and Southwestern Baptist Theological Seminary (Master of Music in Composition). His catalog includes over two hundred anthems and seven choral musicals, written across a career that spans church music, theme parks, and conducting engagements nationwide. His work draws from rock, classical, and bluegrass influences, reflecting a restless creative range.
As Minister of Music at Greystone Baptist Church in Raleigh, North Carolina, Choplin channels his compositional gifts into the immediate needs of worship. Many of his pieces originate directly from his own congregation's liturgical calendar and spiritual life. His recordings, including "Hold On" (inspirational solos) and the self-produced "Pepper Is My Real Name" (featuring humorous pieces), showcase his dual commitment to moving audiences through both tears and laughter. Choplin conducts workshops and clinics throughout the country and remains driven by a single mission: creating music that invites worshippers into genuine encounter with the divine.
Why we love this
The chorus here deserves your attention. It's the kind of moment that justifies programming an anthem; singers feel it, the congregation hears it, and something shifts in the room. Choplin's gift for melody serves the text without sentimentality, and the orchestration option (alongside a fully realized piano part) gives you flexibility whether you're working with a ten-piece ensemble or just keys and voices.
What to expect
Prayer set to music. The anthem unfolds with sincerity, building from introspective opening phrases toward a chorus that feels like resolution and affirmation. The ending arrives with genuine spiritual weight, the kind of moment that lingers after the final chord.
Who it's for
Directors planning Advent or Christ the King services who want a substantial anthem with both accessibility and depth. The piece suits choirs with modest to intermediate vocal ranges and rehearsal time.
How to get the most out of it
- Shape the chorus with dynamic restraint through the first phrase, then allow the text and melody to carry the emotional weight in measures ahead. Avoid the temptation to oversell early on.
- Balance the choir sound so that individual voice parts remain audible within the harmonic texture, especially during the lush passages where multiple melodic lines overlap.
- Coordinate with your accompanist (whether pianist or conductor leading the orchestra) on the tempo at the final section. This moment of inspiration gains its power through clarity and deliberate pacing, not speed.
- Let silence breathe between phrases in the opening. Choplin's writing often builds power through space as much as through sound.
How to use it
Place this during Advent services when you want to anchor the theological center of your worship. Its connection to both Psalm 42 and the Lord's Prayer makes it especially effective as an opening anthem or as a unifying piece in a multi-part liturgy exploring Kingdom themes.
Skills your students will build
- Singing legato lines through a lush harmonic landscape
- Shaping phrases to support textual meaning rather than purely musical momentum
- Balancing independent voice parts within choir blend
- Responding to dynamic contrast and emotional arc across an extended piece