Now Thank We All Our God: Choral Instrumental Pak

Leavitt strips away the hymn's potential for heaviness and replaces it with forward momentum. The rhythmic profile keeps energy high throughout, and the optional instrumental parts give you flexibility to build the texture from intimate (voices alone) to full celebration (with orchestra), making this work equally at home in a small service or a concert finale.

Gratitude with momentum. The piece radiates warmth and affirmation without sentimentality, moving with the kind of rhythmic drive that makes singers feel like they're part of something alive and celebratory. There's joy here, but it's grounded and genuine.

Intermediate to advanced choirs seeking a contemporary take on familiar sacred text. This works for choirs with access to orchestra or small instrumental ensembles, though the optional instrumentation means you can perform it with voices alone if needed.

• Treat the rhythm section (if included) as your pulse keeper. Lock in early so the choir can ride the energy without dragging into a slower, more reverent feel.
• Balance the brightness with clarity in text projection. The music wants to move, but each word should land distinctly.
• If performing with full instrumentation, let the strings breathe on sustained passages. They should support rather than overshadow the choral line.
• Consider tempo carefully at rehearsal's outset. A quarter note around 120 will feel bright and propulsive; anything slower risks losing the piece's essential character.

This is your concert opener or closer, depending on how you want to shape the overall arc. Its three-minute span and high energy make it ideal as a bookend to a longer program of sacred works, or as a standalone moment of praise in a service setting.

• Sustaining rhythmic precision in fast harmonic movement
• Balancing ensemble blend with textual clarity
• Responding to instrumental cues and ensemble balance
• Performing contemporary harmonic language while honoring traditional text