John Purifoy

Beautiful legato call and response harmonies, lush suspensions and a flowing piano accompaniment will make this piece a joy to rehearse and program for contest and concert. The Latin text will be easi...

Beautiful legato call and response harmonies, lush suspensions and a flowing piano accompaniment will make this piece a joy to rehearse and program for contest and concert. The Latin text will be easi...

A brilliant choral fanfare, this vibrant work resounds with rhythmic energy and joy. A marvelous opener for concert performances! Available separately: SATB, SAB, SSA. Duration: ca. 2:00.

A brilliant choral fanfare, this vibrant work resounds with rhythmic energy and joy. A marvelous opener for concert performances! Available separately: SATB, SAB, SSA. Duration: ca. 2:00.

The traditional Te Deum text from the Latin liturgy is a superb selection for concert and worship settings and from the opening strains of the choral fanfare, this celebratory work is filled with rhyt...

The writing team of John Purifoy and Pamela Stewart have crafted a brief work for Maundy Thursday or Good Friday, suitable for use as a Tenebrae service. Told from the historical perspective of the Go...

Uses: General, Call to Worship, Christ the King Scripture: Job 12:7-10; Psalm 148:8-9 Welcome this confident setting of a towering hymn classic to your choral repertoire. Energized with effective chor...

This classic text finds a new home in this melodic and flowing John Purifoy setting. Duration: 3:10.

This classic text finds a new home in this melodic and flowing John Purifoy setting. Duration: 3:10.

This standard hymn text is given a fresh treatment here by John Purifoy. Flowing lines and beautiful harmonies will make this a memorable experience for your choir. Duration: ca. 2:15.

This standard hymn text is given a fresh treatment here by John Purifoy. Flowing lines and beautiful harmonies will make this a memorable experience for your choir. Duration: ca. 2:15.

With words by Oliver Wendell Holmes, commissioned for the National Peace Jubilee held in Boston in 1869, and original, uplifting music, this work speaks to a nation's desire for healing and reconcilia...

With words by Oliver Wendell Holmes, commissioned for the National Peace Jubilee held in Boston in 1869, and original, uplifting music, this work speaks to a nation's desire for healing and reconcilia...

This buoyant sacred work will be an excellent and accessible work for contest, festival and sacred concert performance, with a rhythmic and lively refrain contrasted with a somewhat more lyrical secti...

Uses: General, Trinity Sunday Scripture: Exodus 20:2-3; Isaiah 44:24; Mark 12:29-31 One of the great statements of the Christian church, the Nicene Creed, has been artfully adapted and set to glorious...

Uses: General, Trinity Sunday Scripture: Exodus 20:2-3; Isaiah 44:24; Mark 12:29-31 One of the great statements of the Christian church, the Nicene Creed, has been artfully adapted and set to glorious...

This expressive anthem presents the story of the Nativity through Mary's eyes, but foreshadows the journey to the cross that is to come. It is set in a reflective minor tonality and a gently rocking 6...

This expressive anthem presents the story of the Nativity through Mary's eyes, but foreshadows the journey to the cross that is to come. It is set in a reflective minor tonality and a gently rocking 6...

Uses: Communion, Maundy Thursday, Good Friday Scripture: Mark 11:25; I Corinthians 11:17:34; Ephesians 4:32 An invitation to repentance and the assurance of grace form the message of this delicate sac...

Uses: Holy Week, Lent, Maundy Thursday Scripture: Mark 14:32 Set with artistry and refinement, this classic Lenten hymn is caressed with expressive elegance in this impressionistic arrangement. A spot...

Uses: Communion, Holy Week Scripture: Matthew 26:26-30; Luke 22:17-20; I Corinthians 11:23-29 Prepare the hearts of both the choir and congregation for the Communion table with this song of quiet refl...

Uses: Communion, Holy Week Scripture: Matthew 26:26-30; Luke 22:17-20; I Corinthians 11:23-29 Prepare the hearts of both the choir and congregation for the Communion table with this song of quiet refl...

Uses: General, Communion Scripture: John 3:16-17; Romans 8:28-39; Ephesians 3:16-19 Kurt Kaiser's time-honored chorus is skillfully interwoven with a Charles Wesley hymn text, creating a useable anthe...

Uses: General, Communion Scripture: John 3:16-17; Romans 8:28-39; Ephesians 3:16-19 Kurt Kaiser's time-honored chorus is skillfully interwoven with a Charles Wesley hymn text, creating a useable anthe...

Uses: Palm Sunday, General Worship Scripture: Psalm 24:7-10; Matthew 21:1-9; John 12:12-15 With its majestic opening and conclusion that frame a contrasting legato middle section, this new work from J...