John Allen Bankson - Composer

Thank you to the choir of Royal Lane Baptist Church of Dallas, and to their fantastic choir director, Harry Wooten, for an OUTSTANDING performance of "Holy Spirit, From Heaven Descended" in Pentecost worship today at your church!

Royal Lane Baptist Church Sunday Morning Service - 24 May 2026 (Pentecost Sunday) • SUBMIT A PRAYER REQUEST -https://royallane.org/prayer-request• REGISTER YOUR ATTENDANCE - https://royallane.org/register• GIVE ONLINE - https://bit.ly/49qqW5Z

Musician friends and others, let's connect this summer! Here's my schedule (links in the comments):

1) Presbyterian Church (USA) General Assembly in Milwaukee: June 26 - July 2
2) Conference on Worship, Theology, and the Arts at St Olaf College in Northfield MN: July 19 - 22
3) Synod of Lakes and Prairies Synod School in Storm Lake IA. I will be teaching a week-long (1 hr per day) singing school using the Christian Harmony and, on the last day, the Sacred Harp: July 26 - 31
4) Camp DoReMi at Wildacres Retreat in Little Switzerland NC. This is a singing school for the Christian Harmony and the New Harp of Columbia: August 6 - 9.

I'll post links in the comments for registration for CWTA, Synod School, and Camp DoReMi. I regret that I cannot be at PAM's annual Worship & Music Conference at Montreat this summer, but those dates conflict with General Assembly.

Would love to connect with you at any and ALL of the above!

Did you know that Trinity Church Wall Street did this piece last year on Pentecost in their Spanish-language service? I love multi-lingual pieces for Pentecost. This one can be done in Spanish and Latin, English and Latin, all in English, or a combination of the three! It's easily learned and can be done by an ensemble of any size. Get it now for Pentecost--digital download so no waiting for scores to arrive and no shipping costs.

Holy Spirit, From Heaven Descended - Download Sheet Music PDF file Holy Spirit, From Heaven Descended by Philip Blycker (incorporating the traditional chant "Veni Creator Spiritus"). Written for Choir + keyboard with a duration of 4 mins. Purchase, download and print sheet music PDF file now!

Great anthems for Advent and for Christmas! For Advent: "Peace Child." For Christmas: "Welcome, Child of Mary." Check both out on my Score Exchange Page (link in comments).

Hi everyone! For some reason FB had removed my original composer page. Some of you received and invitation to follow this newly-created page from FB today, and more will receive it tomorrow. (It will only let me send out 1,000 invitations per day.) But you can go ahead and follow it now if you like. Thanks!