Please join the members of InVocation
for our ninth season of song:


“Home”


What is home?

A local church community asked that question recently, and the answers ranged from the spiritual to the mundane: God and heaven; love and longing; safety and honesty; fun and work and rest. It’s where we feel most ourselves, and where we want to return. Where, even in the midst of struggle and pain, peace can be found. InVocation’s 2016 program is a mosaic of what it is to find, to build, and to know your home.

These concerts will support Beacon, an interfaith collaborative of congregations committed to ending homelessness through housing, shelter, and public advocacy.

So, come... Bring your friends, parents, kids... Enjoy the music... And help end homelessness!


Concerts are free and open to the public.
Proceeds from free-will offerings at concerts will benefit
this season’s charity partner:

Beacon Interfaith Housing Collaborative.



Concert Dates and Locations

Saturday, April 2 @ 7:00 pm
Bethel Evangelical Lutheran Church

4120 17th Ave S
Minneapolis
612-724-3693
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Sunday, April 3 @ 4:00 pm
Lake Nokomis Lutheran Church

5011 31st Ave S
Minneapolis
612-729-2323
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Friday, April 8 @ 7:30 pm
University Lutheran Church of Hope

601 13th Ave SE
Minneapolis
612-331-5988
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Saturday, April 9 @ 7:00 pm
First Presbyterian Church

535 20th Ave N
South St Paul
651-451-6223
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Concert Program

Vela! Asambeni Siyekhaya!
.....

trad. Zulu;
Andre van der Merwe

Hark, I Hear the Harps Eternal
.....

trad. Hymn;
arr. Alice Parker

His Voice
.....

Early American Hymn;
arr. Larry L. Fleming

Been in de Storm / Wayfaring Stranger
.....

Spirituals;
arr. Craig Hella Johnson

Thou, Lord, our refuge
Op. 79, No. 2
.....

Felix Mendelssohn

Heaven-Haven
.....

Benjamin Britten

Amazing Grace
.....

trad. American Tune;
arr. Eriks Esenvalds;
lyrics John Newton

My Soul’s Been Anchored in the Lord
.....

trad. Spiritual;
arr. Moses Hogan

Ecco mormorar l’onde
.....

Claudio Monteverdi

Edelweiss
.....

Julien Neel

For the Beauty of the Earth
.....

Conrad Kocher;
arr. Paul John Rudoi

Emerald Stream
.....

Seth Houston

Frog Went a-Courtin’
.....

trad. American;
arr. Joseph Gregorio

Five Hebrew Love Songs
I. Temuná (A picture)
II. Kalá kallá (Light bride)
V. Rakút (Tenderness)
.....

Eric Whitacre;
lyrics Hila Plitmann

The Art of the Ground Round
Loving Is As Easy
Jane, My Jane
Please, Kind Sir
.....

P.D.Q. Bach

Standing By / Home

.....

Pentatonix & Phillip Phillips;
arr. Amanda Lim

Don’t Sit Under the Apple Tree
.....

Charlie Thomas, Lew Brown,
and Sam H. Stept;
arr. Dot Short

Home
.....

Words by Julie Flanders;
Music by Emil Adler;
arr. Keiji Ishiguri

Won’t You Be My Neighbor?
.....

Fred Rogers;
arr. Robert Page

Building Song
.....

Bandari;
Ben Allaway

Grace Before Sleep
.....

Susan Labarr;
poem Sara Teasdale




Accolades

Attendees of our previous concerts have had this to say:

  • “What delightful and fresh music!”

  • Beautiful voices, beautiful sound.

  • “Your harmonies were right on.”

  • Lovely — I liked the focus on beauty & multiculturalism.

  • Thank you so much for the audio treasure! I loved it — what talent!

  • The readings were so thought-provoking and reflective.

  • What a great way to welcome in Advent!

  • I’ll come again!





Song Samples

Click any of the links below to hear brief samples of InVocation in performance.

Comfort, Comfort [ MP3 audio clip ] ..... arr. John Ferguson
Conditor alme siderum [ MP3 audio clip ] ..... Tomás Luis de Victoria
What Sweeter Music [ MP3 audio clip ] ..... Mark G. Sirett


Past Concerts

To view information about our Spring 2015 concerts, click here.

To view information about our Spring 2014 concerts, click here.

To view information about our Christmas 2011 concerts, click here.

To view information about our Spring 2011 concerts, click here.

To view information about our Christmas 2010 concerts, click here.

To view information about our Spring 2010 concerts, click here.

To view information about our Christmas 2009 concerts, click here.

To view information about our Spring 2009 concerts, click here.

To view information about our Christmas 2008 concerts, click here.

To view information about our Spring 2008 concerts, click here.

To view information about our Christmas 2007 concerts, click here.

To view information about our Spring 2007 concerts, click here.

To view information about our Christmas 2006 concerts, click here.



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