SATB Spirituals and Gospel Music

This arrangement of one of the most beloved spirituals begins with some scat singing in all the voices before the altos and sopranos begin the first refrain. The style shifts to driving straight eighth

Composer and conductor, Ron Kean, went back to the roots of Spirituals, back to Africa, to create a setting of this much loved Spiritual in a style that is remarkably different.  Part of the larger

This arrangement takes a virtuosic Georgian style of gospel singing as its inspiration, which means the melody is incorporated into an improvisatory-style vocal line that is passed between voice parts.