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This choral arrangement for unison voices with divisi at the end is a very dramatic and rhythmic setting of an apocalyptic text, Luke 21:25-26 and 33. Accompanied by full minor chords on piano, this very ominous-sounding anthem ends with "but my words will not pass away."

And There Will Be Signs

SAATBB Octavo

A 19th century Shaker song is set in a skipping 6/8 setting. The opening verse is sung in unison voices, after which the SATB chorus exhorts us to celebrate life, love, and communion. Come Dance and Sing may be performed with or without piano accompaniment.

Come and Dance and Sing Around the Ring

SATB/Unison Octavo

A setting of the well-known Psalm 121, this arrangement starts maestoso with mixed meter and octaves in the piano. It then moves to a faster 5/4 section with more agitated accompaniment, continues through an adagio section, and then ends like the beginning. Well over seven minutes, this will be a challenge for your choir.

Psalm One Hundred Twenty-One

SATB Octavo

Using the famous ninth-century prayer Come, Creator Spirit, this arrangement has the calming feel of a folk tune. Sopranos sing the first two verses, joined by altos and baritones for the final verse. Separate Latin and English versions are contained within the one octavo.

Veni, Creator Spiritus

SAB Octavo

Using a Shaker text, Dietterich infuses the cold blast of winds throughout his choral setting for unaccompanied choir. The soprano lines (with frequent divisi) soar above the other supporting voices, adding an airy effect. Piano part is included for rehearsals.

Winter Song

Using text from Philippians 4:8-9, this piece features antiphonal singing followed by a climactic piano interlude with a key change that leads to a calm conclusion.

Whatever Is True

This unique setting of a Richard G. Jones poem sounds exactly as the title appears. Somers calls for the percussion section to be made up of "found" instruments: anything from old car parts to old computer parts that are loud enough to fill a large space. As long as it is not a standard percussion instrument, it is suited for this piece!

God of Concrete, God of Steel

SB Octavo

A slow, a cappella meditation on a text from the Dead Sea Scrolls.

So I Walk

Using text from the book of Jeremiah, both choir and accompaniment imitate turning wheels. Oscillating 8th note patterns in major and minor seconds will challenge your singers.

Turn the Wheel

Joyful Saints of God is an earnest song of praise taken from a Shaker Heavenly March, built around the verse “Around the throne of God we spy beams of endless glory. We'll bow our faces and we'll cry, holy, holy, holy.” Dietterich suggests that the chorus should march while singing, as the Shakers may have done. May be performed with handbells, keyboard or harp.

Joyful Saints of God

SAB Octavo with 2 octaves handbells

This spiritual, which begins over a repeated "have mercy, my Lord" in the low voices, features realized dialect and pronunciation. A two-minute expression of jubilation, Duh Blin' Man is suitable for concert choir or as a song of praise.

Duh Blin' Man Stood on de Road an' Cried

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