I've always loved the text of Robert Lowry's, "Shall We Gather By the River."  I wanted to take those powerful words and adapt a new melody to them that would emphasize the motion of water. Hence, the

This a cappella setting of the well-known spiritual is accessible for most choirs. Written as a two-part mixed piece with sections of SATB in concluding cadences. After a slower-paced opening the piece is