Spirituals and Gospel Choral Music

This is a great spiritual from the Georgia Sea Islands that combines a traditional concert approach with a joyous gospel shuffle. Opening with an evocative instrumental prelude leading to building voices,

Shout Glory lives up to its name, with a rip-roarin' accompaniment and highly energetic choral writing! Whether your featured soloist sings the notes as written, or has improvisational skills, this

A fast swing intro punctuated by piano, bass, drums, and finger snaps leads into a jazzy arrangement of the traditional spiritual unlike any you've ever heard. The choral parts are fun to sing with scoops,

This spunky rendition of the timeless spiritual is upbeat and syncopated with tons of personality. Lots of unison makes this piece easy to sing while it builds to an impressively big ending. The inclusion

Incorporating the spirituals Oh, What a Beautiful City and In Bright Mansions Above, this extraordinary work creates a poignant musical image of heaven. This is choral writing at its

Andre Thomas balances full choral sounds with smaller soli sections in this invigorating, gospel-style setting of the standard Latin text. Exhilarating and uplifting, this stunning program closer was

Here's a superb choral arrangement of this classic spiritual! It opens with a choral fanfare-like section and progresses through several swinging sections to a climactic finish. This is Mark Hayes at his

This is the classic arrangement as performed by Fred Waring and "The Pennsylvanians."  The definitive setting of this spiritual, it deserves an honored place in every choral library!