Wade in the Water: SATB: Vocal Score

American spiritual-Wade In The Water is a terrific traditional American spiritual brilliantly adapted and arranged here by Steven Porter for SATB. With a healthy dose of rock rhythm this is a compelling and lively song that will entertain and excite both choirs and audiences. This version for full mixed voice choirs a Piano accompaniment is included.

Combining original lyrics with quotes from Down by the Riverside and Wade in the Water Rollo Dilworth creates a contemporary gospel piece that drives towards a climactic layered chorus ending.Available separately: SATB. Performance Time: Approx. 3:45.

Rosephanye Powell exploded onto the choral market scene with The Word Was God and has had a following ever since. This a cappella setting uses divided vocal parts and a rhythmic playfulness that captures a fresh spirit. Her gift is to create music that sounds complex but is solid for the singers to grasp. Available: SATB divisi a cappella.

Moses Hogan Arrangements of Traditional Spirituals-The inimitable Moses Hogan created stunning arrangements of many spirituals during his all too brief lifetime. In this new collection seasoned church music arranger John Purifoy has edited five of Hogan's arrangements from theiroriginal multi-layered voicings to SATB with piano accompaniment making them completely accessible to all sizes of choirs. Titles include Didn't My Lord Deliver Daniel? Down by the Riverside Steal Away Wade in the Water and We Shall Walk Through the Valley in Peace.Available separately: SATB Preview CD and Preview Pak (one book and one Preview CD).

This treatment of a classic spiritual by Kirby Shaw includes the elements that always seem to work: a soulful solo supportive choral parts that have their own interest and new verses that are seamless in the story. A winner!

Graham Buckland-33 exciting and varied arrangements 80 pages.All songs compatible with the SATB edition (BA 7574)12 spirituals also compatible with the flexible instrumentation edition (BA 6699)This edition offers exciting arrangements that have never before appeared in print written in an authentic idiom for three-part women's or girls' choir with piano accompaniment. The spirituals can also be performed without piano with the lead melody always in the upper voice.All the arrangements can be combined with the already published edition 64 Spirituals a cappella (BA 7574) which is for SATB. To give you an example: a children's choir working with our newedition can appear with a mixed chorus that has already mastered the SATB settings.In addition twelve of the arrangements can be enhanced by instrumental accompaniments. These are to be found in the Spirituals edition (BA 6699) of our ComboCom series which offers flexible instrumental settings.Contents:Deep river O happy day Joshua King of kings Motherless child Nobody knows O sinner man Swing low sweet chariot Wade in the water Were you there When the saints and twenty-two other popular as well as less well-known spirituals.The author:Graham Buckland is the music director of Regensburg University Germany. Before then he held various leading positions at theatres and colleges in Germany and the Czech Republic. He has founded and headed a number of ensembles demonstrating a very broad musical range that also finds expression in his compositions and publications for Chorus Piano and Orchestra.