Wade in the Water: Mixed Choir: Vocal Score

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.

You've never heard it like this before! A dramatic solo provides the powerful introduction before this hip spiritual arrangement kicks into a groovy jazz waltz. A call and response verse highlights individual sections of the choir (or soloists) and an ultra-cool transition builds and modulates into the final choral refrain. Great to perform with a jazz combo. Arranged for 2-part choir by Patsy Ford Simms and Andy Beck.

20 wonderful gospels and spirituals best suited for gospel and blues singers and church choirs. Arranged for Piano and Vocals includes the English lyrics. Songs include: 'Swing Low Sweet Chariot'; 'Joshua Fit The Battle Of Jericho'; 'Nobody Knows The Trouble I've Seen'; 'Like A Motherless Child'; 'Go Tell It On The Mountain'; 'Wade In The Water'; 'Amen'; 'Kumbaya'; 'Over In The Gloryland'; 'Oh Happy Day'; 'Oh When The Saints'; 'To My Father's Home'; 'Rock My Soul'; 'Down By The Riverside'; 'Go Down Moses'; 'These Bones Are Gonna Rise Again'; 'Heaven'; 'Just A Closer Walk With Thee'; 'Didn't It Rain'; 'Michael Row The Boat Ashore'.

Now your younger choirs can experience the true essence and artistry of this classic Moses Hogan spiritual in a well-crafted accompanied setting. Available separately: 3-Part Mixed 2-Part. Duration: ca. 2:45.