Great, Gettin' Up Day!

SKU: AP.46941

UPC: 038081535906. English. Traditional Spiritual.

A grandiose choral introduction travels through several keys to open this polished setting of the traditional spiritual, which soon breaks into a joyously brisk treatment featuring call-and-response between sections, terraced dynamic contrasts, and thick divisi textures. Fantastic a cappella writing for advanced choirs.

About Alfred Choral Designs

The Alfred Choral Designs Series provides student and adult choirs with a variety of secular choral music that is useful, practical, educationally appropriate, and a pleasure to sing. To that end, the Choral Designs series features original works, folk song settings, spiritual arrangements, choral masterworks, and holiday selections suitable for use in concerts, festivals, and contests.

SKU: HL.35027709

UPC: 884088538224. 6.75x10.5x0.019 inches. Mary Donnelly/George L.O. Strid.

Let's hang some tinsel on the Christmas tree, put up some shining lights for all to see, and decorate in a million ways! These phrases and many others make up this bright choral that set the scene of getting ready for the holidays. Partner song in style for three voices! A great lighter number for your concert and easy to learn for limited rehearsal time! Available separately: 3-Part Mixed, StudioTrax Cd. Duration: ca. 1:52.

SKU: GI.G-9026

UPC: 785147902638. English.

This vibrant collection by Uzee Brown Jr. includes his arrangements of some of the most well-known and best-loved spirituals of our time and two of Dr. Brown’s own original psalm settings, alongside some energetic, less-often heard spirituals that yield a unique flavor and vitality expressed through colorful melodic and rhythmic idioms of the southeast. Your spirit will soar when you hear favorites like “Come by Here, My Lord,” “Mary Had a Baby,” “Rock-a My Soul,” and the quintessential “We Shall Overcome.” The recording features the voices of the Uzee Brown Society of Choraliers, a chorus- in-residence at Morehouse College. This diverse group of both professional and amateur singers is committed to offering cultural enrichment for their local community and throughout the nation. Contents: My Lord's Gettin' Us Ready for That Great Day, Come By Here, My Lord, Would You Be Ready?, Psalm 117, A Little Talk with Jesus Makes it Right, John Was a Writer, I'm Buildin' Me a Home, Rock-a My Soul, Low Down, Chariot, Psalm 150, I Done Done What You Told Me to Do, Hold On!, Travelin' Shoes, Go Where I Send Thee, We Shall Overcome, Bonus: Deep River.

SKU: GI.G-8574

UPC: 785147857402. English. Text source: Spiritual.

Choirs of all shapes and sizes will love singing this a cappella spiritual. The modulation into the third verse creates a surge of excitement into the final declaration, “Christians will be shoutin’ on that great day!” This rousing arrangement is sure to inspire your congregation and bring them to their feet.  .