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Civil Rights
Dear Choralisters,
Thank you so much for your generous suggestions. Several people suggested adding slides, video clips, narration, and poetry to a concert on a the theme of the Civil Rights Movement. Allen Simon pointed out that there is a helpful resource on Choralnet,org>repertoire> concert themes> Human Rights. Here are other suggestions: I Have A Dream Greg Amerind Back of the Bus arr. DeCormier? Lawson Gould Lift Every Voice and Sing Songs of the Slave Kirke Mechem G. Schirmer ED-3944 Prager Te Deum 1989 Petr Eben Schott, ED-7804-01 His Light Still Shines Moses Hogan (grouping of spirituals and narration) People get ready The 21st Century (A Girl Born in Afganistan) Greg Bartholomew (a setting of Kofi Annan's Nobel Peace Prize lecture) www.gregbartholomew.com Burke and Bagley Daddy King Ben Allaway Freedom Come: Inside These Walls Ben Allaway >From this House Ben Allaway Precious Lord Roy Ringwald, ed. Music arranged and recorded by Bernice Johnson Reagon (Sweet Honey and the Rock), transcribed by Catherine Roma, Director of Muse (Cincinatti). www.musechoir.org Ella's Song Bernice Johnson Reagon in Continuum: The First Songbook of Sweet Honey and the Rock http://www.a-cappella.com We shall overcome I woke up this morning with my mind stayed on freedom Oh, Freedom Henry Leck series MLK Bono-U(a)arr. By Bob Chilcott I dream a world Conrad Susa Thank you again! Frances Slade Music Director Princeton Pro Musica ffslade(a)earthlink.net
on July 14, 2006 10:00pm
MARTIN LUTHER KING, JR. (unison voices/piano) was written for Martin Luther King Day, in honor of a leader of peace. Because he was a black man, the |
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Song for Everyone by Steve Heitzeg from his Nobel Symphony. Set to text by Archbishop Desmond Tutu. Gorgeous, moving, not hard to put together. Check out his website at www.steveheitzeg.com.
I also really love "Hope for Resolution" arranged by Paul Caldwell and Sean Ivory, available from earthsongs. A combination "Of the father's love begotten" and a South African freedom song, it effectively blends two very different cultural styles, making a musical statement that is more powerful than text alone.
I have also used Andre Thomas "I Dream a World" very effectively. I would also check out Rosephanye Powell's "I Dream a World" which is beautiful, but needs a pretty capable choir and pianist to manage.