JW Pepper:  You have to hear it to believe it. The American Guild of Organists commissioned this beloved spiritual to be arranged with organ accompaniment. Who else but Rosephanye Powell understands both mediums well enough to make them merge into such a pleasing and powerful expression?

Composer Notes:  The staccato quarter note pattern heard in the organ pedal begun in measure 23, represents the slave’s journey. Beginning at measure 42, the composer has the tenor/bass voices sing the melody of the verses for the spiritual Go Down, Moses.  In measures 45-46, 49-50, and 53-54, the organ is heard sounding the melodic refrain of the spiritual Wade in the Water.  From mm 61-65, the organ is featured with melodic licks imitative of the improvised Hammond organ solos heard in many black churches.

Church choirs will find it most appealing, but schools with access to an organ will also enjoy it.

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