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NATS Hall Johnson Spirituals Competition Repertoire
Description
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Held every two years as part of the NATS National Conference
From the sponsor: The purpose of this competition is to restore authenticity to the performance of the classically-arranged Spiritual, one of America’s unique contributions to world culture. Characteristics of Gospel and Jazz, styles that developed later but are far more popular and ubiquitous, have so corrupted Spiritual performance that authentic practice is in danger of being lost. The competition seeks further to promote the truth that Spirituals, like Art Songs, can be successfully performed by all people, not only by the African Americans who created them, and require only the same study that one devotes to any art song or aria. The competition wishes to encourage high excellence in the performance of this genre, and to this end, the Hall Johnson Collection at Rowan University will provide a cash award of $2000 for the best performance of a Hall Johnson Spiritual at the biennial national convention from 2016–2036.
Official Repertoire
The official selections for this competition are listed below and are available in these sources:
1. Carl Fischer Hall Johnson Collection
http://www.amazon.com/The-Hall-Johnson-Collect…/…/0825849640
(Note that additional selections are included in this collection that are not eligible for this competition) - (CF)
2. Hal Leonard Digital Series – Hall Johnson Concert Spirituals
http://www.sheetmusicdirect.us/search/search.action…|&page=1
(Note that each selection is available in two keys) - (HL)
Repertoire List*
Ain’t Got Time to Die - HL
City Called Heaven - HL
Crucifixion - CF
Ev’ry Time I Feel de Spirit - HL
Fix Me, Jesus - HL
Give Me Jesus - CF
His Name So Sweet - CF
Honor! Honor! - CF
I Been in de Storm So Long - HL
I Got To Lie Down - CF
I’m Gon’ter Tell God All o’ my Troubles - CF
Le’s Have a Union - HL
My God is So High - HL
My Good Lord Done Been Here - CF
Oh, Glory! - CF
Po’ Mo’ner Got a Home at Las’ - HL
Ride On, King Jesus!- CF
Roll Jerd’n, Roll - HL
Take My Mother Home - CF
Wade in de Water - HL
Witness - CF
Eligibility
All interested performers will apply for this category as part of regional student auditions with the top five regional singers advancing to the NSA rounds as with all other categories. For regions without regional auditions an at-large online category will be made available. Chapters are also eligible and encouraged to add this competition to chapter auditions. Where applicable Chapter auditions serve as qualifying rounds for advancement into region auditions.
Musical Track
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RSCS Track No.
Track number assigned in "Recorded Solo Concert Spirituals"
4001
Vocalist
Primary singer of track
Duncan, Todd
Voice Type
Baritone
Vocalist's Bio
Biographies available on the site, Afrocentric Voices in "Classical" Music (www.afrovoices.com)
http://afrovoices.com/todd-duncan-biography/
Composer
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Composer not identified
Composer Discerned As
Johnson, Hall
Uniform Title
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Roll Jordan Roll
Album Title
Title of album/compilation
Spirituals
Publisher/Distributor Name & Number
Royale 1810
Date
Release/publication year
[1950]
Format
Physical or streaming format of recording
LP
Dublin Core
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ANS1765
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Roll, Jord'n Roll
Creator
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Duncan, Todd
OT - Joshua
Progress
Resistance