MY GOD IS A ROCK arr Gibbs SATB divisi, unaccompanied WJMS1155 MY GOD IS A ROCK SATB divisi ith To Treble Trios JOMICHAEL SCHEIBE Choral Series Committed to Musical & Educational Excellence Arranged by Stacey V Gibbs A DIVISION O GIA PBLICATIONS, INC altonmusiccom
My God Is a Rock My God is a rock in a eary land, a shelter in the time o Stop, let me tell you bout chapter one, hen the Lord God s ork had ust begun, Stop, let me tell you bout chapter to, hen the Lord God preached the Bible through, Stop, let me tell you bout chapter three, hen the Lord God died on Calvary, Stop, let me tell you bout chapter our, hen the Lord God alked among the poor, Stop, let me tell you bout chapter ive, hen the Lord God brought the dead alive, Stop, let me tell you bout chapter six, in Jerusalem he healed the sick, Stop, let me tell you bout chapter seven, hen the Lord God rose and ent to heaven, Stop, let me tell you bout chapter eight, hen the Lord God stood at the pearly gates, Stop, let me tell you,bout chapter nine, hen the Lord God turned the ater to ine, Stop, let me tell you bout chapter ten, hen John sa the Lord coming back again, Stop let me tell you bout chapter eleven, hen God shoed onders in the heavens, Stop, let me tell you bout chapter telve God sent Satan straight to hell! Traditional Spiritual About the Composer Stacey V Gibbs matriculated at Kentucky State niversity here he served as student conductor He has been in management or over eighteen years hile also conducting choral clinics o the spirituals His orks have been perormed by the nited States Air orce Sergeant Singers, Stellenbosch niversity Choir o Arica, The Aeolians o Oakood niversity, Mt San Antonio Chamber Singers, the niversity o Southern Caliornia Chamber Singers, and many other college, university, and high school choral ensembles both domestically and internationally Stacey s music has been perormed at allstate estivals, National Association or Music Education, and regional and national American Choral Directors Association conerences His music as listed on JW Pepper s 2010 Editor s Choice list Didn t It Rain: The Spirituals o Stacey V Gibbs as released in 2012, recorded by The Sunday Night Singers o Caliornia Stacey conducted renoned artist Simon Estes & the Wartburg Choir perorming He s Got the Whole World in His Hands in January 201 This setting as perormed at the 57th Inaugural Service or President Barack Obama No Let Me ly ill be eatured by the Texas AllState Women s Chorus in 2015 Duration: Approx 5:45
or the niversity o Arkansas Inspirational Chorale, Dr Jerey Murdock, conductor My God Is a Rock Traditional Spiritual Arranged by STACEY V GIBBS (b 1964) * Treble Trio 1 * Treble Trio 2 & & Steadily ( q» 76 ) 4 4 Ó P P in a eary land, ea ry, r r God is a rock hmm oh, 4 & & ea ry, eary land yes My Ó r oh Lord, God, he is a rock in a my Lord, he's a eary land, he's a 7 & p & shelter in shelter in the time o the time o a a shelter in shelter in the time o the time o Ó My * trio or small ensemble Copyright 2017 by Walton Music Corporation A Division o GIA Publications, Inc altonmusiccom International Copyright Secured Made in SA All rights reserved
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