Framed as a letter from a teacher to her young students, this text is brimming with descriptive phrases and inspirational thoughts. The musical setting partners the youthful exuberance of the text with

This exciting spiritual, with accompaniment for high, medium, and low conga drums, is an unusually appealing number suitable for a wide variety of uses, from smaller choirs to massed choir

This dance-like Brazilian folk song arrangement utilizes layered choral lines in an authentic setting that features a percussion part written for pandeiro, a Brazilian frame drum with jingles