CBA Ode to Joy

Program Notes

Deep River Anonymous Arranged by Roy Ringwald (1910 - 1995)

Deep river, my home is over Jordan, Deep river, Lord, I want to cross over into campgroun’. Oh, don’t you want to go to that gospel feast,

That promised land where all is peace? Oh, Deep river, Lord, I want to cross over into campgroun’.

Choir directors rate Roy Ringwald as one of the most accomplished arrangers of modern times. His four-voice part arrangement of the Battle Hymn of the Republic had sold one million copies by 1962 and continues to be popular today. The American music publishing and distributing company Hal Leonard offers 49 Ringwald arrangements. –Program Note by Miriam B. Scott

CBA Chorus at Old State Capitol in Springfield, February 16, 2013

34 ODE TO JOY