22. Rockin' Jerusalem - arr. Stacey V. Gibbs

Rockin' Jerusalem - arr. Stacey V. Gibbs
Winston-Salem State University Singing Rams
12/7/14
Recorded live at Kenneth R. Williams Auditorium
Winston-Salem State University
Winston-Salem, NC
Video and audio by Mark Manring Recording, Inc.
www.manring.net

[@PlasmaSchwimp]

That's a high D at the end.........and she hit the note straight out of nowhere. Amazing

[@lexishutchinson7938]

Katherine H. Li Definitely amazing! I was driving when I heard it and almost flipped out.

[@jeremiahmathews1650]

Yes. A very nice climatic ending!

[@curlyheadedk.471]

It looked like it hurt tho😂

[@Jake-nk4wg]

@@curlyheadedk.471 Looked and sounded natural to me; great sopranos including the entire choir. :)

[@tholloway81]

GOOSEBUMPS ending. wow

[@TheeLight111]

But wait!!!!! 😱😱😱🎶👀...I wasn't expecting that at the end!!!! Blew my shoes off threw the window!!! Broke the glass and everything!!! 🎶🎶🎶😱😱😍😍😘😘

[@susanflakes6968]

Wow!

[@dennisdeemii]

This was a revelation! What an ending! Top rate choir.

[@thepostnihilist]

They sound like a professional choir on an album. Perfect.

[@lyayukajanice]

Their rendition gives me inner peace!!!!!

[@don1carter]

OMG! That ending was one for the record books. Bravo!

[@pacificodelnorte6628]

In a lifetime ago, I was in a choir that would occasionally sing some of these types of spirituals. But I've never sung this one before. So let me tell you, I wasn't ready for the ending of this piece. I wasn't ready. Were you? 😄😮 Absolutely wonderful!🙌🏽👏🏽

[@susanflakes6968]

Welcome Winston-Salem U Singing Rams! Blessings!

[@markellcox469]

I just watched the ending of this like 10 times in a row😭👏🏾

[@Jake-nk4wg]

I did too!!! Had to find out who the soprano(s) were singing that last note.

[@mara_veena]

MY SOUL WAS JUST SNATCHED OMG

[@clop4950]

MY JAW DROPPED OMG

[@alwilliams4708]

I do believe my bones are moving ... This was awesome. Have to say those closing notes were everything ... Loved it...

[@ryanlewis4194]

Good LORD THE END 😱😱😱😱😱😱😱😱🤐❤️❤️❤️❤️🎶🎶🎶🎶💥

[@waltersykes9269]

Yall are wrong for killing that last part like that.. Omg that was Great!!!! I literally love every part of it.

[@catalinajackson9804]

I always come back to this … it’s amazing

[@carlosvalencia2763]

A bop for days

[@wesgriffin6081]

outstianding !!! gave me LIFE !!

[@cathybeaupre2543]

What a thrill!! Played this 10 times in a row--each time got me straight in the heart and down to my bones. Your ending is sensational, gave me chill bumps and found myself applauding as if I were right there in the audience! WOW!!! Cain't get enough.

[@debbieastle7950]

OMG! That last measure!! Brava Ladies!!

[@lyayukajanice]

That ending🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥

[@dvaestrodsb]

Thank you ALL!

[@lyayukajanice]

This is so beautiful. I have been replaying this!!!!

[@ShelviieMusic]

Sing!!! Yes.

[@makalacrawford4271]

My school!!

[@makalacrawford4271]

Always a ram!

[@Jwookie5]

SAAAAAAAAAAAAANG

[@fjmichael461]

awesome performance

[@jovanathan]

YAAAAAAAAAAAAAASSSSSSSSSSS

[@zacharylavender1568]

Very nice arrangement...and great execution!

[@fjmichael461]

awesome rendition, love it

[@jerryg6230]

That was great. And the quality of your video is also marvelous

[@mbutler1991]

Awesome!!!

[@alannabors]

We did this in high school, I miss it already 😞😞😭

[@pluto.g_]

right we do it now

[@markherron1407]

Mahalia Jackson brought me here! Happy Thanksgiving and Merry Christmas ⛄🎄 Go HUG someone today IF they're been vaccinated or not 🚫 Greet all the Christians there with a Holy EMBRACE 1 Thessalonians 5:26 Blessings and Hugs 💖💕💕💕💕💕💕💕💕💕💕💕💕💕💕💕💕💕💕💕💕💕💕💕💕💕💕!

[@damitahodges5577]

Splendid!!!

[@leodavis5874]

Always rendering an superb performance....

[@j.allenmurdock7642]

+Leo Davis You know I'm planning for Christmas!!!

[@kuhreemalee]

Those Bases!!

[@dvaestrodsb]

There was only 1 bass!

[@play3r.wav.]

I counted three

[@anthonykirkendhall4344]

WOW!!!!!

[@vyrianmusik6623]

That note at the end.......omg...my school's choir is performing this song for LGPE and I can only think of one person in our choir who can hit that note. It gives me goosebumps EVERYTIME I hear the note. Great job on the choir! I can't really complain on what might be bad because I'm not trained enough to know. Lol. Superior work!

[@KenHatley]

Awesome ! Reminds me of the Bulgarian Acapella Choir Donna and I got to hear LUc

[@crsmith2]

Beautifully done! Congrats!!

[@lyayukajanice]

I hop all the choristers on this stage a long life full of music. My heart is so full ever since I heard this yesterday

[@kennethlane9512]

I love you winston salem i'am a descendant of jerusalem the star in the east is me of this generation i need a wife

[@wes9825]

3:10

[@ebolainfluenza]

Bass, Soprano, and Alto are rockin' it! Tenors need to sound like men, not children! Those overtones on the last few notes are *amazing*!

[@starchild5518]

Was the ending in the original arrangement or did you add it? I can’t find anyone else who did that at the end

[@cyclonekid97]

StarChild Maestra Simmons-Burke is a close friend of Stacey Gibbs - she arranged the ending with the permission of the composer. :)

[@starchild5518]

Matthew Joyner Well I’m glad they put their own spin on it!

[@abimaelyisrael858]

How many parts were in this song?

[@katiearnone4596]

8

[@GeaMusic]

can send to me a pdf file, for conduct it?

[@thelifeofyusef]

10

[@ethicfan7252]

Cultural difference make this song difficult for me to understand... could anyone tell me who's Mary &. Martha? what's the relationship between them and the ringing in jerusalem? and what's the song describing???

[@kilochambers4344]

At the end you hear the sopranos singing New Jerusalem repeatedly, the song may have something to do with the end of times "I hear archangels rocking Jerusalem, I hear archangels ring dem bells..." Yet again I dont know for sure. It may something to do with the birth of Jesus when the archangel Gabriel told Mary she would conceive in her womb and bring forth a son

[@christopherwarren3501]

Great arrangement but posture is also a great key to performing.

[@TonyGiannamore]

Very nasally tenors and baritones, try helping them darken their tones, especially on the melody. Basses are great, and the women are superb. Great performance

[@alanaverett9602]

Its black music, its the style

[@christopherhawley8835]

Tony Giannamore they are not nasally, that's his singing voice.

[@christopherhawley8835]

Alan Averett and who said black music is nasally and that we like it like that? His voice is like that and it's not nasal. As an alum of the choir tenors don't all sound that way. His voice just stands out. But it's not nasally.

[@donovangriffith5440]

Teach, Hawley! Everyone is entitled to their preference. However, we have different colors and textures of voices in our choir and we like to accentuate that. We are a teaching choir. Therefore, we sing songs of a variety of cultures and styles that will not all sound the same. In some demonstrations, more back resonance is used, as you seem to prefer, than front and vice versa. That's why vocalists have equalizers.

[@ashtonmckenzie2797]

Usually tenors place their mix with a bit of nasal. I think it suits the range of this piece.