WSSU Choir - Lift Every Voice and Sing

WSSU Choir - Lift Every Voice and Sing - arr. Roland M. Carter

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Winston-Salem State University Choir, Alumni Choir and Friends
'Stony the Road We Trod...Lifting Our Voices'
Celebrating the music of Dr. Roland M. Carter
Dr. Roland M. Carter, conductor
Maestra D’Walla Simmons-Burke, conductor
Dr. Myron Brown, accompanist
First Baptist Church, Winston-Salem, NC
3/26/17
Video by Mark Manring - www.manring.net
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@ddjjj33 4 жыл бұрын

This is the best articulation of this arrangement I have ever heard. Such wonderful restraint and musicality. Also, the pianist deals beautifully with this very demanding piece while following the conductor.

@dvaestrodsb 3 жыл бұрын

Thank you!

@cheriekimbrough6474 2 жыл бұрын

It truly is.

@pages10001 Жыл бұрын

He comes from the best high school in the country howard high school Chattanooga Tennessee

@kayoanderson9132 Жыл бұрын

A notoriously tough piece to play! I agree! Every one of u can relate. There is one measure I know they want back, but music is beautiful in its imperfection!

@khigrant1983 Жыл бұрын

Then you have not heard the Aeolians... (not taking away from what this wonderful choir has done)

@gradyebryant 3 жыл бұрын

I had the pleasure of playing a violin selection with Dr. Roland Carter during my days at Hampton University. He's phenomenal!

@luvmuzik6161 Жыл бұрын

A forever icon at our Home By The Sea- Hampton (Institute) University!💙💙

@barbarradevlin9111 6 ай бұрын

I was thinking of this song for no reason this morning while making some oatmeal. It just popped in my head from my memories. I see a lot of comments here talking about this song being the Black National Anthem. I personally think it should be THE US National Anthem. Every knows that the Star Spangled Banner is too complicated for even most singers to perform, let alone a crowd of citizens. I also love this song as it talks about unity and hope, which is what our nation is about. I remember learning this song in my middle school choir. It always has been and always will be one of my favorites that I had learned in choir.

@ladytiedi 4 жыл бұрын

Not only goosebumps from this beautiful choir but so loved watching Dr. Carter's conducting...such a joy

@AhbaYah5 3 жыл бұрын

Dr. Carter is the conductor I can only hope to be one day

@dvaestrodsb 3 жыл бұрын

Thank you Lady Tie De!

@dvaestrodsb 3 жыл бұрын

@@AhbaYah5, I agree with you! He's been a model conductor for so many of us for years!

@susandibiase9250 3 жыл бұрын

This is an amazingly beautiful and stirring arrangement! I didn’t realize, until I watched an interview with Dr. Carter, that he was not only the conductor, but also the choral music arranger and a long-serving member of the NAACP. Congratulations to all who sang in this wonderful choir!

@user-cn9gq6bb9t Жыл бұрын

Susan Di Biase Yes, Susan. Dr. Carter is indeed a musical genius. Having been a member and Second Soprano in of the Hampton Institute Concert Choir, which toured Scandinavia in June 1970, I was honored to have face-to-face contact and

@martinichanel 4 жыл бұрын

God of our Weary years, God of our silent tears.....My Lord. That verse brings tears to my eyes cause we are still enduring. I loves singing this in Concert Choir and can still sing my 2nd Soprano part. Thank you Dr. Roland Carter for this arrangement❤.

@blazeh6817 3 жыл бұрын

I miss in person choir so much. This strikes into my core

@mimijamison1436 6 жыл бұрын

So proud to say I was a member of this choir for years! I miss singing this beautiful music!!! Brings me to tears. Bravo!!!!! #wssu

@TracieAce 4 жыл бұрын

Mimi Jamison me too!! Hearing them singing that song made me so proud. I remember when we use to sing it. #WSSU out of all the songs that was my favorite.

@smileducoeur2796 4 жыл бұрын

I was singing too ♥️ when i was 18 yrs and m'y teacher was si disappointed and told me regretting that i left...and thé country,hé enjoyed m'y strong VOICE,strange for me as i never liked m'y voice.✌️♥️😍🥰🌈🌞

@ampmri2434 4 жыл бұрын

Brings me to tears too. Well done.

@dvaestrodsb 3 жыл бұрын

@@TracieAce and @Mimi Jamison, miss you BOTH!

@ladynaa3782 7 ай бұрын

I am still clapping for them🎉🎉🎉🎉🎉

@LW-eg7ln 4 ай бұрын

This was SOOOO much better than the version we saw on the Super Bowl last night.

@geniemedford9200 4 ай бұрын

I agree!

@unecstacy9698 4 ай бұрын

Anthems = Great Sport = Great Anthems in Sport = Somehow always shit

@imaniadegbuyi1833 2 күн бұрын

Dr. Carter is such a legend 🙌🏾

@geraldjones3227 3 жыл бұрын

Early 80's Hampton all over again. Thanks for the memories Dr. Carter and D'Walla!! #HIU

@louislark4506 4 жыл бұрын

Wow....I am learning the lyrics in its entirety. I think every Black American should know all of the verses and lyrics/ melody of our Black National Anthem.

@smileducoeur2796 4 жыл бұрын

I have to learn it tooo.....i don't Know thé song but you feel liké in heaven ✌️♥️😍🌞🔥

@chasemorantz6228 4 жыл бұрын

Some Black Americans already know the lyrics. Thanks

@susandibiase9250 3 жыл бұрын

It’s a beautiful hymn and anthem. I hope all Americans will be inspired to learn it. My favorite is the third verse. I appreciate that Dr. Carter included all three verses, because the lyrics really do tell a story.

@SuperGabetendo777 2 жыл бұрын

I'm so thankful that my school choirs during my youth made us learn the song. I'm 18 years old, and the lyrics stand right by my heart.

@mr.walston732 4 ай бұрын

"Facing the rising sun ... let us march on 'til victory is won" #TilEarthAndHeavenRing LIFT - raise to a higher position or level, hoist, heave haul up, heft, elevate EVERY - each one (of the class specified), without exception VOICE - the sound produced in a person's larynx and uttered through the mouth, as speech or song

@lrufusmusica 3 жыл бұрын

This particular performance is by far the best I've heard of this stirring Roland Carter arrangement. I especially love the accapella portion. Absolutely outstanding!!

@6828tom 4 жыл бұрын

As a white, Christian male, I don't understand why there are so may dislikes. What is there to dislike? There is no white or black or red or yellow God. There is but one God for each and every person on this planet. God sees the human heart and all hearts are the same color. That thin layer of pigment does not elevate or diminish your worth as a child of God.

@jready1455 3 жыл бұрын

People are not disliking it because of the song but how its being labeled the "black national anthem" and being used to divide us.

@alia.1041 3 жыл бұрын

@@jready1455 the "black national anthem" thing is just a nickname, seeing as it's a well known black spiritual.

@susandibiase9250 3 жыл бұрын

Also, the nickname is 100 years old already! It was adopted by the NAACP in 1920.

@MaggyShannon Күн бұрын

@@jready1455. Here are the lyrics. When you read them I'm sure you will agree that it is about remembering the difficult past and building a better future. While in context it alludes to specific trials endured by Black folks, all Americans can sing it as a commitment to the hard work of living up to our noblest ideals. In order to form that more perfect Union, y'see. Lift every voice and sing Till earth and heaven ring, Ring with the harmonies of Liberty; Let our rejoicing rise High as the listening skies, Let it resound loud as the rolling sea. Sing a song full of the faith that the dark past has taught us, Sing a song full of the hope that the present has brought us. Facing the rising sun of our new day begun, Let us march on till victory is won. Stony the road we trod, Bitter the chastening rod, Felt in the days when hope unborn had died; Yet with a steady beat, Have not our weary feet Come to the place for which our fathers sighed? We have come over a way that with tears has been watered, We have come, treading our path through the blood of the slaughtered, Out from the gloomy past, Till now we stand at last Where the white gleam of our bright star is cast. God of our weary years, God of our silent tears, Thou who hast brought us thus far on the way; Thou who hast by Thy might Led us into the light, Keep us forever in the path, we pray. Lest our feet stray from the places, our God, where we met Thee, Lest, our hearts drunk with the wine of the world, we forget Thee; Shadowed beneath Thy hand, May we forever stand. True to our God, True to our native land.

@MariaBareiss Жыл бұрын

We did this version in the choir at my congregation, and it's challenging, but the VERY BEST arrangement, in my opinion.

@Learning.the.basics Жыл бұрын

So happy to have stumbled on Dr.Carter conducting ❤ he’s the main reason I kept singing throughout university.

@hollistoal9395 Жыл бұрын

It makes me weep for the sheer glory of it ALL !

@joannmcnear9246 3 жыл бұрын

I miss my High School Choir days. I graduated in 1963 and sang in the acapella choir and the special group called the magicals. I was the first black to lead a song, which was Sometimes I Feel Like A Motherless Child. This redition of Lift Every Voice was just spectacular!!

@babe9293 5 жыл бұрын

Roland Carter's arrangement is pure genious!!!

@ampmri2434 4 жыл бұрын

Yes. Pure soul-stirring genius.

@louislark4506 4 жыл бұрын

What a splendid musical and vocal opus: love this arrangement, harmonies, melodies, tempo! One of the best arrangement of " Lift Every Voice And Sing!"

@bburnsga Жыл бұрын

Beautifully done. I just love watching the conductor, Dr. Carter -- such joy in his face!

@jimbrown8818 5 жыл бұрын

We sang this last Sunday and it's been ringing in my head all week. So grateful it's in the United Methodist Hymnal.

@markworth2169 4 жыл бұрын

Grateful it's also in the Unitarian Universalist hymnal, Singing the Living Tradition.

@MariaBareiss Жыл бұрын

@@markworth2169 Hey! I was going to say this! 💜

@user-gk9yd6gk6n 4 ай бұрын

So Beautiful... Thank You!

@argon805 3 жыл бұрын

Its so pretty you can't even sing along with it, you just gotta stop in your tracks and listen! Heavenly!

@zephanieflippin9206 3 жыл бұрын

AGREED! SO OVERWHELMED WITH THE BEAUTY OF IT!!

@evifnoskcaj Жыл бұрын

Thank you for sharing this! The arranger himself conducting this is so very special, and this is performed incredibly well and conducted with such spirit! This is deserving of historical preservation. ❤️

@olarotimiponder 3 ай бұрын

Whew the tears in my eyes!

@archillesification 2 жыл бұрын

Thanks Dr.Carter

@s.a.m.presents3895 4 жыл бұрын

That was SPECTACULAR! Happy Juneteenth 2020

@CWJKAJchicago 4 жыл бұрын

Absolutely the best performance of Roland Carter's arrangement I've ever heard!!!

@wphubert 4 жыл бұрын

Glorious arrangement of a very inspiring anthem. Let us remember we are all one in the sight of God!

@pamelajohnson834 11 ай бұрын

Heavenly beautiful. What a choir master; what a choir!!!

@KellieAlston 3 жыл бұрын

I loved being in the WSSU choir so much! Nothing but good memories.💖 I remember opening our concerts with Lift Every Voice and Sing. I got chills listening to this. Whew.

@philjulien6882 4 жыл бұрын

I got goosebumps listening to this rendition. I've never gotten goosebumps!!!!

@edhunley 4 жыл бұрын

What a moving performance. Dr. Roland Carter is indeed an exceptional person. I was privileged to see him at a concert in Chattanooga, TN. The pianist was very impressive as well.

@smileducoeur2796 4 жыл бұрын

Thé pianiste very impressive and emotionally involved👍✌️♥️

@ampmri2434 6 жыл бұрын

The most beautiful I've ever heard this anthem. I'm so filled with joy.

@dvaestrodsb 3 жыл бұрын

Thank you!

@lashenegreatestvoiceofhere4342 2 жыл бұрын

God Bless Alma Mater for my Mother,,My Elementary Teachers,, a many of my cousins and my sister. You cannot beat HBCU Schools. This is where we should send our monies. Praised!

@marzillabryson6370 4 жыл бұрын

I sang this in a choir in a Juneteenth program and several times since. It's wonderful.

@meredithalexander3849 Жыл бұрын

Wow. Just wow. To have heard this performance in person would have been unbelievable!! The talent of these performers is a perfect match for this moving arrangement of this powerful hymn. Thank you for this gift and for sharing it with all of us.

@dvaestrodsb Жыл бұрын

Thank you so very much Meredith!

@calisouthqueen 4 жыл бұрын

This reminds me of when I was in concert choir at Lincoln University, PA. I Remember my choir director, Dr. Garcia having so much pride when directing this song! Same arrangement... I was second soprano...... I miss those days. This video brought tears to my eyes. Very well done!

@ehercj 4 жыл бұрын

I sang this as a soprano in High School as well. Always brings me to tears. Such a beautiful rendition.

@theresamcbride9066 2 жыл бұрын

I love it 💖 👐🏿🥰 all PRAISE TMH GOD!! SELAH ❣ AMEN 😊

@karlawakeen2269 3 жыл бұрын

Goosebumps....Amazing!!

@claudettedavid3494 2 жыл бұрын

This is a beautiful selection. The ensemble was very well put together. What a great concert.

@iamher00 6 ай бұрын

This was an absolutely beautiful performance ❤❤ The director did a phenomenal job!

@yacoabreu9 3 ай бұрын

There is absolutely no questioning what type of voices these are. It doesn't take gospel style music to hear it.

@jenniferdelice4302 2 жыл бұрын

I just can't get enough of this heartfelt anthem, that depicts the struggle of our ancestors. So elegantly done.

@thiago140893 6 жыл бұрын

Beautiful how the musicians stood up as soon as they realized it was the black national anthem showing respect.

@Con4dentual 5 жыл бұрын

Smile n a hug

@karenmcgee1869 4 жыл бұрын

Great observation!

@karenmcgee1869 4 жыл бұрын

@@Con4dentual sweet!

@jcobbs4523 4 жыл бұрын

A better observation would be that the lady upfront told them to stand. As musicians at the VERY worst, they would've recognized the song by 0:27. By then, the audience was already standing. She motioned for them to stand around 0:40. You can see the lady who came in for the "bow" at the end just right of the maestro.

@grantoros2960 4 жыл бұрын

wow. I am learning so much. You are absolutely right.

@tipofday 4 жыл бұрын

This is truly the BEST rendition I've heard to date!! Beautiful!!

@you2candoit 4 жыл бұрын

Now that’s the way you direct and sing!

@charleswillis3984 Ай бұрын

OUTSTANDING!

@laurenbettis1445 Жыл бұрын

I remember singing this version, my heart 🥺🥰

@CharlieMClint 4 жыл бұрын

I began crying the minute the music started. Moving! Wonderful!

@edwconr 4 жыл бұрын

Thanks. Excellent on so many levels.

@DodgerOfZion 3 жыл бұрын

Listening on Juneteenth, 2021. Magnificent.

@bdirnbac Жыл бұрын

Brilliant! 💪🏾 👏🏼 ✊🏽 💙

@shadg3906 6 жыл бұрын

I miss singing this song!!!!!

@MrJoeylj 4 жыл бұрын

Agree with you it was taken out my school in 95. Then in 7 grade I have not heard it since. Sad a lot of people didn't even know we had an anthem.

@davidnipper78 Ай бұрын

Beautiful.

@ongardenbythebay 2 ай бұрын

Glorious!

@Biglover29 9 ай бұрын

Wow, what an amazing choir and performance!

@jerrydortch6916 5 жыл бұрын

I don't know when I have seen Roland Carter last....- perhaps the Hampton Minister's Conference. So good to see him and hear this wonderful choir!

@garrettmccloskey274 4 жыл бұрын

we should bring back this banger

@ingerjohannefosheim2485 2 жыл бұрын

Thank you for this beautiful song, in these days a great comfort.

@stevenguthrie2675 4 жыл бұрын

What a powerful presentation! Thank you!

@smileducoeur2796 4 жыл бұрын

Magnifique,thé respect of eachother LOVE you Can feel and thé gentleman proud of his musicians and honoring thé lady AT thé end...si much humanité and respect with thé message of God,thank you ♥️⭐✨

@joie8422 4 жыл бұрын

This is beautiful, absolutely wonderful! I haven't seen many choral arrangements of the full poem, normally it's just the first stanza for the national anthem. This was beautiful, thank you for this!

@almagracielamorelos5378 4 жыл бұрын

Flawless. Beautiful!

@kathycherry5306 Жыл бұрын

Wonderful!!!

@tomg1247 2 жыл бұрын

When Dr. Carter starts the congregational singing that great voice of his rings out. I wanted to hear him to keep singing this great anthem with all the enthusiasm, grace and inspiration of his conducting. What a gifted soul!

@gayefrancis902 Жыл бұрын

This is beautiful

@immasoxfanbaby Жыл бұрын

An American ancestors masterpiece collection

@Joyce-lf1lb 4 ай бұрын

Beautifully done❤

@leslieortenzi8875 Жыл бұрын

GLORIOUS!

@you2candoit 4 жыл бұрын

Sing People!! Those sopranos! WOW!!

@DarlingtonUMCMediaMinistry 4 жыл бұрын

Thank you for this gift of song! You moved our hearts this day

@starchild5518 Жыл бұрын

This musical genius my God..

@mwt3656 2 жыл бұрын

Words cannot express the Lord's spirit that filled each note. God bless you all for sharing such a strong and determined message not to mention the testimony that you bore.

@TedTrembinski 4 жыл бұрын

So beautiful. Such energy and passion! What a gift! Thank you for posting!!

@cathyleeziemba3508 Жыл бұрын

Have sung this piece with my church choir and I love it! Gives me goosebumps every time!

@yokoladyiam Жыл бұрын

This made me cry...jusy beautiful

@NYWF1939 Жыл бұрын

I dream of the day that the so-called Star-Spangled Banner is REPLACED with This moving song as our nation's National Hymn!

@lesliehunter1340 2 жыл бұрын

What can I say??? He NAILED it!

@victoriafoster9202 2 жыл бұрын

That was awesome!!

@blakebramley9171 2 жыл бұрын

Honored to have been conducted by this man at LMEA all-state choir

@emmanuelegote 3 жыл бұрын

*OMG! Best I've heard so far. ❤️*

@dvaestrodsb 3 жыл бұрын

Thank you Emmanuel!

@davidmennicke3045 4 жыл бұрын

What marvelous singing to support this deeply meaningful song--thank you for sharing this and lifting us up in this difficult time. May we live up to its message.