A Great Day In Gloryland: SAB Choral Octavo
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A Great Day In Gloryland: SAB Choral Octavo

Arranged by Patti Drennan

Item: 35-DS00427832
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Publisher: Hal Leonard
Page Count: 10
SKU: 35-DS00427832

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About the Arranger: Patti Drennan

Patti Drennan

Patti Drennan's career spans three decades of choral leadership in Oklahoma public schools, where she built four consistently superior-rated ensembles and earned the Oklahoma Choral Directors Association's Director of Distinction Award in 2004. Her transition from full-time teaching to composing and arranging has yielded over 425 published octavos and more than two million copies in circulation, establishing her as a prolific voice in sacred and secular choral music.

Beyond publication, Drennan remains deeply engaged in the choral community as a clinician, workshop presenter, and adjudicator across the South and Midwest. Her work has been performed at Carnegie Hall, and she continues to collaborate with publishers on music reading sessions while leading composer weekends for churches nationwide. She balances this active professional life with performances alongside her daughter, a musical theater performer in New York, and recordings with RoxSteady Music.

Why we love this

Drennan brings decades of classroom experience to this arrangement, understanding exactly what makes a sacred piece both musically satisfying and singable across ability levels. SAB voicing from an arranger of her stature means you're getting sophisticated harmonic thinking without sacrificing accessibility, a balance many church and school choirs struggle to find in sacred repertoire.

What to expect

Joyful and reflective by turns, this arrangement captures the brightness of its title while offering harmonic depth that holds listeners' attention. The SAB scoring creates warmth and intimacy without the density of full SATB writing, giving each voice room to breathe.

Who it's for

School choirs working with limited male voices, church choirs blending accessibility with genuine musical substance, and directors seeking sacred repertoire that respects singers' musicianship while remaining performance-ready relatively quickly.

How to get the most out of it

  • Let the text drive the phrasing rather than forcing uniform phrase lengths across all three parts. Drennan's arrangements reward singers who listen to natural speech rhythms.
  • Balance the sopranos and altos carefully in unison passages so the line feels unified rather than split. Mark cue notes lightly in rehearsal to ensure both parts arrive at the same dynamic level.
  • Record a piano or organ accompaniment to practice separately by section. The 10-page length suggests substantial material worth solid part mastery before full ensemble rehearsal.

How to use it

This works as a strong opening number for a sacred concert where you want to establish warmth and accessibility immediately, or as a meaningful closer that leaves the room in an uplifted mood. Consider it for Easter, Thanksgiving, or general worship services where the familiar text needs fresh musical expression.

Skills your students will build

  • Singing in three-part SAB voicing with independence and blend
  • Sustaining legit, warm tone quality in sacred context
  • Responding to text inflection and natural phrase shape
  • Listening across parts to achieve balanced sonority

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