This Is a Day for Rising: Choral Instrumental Pak
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For Eastertide, this anthem of hope and challenge provides a noble gesture that will send hearts and voices soaring with praise. A confident hymnlike theme announces a new day for renewal, restoration and revival! Framed as a call to worship, the verses conclude with a distinctive mixed-meter pattern that overflows with joyful confidence. After a satisfying development section, the main theme returns transformed with a sweeping descant that touches the heights in a celebration of life. Glorious! Score and Parts (tpt 1-2, tbn 1-2, timp) available as a digital download. Part for Handbells (3 oct., 26 bells) also available as a digital download.
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Publisher:
Hal Leonard
SKU:
35-PK00511832
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Why we love this
The mixed-meter writing in the verses creates genuine rhythmic interest without veering into complexity that derails singers. You get a piece that feels contemporary and energizing while remaining accessible to mid-level choirs, and the descant in the final section gives your strongest voices a moment to shine without splitting focus from the main melodic line.
What to expect
The opening announces itself with quiet assurance, like a sunrise breaking through with purpose. The verses tumble forward with renewed energy as the rhythm shifts beneath, creating a sense of movement and awakening. The final descant soars overhead like wings catching light, transforming everything that came before into something transcendent.
Who it's for
Easter services and spring concerts need repertoire that lands between straightforward hymn arrangements and complex liturgical works. This piece serves choirs with solid fundamental skills who are ready to navigate rhythmic subtlety and want music that reflects genuine theological depth without demanding an advanced ensemble.
How to get the most out of it
- Shape the opening theme with clear phrase breathing to establish its hymn-like strength before the verses introduce the metric shift.
- Let the mixed-meter section breathe naturally; the rhythmic confidence comes from feeling the pulse steady beneath the changing bar lines, not from mechanical precision.
- Balance the descant carefully in the final section so it enhances rather than obscures the transformed main theme underneath.
- If using the handbells, position them to support harmonic color during the development section rather than doubling the vocal line throughout.
How to use it
Position this as your anchor piece for an Easter service or spring concert, where its message of renewal and revival can resonate meaningfully without competing for attention against other celebratory works. The instrumentation (brass, timpani, optional handbells) makes it particularly effective in church settings with modest instrumental resources, and its moderate length allows room for additional repertoire that extends your program's scope.
Skills your students will build
- Reading and performing mixed-meter patterns (shifting between standard and non-standard measure lengths)
- Sustaining vocal independence during rhythmic complexity
- Balancing descant lines with underlying harmonic material
- Connecting hymnodic phrasing traditions with contemporary compositional technique
- Responding to text painting that reflects liturgical meaning