God Is a God (2025)
for Baritone Soloist & SATB Choir

Text: Traditional
Duration: 4 minutes
Premiere: March 21, 2025, American Spiritual Ensemble, Lexington, Kentucky

Adapted from the composer’s 2018 setting featured on the Grammy-nominated album Lord, How Come Me Here?, this SATB arrangement of God Is a God is anchored in quiet strength and unwavering hope. Reflecting the faith of the enslaved in a God who had delivered others before them, the piece honors a legacy of resilience through spiritual expression. Commissioned by the American Spiritual Ensemble, it carries forward the enduring power and dignity of the Negro spiritual.