Ain't No Grave Can Hold My Body Down, by the MSU Singers

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Ain't No Grave Can Hold My Body Down, arr. Paul Caldwell & Sean Ivory. Performed on April 24, 2015, by the Montclair State University Singers, Dr. Heather J. Buchanan, conductor, and Steven W. Ryan, accompanist, with Gabriella Natale, signer, at the Alexander Kasser Theater, Montclair State University. Gabriella Natale is not a certified interpreter but is involved with the deaf community. She took on this project to help educate and spread awareness to others about the beautiful culture that is the Deaf World. Recorded and edited by Rodney Leinberger.
(from the program):
"'Ain't no grave can hold my body down' is an inspiring gospel arrangement that makes extensive use of American Sign Language (ASL). Our version features a 16-measure silence during which time the choir signs ("sings") the refrain, giving hearing audience members an alternative sensory experience of the music."

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  • @seanivory1059
    @seanivory10599 жыл бұрын

    Paul and I have seen many performances of "Ain't No Grave." There are several very good ones out there. This one takes the cake. The piece was always intended to be performed with ASL. Bravo to the MSU Singers, Dr. Heather Buchanan, Steven Ryan, and Gabriella Natale. You nailed it.

  • @lionsmaine1238

    @lionsmaine1238

    8 жыл бұрын

    +Sean Ivory Took the words right from my mouth

  • @born2broadway

    @born2broadway

    8 жыл бұрын

    +Sean Ivory my question for you guys is, why have them sign so much of the piece? the stomp/claps and asl during the silent part would be plenty. obsessed with this piece.

  • @born2broadway

    @born2broadway

    8 жыл бұрын

    +Sean Ivory PS, ask the watchman = severely underrated.

  • @baseballfanmj

    @baseballfanmj

    7 жыл бұрын

    Hi I'm actually part of the choir as well as worked wity our ASL signer on what was signesohopefully I can fill you in. Most choirs do not sign as much of it. Typically we found people simplified the ASL that was used, which we didn't want. We decided to use as close of a true ASL translation as possible, which requires a bit more intense signing from the choir.

  • @lafalto

    @lafalto

    Жыл бұрын

    It’s a wonderful rendition…take a look at the wartsburg one

  • @wiserkey1286
    @wiserkey12867 жыл бұрын

    singing bass in this song is so fun, especially if you really just let yourself feel the music

  • @Wortlethal

    @Wortlethal

    4 жыл бұрын

    Bass Gang

  • @Kami_North

    @Kami_North

    4 жыл бұрын

    @@Wortlethal Bass gang!!!

  • @foodisdelicious9473
    @foodisdelicious94737 жыл бұрын

    I'm doing this song with the all-female choir at my school. It's really cool to hear an SATB arrangement of it, especially at a university in the same state. Our choir went to a workshop at Montclair.

  • @natebug1976
    @natebug19768 жыл бұрын

    i loved this song when i sang it in choir it has so many parts and cords gives you goosebumps evrytime. i sang tenor and baritone best parts imo

  • @shelbyaskew3581
    @shelbyaskew35815 жыл бұрын

    Dudeeee the opera singer in there though

  • @incognito.1643
    @incognito.1643 Жыл бұрын

    We are singing this for our high school choir, and this gave me chills. Fantastic job!!

  • @pepperchoplin2076
    @pepperchoplin20768 жыл бұрын

    This is absolutely remarkable. Oh my. Talk about a choral experience taht engages the listener! Congratulations!

  • @anonymous-fz9yu
    @anonymous-fz9yu4 жыл бұрын

    I wish I heard more of the alto part :( it’s so soprano heavy which is annoying because the other parts add the seasoning to the piece

  • @rodneyjayl

    @rodneyjayl

    4 жыл бұрын

    Yet one of the arrangers seems to love it.

  • @garlicbread27
    @garlicbread274 жыл бұрын

    Yo sopranos quiet down I want to hear the rest

  • @victorianeal9369
    @victorianeal93693 жыл бұрын

    God bless y'all, Jesus loves y'all! This is so good! I cannot listen to the song without thinking of the sign language added to the lyrics. Also, good job to the interpreter! She did a fantastic job! You all did! Please, continue singing praises to God, Jesus, and the Holy Spirit

  • @harryforbes
    @harryforbes7 жыл бұрын

    A superb performance! Thank you!

  • @emmadeloff9200
    @emmadeloff92004 жыл бұрын

    Doing this song for Area All State... it’s such a good song.

  • @clairephillips2370
    @clairephillips23703 жыл бұрын

    Omg bro I just remember that they preformed at the high school I go to now when I was like in third grade😂 me and my friends thought they were the coolest high schoolers ever lol

  • @rainyblueshroom
    @rainyblueshroom3 ай бұрын

    the small vocal choir for my highschool sang this while i was still in middle school. still my favorite choral song and i wish i could sing it in a choir

  • @glengalatan5817
    @glengalatan58174 жыл бұрын

    Very nice just heard this song playing at the end of the most recent episode of what we do in the shadows TV show.

  • @dearliry6304
    @dearliry63046 жыл бұрын

    Wow that legit made me cry. 🙌🙌🙌🙌 so good!! Feeling victorious✨

  • @aliciabozza
    @aliciabozza6 жыл бұрын

    Outstanding. Gave me chills. Can’t wait to sing this!

  • @jonaheller1113
    @jonaheller11134 жыл бұрын

    My high school choir won a competition with this song. we did so well the judges had nothing bad to say about us when they tore the other choirs apart.

  • @barrewilks1011
    @barrewilks10116 жыл бұрын

    BEAUTIFUL INSPIRATION

  • @stariomusic
    @stariomusic6 жыл бұрын

    Ain't no grave or man can hold me down or marry me. Now let me proceed to pledge my eternal devotion to god and jesus.

  • @crimsongear2232

    @crimsongear2232

    6 жыл бұрын

    Ain't no man is gonna bury me friend, not marry.

  • @jdstruckmann8046

    @jdstruckmann8046

    5 жыл бұрын

    Right, bury, not marry! Diction please!

  • @victorianeal9369

    @victorianeal9369

    4 жыл бұрын

    Love that part!

  • @jasonlall7712
    @jasonlall77122 жыл бұрын

    Thanks mr Pete for the bop

  • @scottrhodenizer7192
    @scottrhodenizer71922 жыл бұрын

    The ASL interpreter was really getting into it

  • @judyholmes1634
    @judyholmes16343 ай бұрын

    Bravo!

  • @lillth9292
    @lillth92923 жыл бұрын

    This was was one of my favorite songs I have ever said in choir!

  • @maritzaguadarrama9975
    @maritzaguadarrama99754 жыл бұрын

    Anyone here because they're practicing for all region? Just me? Lmao ok

  • @liquid.bandaid

    @liquid.bandaid

    4 жыл бұрын

    Y E S

  • @nataliepettit1047

    @nataliepettit1047

    4 жыл бұрын

    yepp

  • @kirbyhandsanitizer

    @kirbyhandsanitizer

    4 жыл бұрын

    Ritz Crackers YUP AND OMFG ITSELF AMAZING!!! this song gonna be hella hard tho

  • @gracie747

    @gracie747

    4 жыл бұрын

    🙋🏻‍♀️

  • @loubell2274

    @loubell2274

    4 жыл бұрын

    Gurll mee🙋🏻

  • @choliosis2551
    @choliosis25515 жыл бұрын

    I’ve listened to this recording so many times but I still can’t find the soprano 2 part XD can someone help me?

  • @Mrundergroundman
    @Mrundergroundman4 жыл бұрын

    But I still love this song no matter what

  • @giannahayes6721
    @giannahayes67213 жыл бұрын

    Wow i love their dance moves 😍

  • @noyisotoanglade

    @noyisotoanglade

    Жыл бұрын

    girl its american sign language…

  • @sarahneifert5720
    @sarahneifert57206 жыл бұрын

    we had to do this song on my senoir year at my school at western mennonite lol

  • @viablackheart1534
    @viablackheart15348 жыл бұрын

    4:01 Damn i dont even have that range and I sing both soprano and alto. I do sing in a 7th and 8th grade women's concert choir, and I have the widest vocal range going down the scale.

  • @TheDonuteers

    @TheDonuteers

    8 жыл бұрын

    If you don't have that vocal range you'd probably have to be more of an alto. The note they sing is a high b. I'm a soprano boy and I can sing that

  • @viablackheart1534

    @viablackheart1534

    8 жыл бұрын

    Way to brag. Congratulations.

  • @TheDonuteers

    @TheDonuteers

    8 жыл бұрын

    Sorry! I wasn't trying to brag. I don't know why I put the part saying that I can sing that.

  • @viablackheart1534

    @viablackheart1534

    8 жыл бұрын

    Np. I'm waaay too sarcastic. I got u

  • @viablackheart1534

    @viablackheart1534

    6 жыл бұрын

    Meanwhile now in my first year of high school I get put into soprano section 😂. Such a cocky seventh grader I was.

  • @Mrundergroundman
    @Mrundergroundman4 жыл бұрын

    First time I ever heard this song was the BYU women’s chorus....they did it better 😁😇😍

  • @oliviaclay5358

    @oliviaclay5358

    4 жыл бұрын

    nah the raw emotion in this performance brings me to tears every time, and the bass notes are non contestable. the BYU version doesn't do justice to the meaning of this song and the sign language and thats that on THAT. this is a song where technique matters way less than emotion, and BYU just did not give it to me :/

  • @gabyanahisoto
    @gabyanahisoto6 жыл бұрын

    Does anyone know what the sign they are doing for "ain't no" is?

  • @gabyanahisoto

    @gabyanahisoto

    6 жыл бұрын

    And also for "for the"

  • @gabyanahisoto

    @gabyanahisoto

    6 жыл бұрын

    and "underground"

  • @alliegoodricke5396

    @alliegoodricke5396

    5 жыл бұрын

    they’re basically saying “not no”

  • @generallyobsessed9086

    @generallyobsessed9086

    5 жыл бұрын

    TheAnahiSoto for this sign they use two different signs both that basically means surpressed or pushed down

  • @generallyobsessed9086

    @generallyobsessed9086

    5 жыл бұрын

    TheAnahiSoto they point towards the sky this is and indication of the meaning. The trumpet song is typically biblical it can mean they are listening to the heavens for the trumpet song

  • @YankeeFiddler13850
    @YankeeFiddler138508 жыл бұрын

    Is the voicing a strict SATB or are there divsi?

  • @Neli42

    @Neli42

    8 жыл бұрын

    +Steven Davidson It is primarily SATB with places of divisi throughout - especially at cadences.

  • @anon201

    @anon201

    6 жыл бұрын

    The the altos, soprano 1's and soprano 2's split a lot

  • @lillth9292

    @lillth9292

    3 жыл бұрын

    I sang this in choir with SSAA

  • @kallepeterl5820
    @kallepeterl58207 жыл бұрын

    What is the meaning? No grave to hold my body down? It is referring to the resurrection, when Jesus Christ comes back to judge the living and the dead. Those who believe in the Lord Jesus will be caught up in the skies with Him and go on to Heaven, those who are still dead in their sins will be resurrected to judgement, and they will be sent into hell for their sins. The thing is, we have all sinned - lying, stealing, lusting, fornicating - and fallen short of the glory of God. We deserve punishment for our crimes against God, but in His mercy and grace, He sent Jesus, His Son, yet God. Jesus Christ died in our place on the cross, for our sins, and He was buried, on the third day He rose again. But by faith we must accept this. Those who have accepted Jesus' gift of eternal life, through His death and resurrection, will now have a hope - forgiveness for their sins by faith in Jesus. As Jesus rose from the grave, so now will we who believe in Him - no grave will hold my body down, but I will resurrect to my Saviour, Jesus Christ, to an eternal life with Him. That is the meaning. But I would say, it is also true. So please think about these things - the grave will not hold your body down either, but your eternity will be in punishment, or in joy with the Saviour.

  • @bayronv9772

    @bayronv9772

    7 жыл бұрын

    Kalle Peter L I thought it meant a man didn't want to die

  • @chris_bfc_9071

    @chris_bfc_9071

    7 жыл бұрын

    Kalle Peter L No it means that Undertaker is entering the arena

  • @KawaiiNinja2325

    @KawaiiNinja2325

    6 жыл бұрын

    Kalle Peter L Lol I know this is an old comment but the song was wrote by someone dying and refusing to give up. We had to simg it for choir and they tell us the background so we know the feeling of the song.

  • @blazezerofrina3278

    @blazezerofrina3278

    5 жыл бұрын

    It is not the meaning straight forward idiot. Duh!!!!!!!!!!!!

  • @joshmusic9766
    @joshmusic97666 жыл бұрын

    Sounds to me like non music majors but an exciting performance, nonetheless

  • @williams.robinson8772
    @williams.robinson87727 жыл бұрын

    This group is way out of balance - soprano top-heavy! You can barely hear the male parts because of the imbalance.

  • @rodneyjayl

    @rodneyjayl

    7 жыл бұрын

    Well then, that must be why one of the arrangers made the comments he did (see Sean Ivory below). You obviously know so much more than he does.

  • @agmhojai9326
    @agmhojai93267 жыл бұрын

    this song belongs to the ministry of darkness

  • @lutherjones677
    @lutherjones6777 жыл бұрын

    so bad

  • @MikeHunt-nt4nz
    @MikeHunt-nt4nz Жыл бұрын

    This is pathetic

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