Rollo Dilworth

This African American spiritual is a song of celebration, anticipation, freedom and hope. With references to the new Jerusalem as described by John the Revelator in the New Testament, African American...

Combining two traditional spirituals, the first, Is a Light Shining From Heaven, is in a minor key and the second, Hold Out Your Light, is in a major key. While the first spiritual speaks of the exter...

Combining two traditional spirituals, the first, Is a Light Shining From Heaven, is in a minor key and the second, Hold Out Your Light, is in a major key. While the first spiritual speaks of the exter...

This spiritual tells the story of Moses leading the Israelites to safety through the parted waters of the Red Sea. This arrangement, set in a flowing 6/8 meter, features gospel and jazz style harmonie...

This spiritual tells the story of Moses leading the Israelites to safety through the parted waters of the Red Sea. This arrangement, set in a flowing 6/8 meter, features gospel and jazz style harmonie...

An uplifting, 6/8 gospel feel propels this original to soaring heights. Phrases were offered by school children and the composer crafted and connected them into a powerful message. And just when you t...

An uplifting, 6/8 gospel feel propels this original to soaring heights. Phrases were offered by school children and the composer crafted and connected them into a powerful message. And just when you t...

Combing two African American spirituals - When the Train Comes Along and The Gospel Train - with additional lyrics by the composer this song is exactly what we have come to expect from Rollo Dilworth....

Combing two African American spirituals - When the Train Comes Along and The Gospel Train - with additional lyrics by the composer this song is exactly what we have come to expect from Rollo Dilworth....

In the traditional spiritual Let Me Fly, the chariot is presented as a symbol of freedom. This creative setting, now available for SATB voices, offers lots of opportunities for musical growth and expr...

In the traditional spiritual Let Me Fly, the chariot is presented as a symbol of freedom. This creative setting, now available for SATB voices, offers lots of opportunities for musical growth and expr...

The great Poet and essayist Langston Hughes used the power of words to speak out against racism, division, poverty and greed. In this new setting of the poem Give Us Our Peace, we first hear the Afric...

The great Poet and essayist Langston Hughes used the power of words to speak out against racism, division, poverty and greed. In this new setting of the poem Give Us Our Peace, we first hear the Afric...

No one is writing and arranging concert spirituals better than Rollo Dilworth. With careful attention to the voice, stylistic piano parts and emotional lyrics, this is another winner.

No one is writing and arranging concert spirituals better than Rollo Dilworth. With careful attention to the voice, stylistic piano parts and emotional lyrics, this is another winner.

The thought of the great judgment day was an important theme to the slaves who relied on a better life after to help them through their slavery. This spiritual is full of hope, captured in all of its...

The thought of the great judgment day was an important theme to the slaves who relied on a better life after to help them through their slavery. This spiritual is full of hope, captured in all of its...

Now available for SATB choirs. This spiritual encourages us to persevere even in times of challenge and adversity. Set in a gospel style with call and response, and repeated refrains, this work builds...

Now available for SATB choirs. This spiritual encourages us to persevere even in times of challenge and adversity. Set in a gospel style with call and response, and repeated refrains, this work builds...

Now Available for SATB choirs. This setting of a popular African American spiritual uses the traditional text, while the harmonic, melodic and rhythmic elements are in more of a gospel style. The ener...

Now Available for SATB choirs. This setting of a popular African American spiritual uses the traditional text, while the harmonic, melodic and rhythmic elements are in more of a gospel style. The ener...

Now available for SATB choir. Deriving from a combination of two African American spirituals, Rise, Shine, For Thy Light Is A-Comin' and This Little Light of Mine, this work is a wonderful weaving of...

Now available for SATB choir. Deriving from a combination of two African American spirituals, Rise, Shine, For Thy Light Is A-Comin' and This Little Light of Mine, this work is a wonderful weaving of...

Dilworth's take on the classic spiritual This Train doesn't disappoint. With a piano part to match your singers as an equal and vital character in the song, the chugging of the tempo and the steady bu...