Soprano voice,Vocal Solo - Level 5 - Digital Download SKU: A0.1297739 By Maria Burke-Clark and Maria Thompson Corley. By Civilla D. Martin and Charles H. Gabriel. Arranged by Maria Thompson Corley and Maria Burke-Clark. Sacred. 14 pages. Maria Thompson Corley #887710. Published by Maria Thompson Corley (A0.1297739). These scores are transcriptions of improvisations recorded for Soul Sanctuary, a collection of my arrangements of hymns and spirituals released by Navona in 2022. They should be performed with great freedom and expression. The metronome marks are only for reference; these pieces should never sound metronomic.

Soprano voice,Vocal Solo - Level 4 - Digital Download SKU: A0.845959 Composed by Spiritual. Arranged by Maria Thompson Corley. Christian,Concert,Gospel,Sacred,Spiritual. 5 pages. Maria Thompson Corley #6702061. Published by Maria Thompson Corley (A0.845959). This cheerful, gospel-inflected spiritual incorporates I'm Gonna Lay Down My Heavy Load. As recorded on the 2022 Navona release, Soul Sanctuary (Maria Clark, soprano; Maria Thompson Corley, piano).

Soprano voice,Vocal Solo - Level 5 - Digital Download SKU: A0.845962 Composed by Maria Thompson Corley. Concert. 10 pages. Maria Thompson Corley #6871039. Published by Maria Thompson Corley (A0.845962). Exile is AddieRose Forstman's expression of frustration about the difficulty she experienced trying to become a working classical singer after graduating with degrees from two prestigious schools. The text alternates between cliched phrases meant to be encouraging and her true feelings of being ripped at the seams and wanting to scream. It's a dissonant song, in keeping with the feeling of excruciatingly extended exile from her true craft and calling..

Soprano voice,Vocal Solo - Level 5 - Digital Download SKU: A0.845963 Composed by Maria Thompson Corley. Concert,Contemporary. 13 pages. Maria Thompson Corley #6871033. Published by Maria Thompson Corley (A0.845963). Victory begins starkly, in keeping with the text by Susanna Musser, which talks about standing nakedly in front of gazing eyes, then being approached and harassed by cruelty, whose attempts to beat [her] up and beat [her] down are overcome by love, which leaves her instead softer, more playful, and more fiercely tender. Love has won!.