Summary

Explore musical settings of the biblical Psalms shaped by a black gospel idiom, the power of call-and-response approaches to singing, and a deep commitment to engage the full congregation in singing as prompted by soloists or choirs.

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Details

The Psalm settings were designed to link Psalms with appropriate Christian celebrations of the life, death, resurrection and ascension of Jesus, and for other commonly celebrated occasions.

Listen to Rawn Harbor teach and sing psalm settings from his Psalms From the Soul Volume I and Psalms From the Soul Volume II.

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