Sheet Music Downloads by Rollo Dilworth

This traditional spiritual is set in an easy gospel swing with three partner-style melodies that all combine in the final chorus for an audience-pleasing finish! Super easy to learn and lots of fun to...

Incorporating the spiritual All Night, All Day, this original work by Rollo Dilworth makes a wonderful work for young singers. Easily-learned, the contemporary piano accompaniment makes it especially...

This spirited telling of the story of Jonah is sure to be a favorite of singers young and old alike. The strong accompaniment helps support the energetic vocal lines as they recall the three days and...

Now available for SSAA voices, this contemporary gospel piece combines original lyrics with quotes from Down by the Riverside and Wade in the Water and drives towards a climactic layered chorus ending...

Available separately: SATB, SSA, 2-Part. Duration: ca. 3:20.

Now available for SSAA voices! Your choir will make a joyful noise indeed as they sing the vibrant gospel rhythms for this energized setting of Psalm 98. Three part triads trade phrases with the other...

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...

Evoking the visions of John the Revelator, this African American spiritual depicts the twelve gates of the city that represents eternal freedom. This arrangement features the traditional as well as or...

Employing the Civil Rights refrain Let justice roll and a poem by Paul Laurence Dunbar, this work is both inspirational and instructive. Set in a rhythmic groove, the work builds to a powerful gospel...

This gospel-flavored work is a setting of lyrics by famed Harlem Renaissance composer/poet James Rosamund Johnson, depicting the power of music to change darkness to light and sadness to joy. A wonder...

Steadfast and strong, this contemporary setting of the traditional spiritual connects with history in a powerful way. Ideal for festival choruses and combined choirs, this is an inspirational selectio...

The beloved spiritual Hold On is combined with excerpts from Freedom's Plow by Langston Hughes in this powerful and dramatic work commissioned by the St. Louis Symphony. Themes of the struggle for lib...

Now available for mixed choirs! Call-and-response vocals, a gospel-inspired accompaniment and blues improvisations combine to create a spiritual setting that is a jubilant expression of joy for hoped-...

Discovery Level 3 The 6/8 meter supported by a djembe gives this spiritual a feeling of momentum that is fresh and contemporary. The gospel harmonies and voice parts are well-crafted for middle school...

The traditional Shaker hymn is reinterpreted here in this setting that is highlighted by layered vocal lines and gospel-style harmonies. Opening simply, the work gradually builds in dynamics and inten...

Ain't Gonna Let Nobody Turn Me Around arranged by Rollo Dilworth for SATB choir with words by Langston Hughes.

The famous text of Charles A. Tindley's hymn The Storm Is Passing Over forms the lyric framework for this powerful setting marked by sturdy gospel harmonies, a confident piano accompaniment and strong...

Set in a spirited gospel swing, the traditional African American spiritual is paired with When the Saints Go Marching In. With both songs referencing the chosen number of souls to ascend to heaven and...

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.

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...