André Thomas

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Dr. André Jerome Thomas (b. 1952) is a renowned composer, arranger and choral conductor. He attended Friends University, Northwestern University (M.M.), and the University of Illinois (D.M.A.). Today, he holds the positions of Director of Choral Activities and Professor of Choral Music Education at the Florida State University College of Music.

Along with Moses Hogan, Thomas is known for popular compositions and arrangements in the tradition of the African American spiritual.

[edit] Selected works

African Noel
Hold Fast to Dreams (text by Langston Hughes)
I Hear America Singing
Keep Your Lamps!
Ride the Chariot
Rockin' Jerusalem
Walk the Streets of Gold

  Beautiful City
  I Dream A World
  Fences
  If You're Happy/Amen
  Go Where I Send Thee
  Band of Angels
  Goin Up to Glory
  Walk in the Light
  Let everything
  I'm Gonna Sing
  Good News
  I'm a Rolling
  Rockin Jerusalem
  When the Trumpet Sounds
  Heaven
  The Kingdom
  Here's a Pretty Little Baby
  Rise Up shepherds and Follow
  Deep River
  Death is Gonna Lay His Cold Icy Hands on Me
  Great Day
  Drinking Gourd