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Voicing/Instrumentation: SA, 2 part choir, Duet
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A veteran choral and vocal music educator with more than 37 years of teaching experience in both Idaho and Utah, Brian D. Petersen is past choir director at Bear River High School in Garland, UT. He retired from teaching in 2018 and continues to offer his talents as director of the Bear River Valley Chorale and as a member of the American Festival Chorus. He is an active composer and arranger of music for voice, choir, and instrumental. He is a former member of the Mormon Tabernacle Choir and has Bachelor's and Master's degrees in secondary music education from Utah State University. Brian and his wife Carol are parents to seven daughters and grandparents to fourteen. They are involved in a long-term fruit and nut tree research project with the College of Agriculture at Utah State University.
There is no category on this website for "folk hymn." However, the song, "Wayfaring Stranger," is such a song. It is an old song with ties to the Appalachian lands in America, with apparent roots in African - American culture. Although not totally classified as a "hymn," there are many arrangements of this song with varying texts out there which could be considered a religious hymn. I have personally always loved the mournful, yet hopeful deeply religious faith found in the song in all its minor - keyed splendor. The phrase, "going over Jordan" is found in so many African - American songs referring to the Old Testament Biblical account of Moses leading the children of Israel to the River Jordan, where Joshua was able to lead the remnant hosts of Israel finally over to the "promised land."
