Ain't No Grave Can Hold My Body Down, by the MSU Singers

Ain't No Grave Can Hold My Body Down, arr. Paul Caldwell & Sean Ivory. Performed on April 24, 2015, by the Montclair State University Singers, Dr. Heather J. Buchanan, conductor, and Steven W. Ryan, accompanist, with Gabriella Natale, signer, at the Alexander Kasser Theater, Montclair State University. Gabriella Natale is not a certified interpreter but is involved with the deaf community. She took on this project to help educate and spread awareness to others about the beautiful culture that is the Deaf World. Recorded and edited by Rodney Leinberger.
(from the program):
"'Ain't no grave can hold my body down' is an inspiring gospel arrangement that makes extensive use of American Sign Language (ASL). Our version features a 16-measure silence during which time the choir signs ("sings") the refrain, giving hearing audience members an alternative sensory experience of the music."