voicing: TTB | catalog number: SBMP 1288 | duration: 3:20 | price: $2.25
accompaniment: piano

The composer/poet turned advisor, here gives teenage boys something to think about as they mature toward manhood. Upbeat, tuneful, powerful, this is a winner.


Florida State University Collegians - Dr. André Thomas, conductor [© all rights reserved]

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Stand Tall, O Man

Stand tall, O Man, with a courage all your own.
Stand tall, O Man, even if you stand alone.
Be strong and of good courage, be faithful, brave and true!
Stand tall, O Man, even when there’s no one left to stand with you!

Stand tall, O Man! Be a help to all in need.
With loyalty, be a friend in word and deed.
And when the Truth is challenged, stand up for what is right.
Stand tall, O Man, leading other men from darkness into light.

Be men of song, be lavish with true words of praise.
Confront the wrong, defend the weak thru all your days.
Admit your faults and strive from your mistakes to learn.
Be diligent and the respect of better men you will earn.
Stand tall, O Man! Stand tall!

by Ken Berg

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Featured on the following reading sessions
2019 | CA All-State Music Education Conference
2018 | CSU Fullerton Methods Reading Session
2017 | FMEA 2017 Reading Session - January 12-14
2016 | KCDA Reading Sessions, Topeka, KS, July 7-9
2016 | Southern Division ACDA, Chattanooga, TN
2016 | California All-State Music Educators - Feb 11-13th
2016 | Rodney Eichenberger Choral Conducting Workshop - Seaside, OR - July 25-29
2016 | Rodney Eichenberger Choral Conducting Workshop - Alexandria, VA July 11-15
2015 | Andre Thomas London Workshop
2015 | Randy Stenson Workshop
2015 | Missouri ACDA convention in Jefferson City, Missouri
2015 | AMC Reading Session August 2015
2015 | M-R Music Middle School/High School Choral Reading Session 7/23
2015 | André Thomas Summer Reading Session
2015 | Alabama Vocal Association Fall Workshop - 9/11