Communicating an essential and universal message of the transforming power of grace and love this recording includes arrange of 20th and 21st century sacred and secular compositions. This recording is the first such project produced by the University of Georgia’s premiere choral ensemble, the international award-winning UGA Hodgson Singers. In 2014 the ensemble was the Grand Prix winner at the International Choral Competition Ave Verum in Baden, Austria, where it also won prizes for outstanding interpretation. Dr. Daniel Bara is the Professor of Music at the Hugh Hodgson School of Music at the University of Georgia (Athens) overseeing seven university choral ensembles and the graduate choral conducting program. The international award-winning UGA Hodgson Singers was formed by E. Pierce Arant Jr. in the late 1970s as the UGA Concert Choir, and serves as the premiere ambassadorial choral ensemble of the Hugh Hodgson School of Music at the University of Georgia. Comprising UGA’s most gifted and talented vocalists, membership in the Hodgson Singers is contingent upon absolute excellence in musicianship, vocal artistry, and dedication. The ensemble provides vibrant, pre-professional ensemble training for the next generation of singers, choral music educators, and talented choral enthusiasts and performs noteworthy choral repertoire from throughout the Western Music canon, with emphasis on unaccompanied works, recently composed works and baroque and classical masterworks.