Thy Will Be Done is a 90 minute Easter oratorio for soloists, choir and orchestra composed by Angela Rice of Lexington, Kentucky.

Her oratorio Thy Will be Done was hailed by Rich Copley, music critic for The Lexington Herald-Leader, as “sterling” and “an ideal hit in the church choir world.”

Metropolitan Opera tenor Gregory Turay, who premiered in the role of Jesus, raved about Rice’s “very singable, beautiful music.”

And audiences have been packing performances since the work for choir and soloists was first performed by The Bluegrass Opera.

The work also received national attention when it was selected to be part of the Music Reading Session at the 2013 Montreat Presbyterian Music Conference in Montreat, N.C.
Since the debut during the 2012 Lenten season, Rice has expanded the work from a cantata of 16 musical numbers to the current oratorio of 30 pieces about Jesus’ life, ministry, crucifixion, resurrection and impact.

“I’ve tried to use the music to depict the emotions of the characters in the specific biblical contexts,” said Rice. “I hope that as you listen you can hear the love, surrender, obedience, despair, humility and awe – emotions that the characters experienced.”