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Cycle of 7 songs on the whimsical, macabre and, at times, deeply spiritual poetry of american poet Vachel Lindsay. more »

• Art Songs, Sets and Cycles

  • Still a Lion, Still a Lamb
    This new song was written for a concert of sacred music I am preparing for the first Sunday in April 2009, a week before Easter, at the Alpine Tabernacle in American Fork. It is a setting of a poem that I wrote some years ago. I hope you enjoy it.
  • All Heaven and it was One Hour Old
    This cycle of 5 songs is based on the Christmas poetry of Katherine Tynan, an Irish catholic poet who was championed by W.B. Yeats.
  • The Song of Wandering Aengus
    A song based on the poem by Yeats. We all have visions of ideals, and hope that if we just wander a little farther . . .
  • A Light that Shames the Noonday Sun
    This cycle of 5 songs was written for the 200th Birthday Celebration of Joseph Smith Jr. and was premiered December 23rd, 2005 by Dr. Lawrence Vincent of BYU Opera.
  • Leafs from The Diary of an Old Soul
    A cycle of 5 songs. The poetry by George MacDonald, a mentor of C.S. Lewis, ponders life, death, rebirth, & the power of creation.
  • The Moon Songs
    Cycle of 7 songs on the whimsical, macabre and, at times, deeply spiritual poetry of american poet Vachel Lindsay.
  • La Belle Dame sans Merci
    A cycle of 3 songs based on the poem by Keats. Originally inspired by the Waterhouse painting.
  • The Water Grasses
    A song based on a poem about a place that no longer exists. Written for a dear friend.
  • Lions, Spiders & Flies
    A set of 2 songs based on humorous, macabre poems of american poet Vachel Lindsay.
  • Two Harvest Songs
    Two songs about the harvest. The first a song a Thanksgiving for the abundance of the earth, the second dealing with the harvest of souls.
  • Two Early Songs
    A set of 2 early songs. One is a love song with a humorous twist at the end. The second is a joyful setting from proverbs that turns thoughtful at the end.

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