M Ryan Taylor

WORKS

Selected Works up to 2007 

Recordings

• ABINADI : An Exhilarating Musical Drama DVD (2005) : Performed by the BYU School of Music. Taped in 2003. Released by Covenant Communications in conjunction with BYU Creative Works.
• Thirteen for Halloween CD & Songbook for Children (2005)
• Thanksgiving! CD & Songbook for Children (2005)
• O Sing a Song of Bethlehem CD & Songbook for Children (2005) 

Ensemble Works

• The Other Wise Man : A Chamber Opera (2006) : SSATBB soloists and piano
• The March of the Three Kings (2005) : an arrangement for British-style Brass Band, Baritone Soloist and Choir
• Maui : The Legendary Hero (2005) : Orchestrations for the 2005 Imagination Celebration in Salt Lake City, UT
• ABINADI : A Music-Drama (2003) : 8 principles, 14 secondary & chorus roles, SSATTBB chorus & Symphonic Orchestra
• In the Great Walled Country : A Children’s Opera (2003, revised 2004) : Treble, Tenor & Bass soloists, Children’s Chorus with hand held percussion, Wind Quartet, String Quartet, Classical Guitar
• Overtones (2001) : for Symphonic Band

Songs & Song Cycles

• All Heaven and it was One Hour Old : A Christmas with Katherine Tynan (2006) : Cycle of 5 Songs based on the poetry of Katherine Tynan for Medium High Voice and Piano
• His Bread is Peace (2005) : A carol for voice and piano
• O Sing a Song of  Bethlehem (2004, CD released 2005) : Set of 12 songs for children, family, & classroom singing
• Thanksgiving! (2004, CD released 2005) : Set of 11 songs for children, family, & classroom singing
• Thirteen for Halloween (2004, CD released 2005) : Set of 13 songs for children, family, & classroom singing
• A Light that Shames the Noonday Sun (2003) : Cycle of 5 songs based on the visionary writings of Joseph Smith Jr., originally for Tenor & Piano
• Tyrlow, Tyrloo, Tyrligh, Tyrle (2003) : Solo version  of a carol from In the Great Walled Country
• Behold! the Harvest Wide Extends : text by Parley Parker Pratt (2003) : Baritone & Piano
• Leafs from the Diary of an Old Soul (2003) : Cycle of 5 songs based on George MacDonald’s Diary of an Old Soul, originally for Baritone & Piano
• The Moon Songs (1999, revised 2004) : Cycle of 7 songs on texts by Vachel Lindsay, originally for Soprano & Piano. (Premiered by Heather Chipman & Dwight Bigler)
• Come let us kiss and part : poem by Michael Drayton : for Baritone & Piano
• Two Songs to Frighten Young Children : texts by Vachel Lindsay (1999) : for Baritone & Piano
• Happy is the Man that Findeth Wisdom : text from Proverbs (1999) : for Baritone & Piano
• The Song of Wandering Aengus : poem by William Butler Yeats (1998) : for Baritone & Piano
• Psalm 8 (1998) : for Baritone & Piano
• La Belle Dame sans Merci (1997, revised 2004) : Set of 3 songs based on the poem by John Keats, originally for Baritone & Piano 

Chamber Music

• Pan Among the Reeds : A Drama for Musicians & Dancers (2002) : for Flute, 2 Oboes, E. Horn, Soprano Sax, Percussion & Dancers
• Et in Terra Pax Hominibus Variations (2001) : for String Quartet
• Yashepheh (2000) : for Oboe, E. Horn, Horn in F, Viola, Percussion & Piano
• Carnival Processional (2000) : for Brass Choir (Premiered by the Chicago Brass Choir)
• Song (1999, revised 2002) : for Oboe & Vibe
• Fanfare for the Eagle (1990) : for Trumpet, Horn & Trombone

Keyboard

• Minuet (2002) : for Piano
• The Necromancer : A Fugue Macabre (2001) : for Piano or Organ
• aFteR bABbiTT scREamEd : adventures in a serial slaughterhouse (2000) : for Piano
• Fantasy for Organ (1999) : for Organ 

Choral

• Please see http://ChoirWorks.com for a list of choral compositions by M Ryan Taylor. 

Electro/Acoustic

• FrogBot in Love (2002) : Musique Concrete (manipulated balloon sounds)
• Meditation on 5/4 (2002) : for Midi Controlled Organ on a Pure Mediant Scale
• Seven Voices in the Eleventh Hour (2001) : Musique Concrete (a mix of 7 recordings made at the same time in different places)

Frogbot in Love

by M Ryan Taylor

This is my favorite of my own electronic works so far. It took several weeks to ‘compose.’ It is a true piece of musique concrète; a composition crafted entirely from manipulated recordings of real world sounds.

Frogbot in Love was made entirely from samples of balloon sounds. It is intended to be fun, so please listen with an earful of humor. Some people get all bent out of shape about this kind of music, but if you imagine it as background music for a skit on The Muppet Show starring Kermit the Frog you’ll understand the plane of seriousness you should be on when listening to it.

• Frogbot in Love Radio Edit.mp3

What I ask if you download and enjoy this music (choose one or more) :

1. Let your friends know about this site.
2. Make a donation.
3. Find an ad your interested in on this site and visit the sponsor.
4. Or, you could always commission a new work for yourself. Just use the contact form to get in touch.

Seven Voices in the Eleventh Hour
a sound collage

by M Ryan Taylor

Now this was an interesting project I did while still in school. I gave seven students tape recorders and sent them about campus during the 11 o’clock hour. We synchronized our watches to start our recorders at the same time then arranged a time and place to meet at and turn off the recorders 15 minutes later. I took the recordings and crafted the following sound collage:

• SevenVoicesintheEleventhHour-RadioEdit.mp3

What I ask if you download and enjoy this music (choose one or more) :

1. Let your friends know about this site.
2. Make a donation.
3. Find an ad your interested in on this site and visit the sponsor.
4. Or, you could always commission a new work for yourself. Just use the contact form to get in touch.