Seven Shakespeare Songs for Medium Voice & Piano
Music available at Sheet Music Plus
Seven Christmas Gifts
a Cycle of Carols for Voice & Piano
Omnibus score with High, Medium & Low editions available at Sheet Music Plus
Ten Tone Twisters
Ten Tone Twisters : Original settings of classic tongue twisters for voice & piano.
VIDEO: A performance by the composer, M. Ryan Taylor, baritone in Salt Lake City.
There are 2-part, SAB and SATB versions of this set on the humorous choral page of this site.
The Moon Songs
The Moon Songs – High & Medium Low Editions : Based on the beautiful, mysterious and humorous moon poetry of the great American poet, Vachel Lindsay.
VIDEO excerpts from a performance by Venicia Wilson, soprano. Live recordings from the premiere by Heather Chipman Morrey.
Leafs from the Diary of an Old Soul
Leafs from the Diary of an Old Soul – Medium High & Medium Low Editions for voice and piano. Based on poems from The Diary of an Old Soul by George MacDonald. Here are two excerpts as sung by M. Ryan Taylor near the time they were set: Thy Fishes Breathe & Come to Me Lord.
All Heaven and it was One Hour Old
- All Heaven and it was One Hour Old : Medium, Medium High, and High Editions. This cycle is based on the ethereal Christmas poetry of Katharine Tynan and got a nice write up in the NATS journal.
- CD & Streaming : Recording by soprano Venicia Wilson & pianist Lynn Claire Jemison-Keisker.
- VIDEO : Excerpts from a performance by Venicia Wilson, soprano.
- VIDEO Excerpts performed by Clara Hurtado Lee & Cloe Hewett : Bring Him Peace & The Christmas Bird.
- VIDEO: Complete performance by Venicia Wilson, soprano.
A Light that Shames the Noonday Sun
- A Light that Shames the Noonday Sun -High and Medium Voice Editions : Based on the writings of Joseph Smith on The First Vision.
3 Floors to the Grass
- 3 Floors to the Grass (ZIP of 10 PDFs) for Voice and Piano : Settings of poems by Living Utah Poets
Poets:
1. Among the Thorns by Cindy Bechtold
2. At The End Of A Rope by Susan Randall
3. Golden Pond by Markey Brown
4. Preserving by Merrijane Rice
5. Slicing Tomatoes by Rynell Andersen Lewis
6. Dry Creek Requiem by Charmayne Warnock
7. From the Jar by Jenifer Lee
8. Sunday’s Tie by Linda M. Jefferies
9. Reaching Over Time by Lin Floyd
10. Garden Vespers by Kollette Montague
La Belle Dame Sans Merci
- La Belle Dame Sans Merci – Medium High & Medium Low editions for voice and piano. A setting of Keats’ poetic masterpiece that inspired the pre-Raphaelite artists.
Lions, Spiders & Flies
- Lions, Spiders and Flies : Two settings of poems by Vachel Lindsay for medium voice and piano.
- A performance by M. Ryan Taylor, baritone: The Lion & The Spider and the Ghost of the Fly
- A performance by Ryan Garrison, baritone: The Lion & The Spider and the Ghost of the Fly