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A Light that Shames the Noonday Sun : contains High and Medium Voice editions
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Song Cycle: In the summer of 1820 a fourteen-year-old boy named Joseph Smith Jr. walked into a grove of trees in upstate New... More > York to pray. Prompted by a verse from James that stated "If any of you lack wisdom, let him ask of God...", Joseph intended to ask which church he should join himself with. When he knelt to pray, he felt as though he was being assailed by an unseen power that wished to destroy him, yet no sooner did he lift up his voice to God than he felt himself delivered and saw a glorious light descend around him. "A Light that Shames the Noonday Sun" is based upon this visionary experience of Joseph Smith Jr.,and was written in celebration of Smith's 200th birthday. The work was premiered 12/23/05 by Dr. Lawrence Vincent, head of Brigham Young University Opera. < Less
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Two Early Songs : Medium Voice
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Two early art songs by composer M. Ryan Taylor. The first song, after a poem by Michael Drayten is entitled "Come Let Us... More > Kiss and Part." The second song is a setting of Proverbs 3:13-20 "Happy is the Man." Both songs were composed in the late 1990s and are the earliest of Taylor's works to be published. Both have been revised and updated in early 2006. < Less
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Leafs from the Diary of an Old Soul : contains both Medium High & Medium Low Voice editions
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Cycle of 5 songs: "C.S. Lewis, perhaps the greatest Christian apologist of the 20th century and author of the popular... More > children's book series, "The Chronicles of Narnia," considered George MacDonald his mentor and spiritual guide. MacDonald himself was an Anglican minister for a time, but was forced to give up the ministry because of his radical beliefs. He is best known for his fairy tales, but also wrote many sermons, books and some poetry. "The Diary of an Old Soul," MacDonald's largest poetic work, consists of 365 four-line stanzas, one for each day of the year. These poems deal mainly with MacDonald's strife in reconciling himself to God. Out of these pleadings I have selected a number of stanzas that speak to me. They are primarily about life, death, rebirth, beauty and the power of creation. "Leafs from the Diary of an Old Soul" was composed mainly in 2003 with some revision in 2004." - M. Ryan Taylor < Less
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The Moon Songs : High Voice & Medium Low Voice Editions
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Cycle of Seven Songs : "Whimsical, macabre, deeply spiritual: the poetry of Vachel Lindsay has long attracted me for it's... More > wild variety, lyric sensability and deep emotional impact. Although made famous by such poems as "The Congo" and "General William Booth Marches into Heaven" (the title poems for the anthologies from which "The Moon Songs" were selected), I have been attracted mainly to his more concise poems 'in which the moon is the principle figure of speech.' These poems explore human perspective, Linday's hypothesis being that 'the moon is a mirror' in which we find what we bring. Lindsay wrote many of these moon poems and it was difficult to choose between so many fine poems. In the end, I based my selection on variety, dramatic contrast and a progression towards my own view of the moon, one that is spiritual." - M. Ryan Taylor < Less
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Abinadi
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ABINADI : A Music Drama in Two Acts is based on the story of the prophet Abinadi, one of the most compelling and detailed... More > accounts in The Book of Mormon. The story is not so much about Abinadi himself, but of the effects this prophet's words have on King Noah his priests, and the people of Shilom (Noah's kingdom). Abinadi has only one convert in the court of Noah, Alma, but that one convert goes on to have a huge impact on the rest of the nation. The story is a testimony to the power one good person can have upon society, even if they may not see the fruit of their own labors. < Less
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La Belle Dame sans Merci : M High & M Low Editions
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Song Cycle: La Belle Dame sans Merci (trans. The Beautiful Lady without Mercy) is one of Keats' most famous poems and tells... More > the tale of a young knight who is bewitched one springtime by a seductive fay. The knight gladly succumbs to the fairy's charms, is 'kissed to sleep' but then encounters a very troubling dream. Upon waking he finds that he is alone, spring and summer have fled away, and he is left to answer the probing questions of a passerby on the 'lone hillside.' The poem became a favorite subject for visual artists in the British Isles, particularly among the Pre-Raphaelite Brotherhood. One of those paintings, a work by Waterhouse, was the inspiration for this song cycle. < Less
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All Heaven and it was One Hour Old : contains Medium, Medium High & High Voice editions
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A song cycle incorporating 5 very unique, lovely and thought provoking Christmas Poems by Katherine Tynan, a dubliner poet... More > championed by William Butler Yeats. Titles of the individual songs: 1. The Christmas Bird, 2. All Heaven and it was One Hour Old, 3.Bethlehem, 4. Bring Him Peace & 5. Old Song Re-Sung ***** A hand-written manuscript of "The Christmas Bird" was located in a special collection of Katherine Tynan Hinkson papers by M. Ryan Taylor and transcribed by him and members of his family. ***** Add this beautiful cycle or one of it's individual songs to your Christmas program, concert or church service. < Less
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13 Halloween Crafts from ThirteenForHalloween.com
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Simple Halloween crafts and projects with full-color photos. Contents:

1. Crystal Ball
2. Scrap-Wood Sign
3. Shrunken Apple... More > Heads
4. Halloween Print Placemats
5. Found Object Characters
6. Trick-or-Treat Bag
7. Skeleton Lovers
8. Pumpkin & Bat Garland
9. Imps
10. Duct Tape Monsters
11. Glowing Spider’s Web Placemat
12. Dead, White Halloween Tree
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The Necromancer : a fugue macabre for piano or organ
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A playful fugue with a noir edge; in the spirit of 'The Sorcerer's Apprentice' by Dukas. Contains 3 bonus works for keyboard... More > instruments by Taylor: Fantasy for Organ, After Babbitt Screamed, & Minuet. < Less
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Lions, Spiders & Flies for Medium Voice
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This setting for medium voice of two poems by Vachel Lindsay would make a humorous addition for any concert, but would... More > really be a hit at any Halloween event. The first song, "The Lion", describes how the strife of a pride of lions is put to peace when an explorer unwittingly becomes dinner. The second song, "The Spider and the Ghost of the Fly" is written from the perspective of the fly, who loved, unfortunately, the spider. The set was originally written in 1998, entitled "Two Songs to Frighten Young Children." This updated version was produced in 2005. < Less
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About M. Ryan Taylor

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Composer, vocalist and producer M Ryan Taylor is the author of two operas, dozens of choral works, art songs, song cycles, as well as works for brass, strings and other chamber ensembles.

His first opera, Abinadi, was premiered, filmed and broadcast by Brigham Young University in 2003. Taylor self-produced, directed and performed in his second opera, The Other Wise Man : a chamber opera in one act, based on the story by Henry Van Dyke, in 2006-7. He is currently working on his third opera, based on George MacDonald’s fairy tale, The Giant’s Heart.

In April of 2011, Taylor teamed with The American Fork Arts Council Press to set poems by 10 living Utah-based poets; the result was a set of songs entitled, 3 Floors to the Grass. Other notable song cycle premieres include the Moon Songs on poems of Vachel Lindsay (winner of the Vera Hinckley Mayhew Composition Contest) by soprano Heather . . .

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