"Songs from Inner Landscapes" is a set of three settings of works by the Shenandoah Valley poet Michael Fitzgerald.  This recording is of the premiere performance on March 13, 2016 at Saint Mary's University in Winona, Minnesota.  The performers are Alan Dunbar, baritone and Meredith Mihm, piano.  The three songs are

1. Leavetaking
2. Blue Within Blue
3. We Stride Out, Toward Home

Songs From Inner Landscapes

Saguaro (pronounced sa-Wah-ro) was written in response to the Tucson shootings on January 8, 2011 – now known as the Tucson Tragedy. It is a song of compassion and tenderness.

Sheet music available here:
https://www.swirlymusic.org/music/choral-music/mark-growden-saguaro-for-a-cappella-satb-chorus/

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Saguaro - Words and Music by Mark Growden - Performed by Matthew Curtis

"A Prayer of St. Anselm," is a setting of a text by St. Anselm of Canterbury (in English translation from the original Latin). This recording 2017 by the Caritas Chamber Choir, Benedict Preece directing - from their CD, 'A Caritas Collection 2017'

A Prayer of St. Anselm

Setting of The Lord's Prayer, TTBB.  Available for performance

Illumni Men's Chorale - The Lord's Prayer

Dr. Patrick O’Shea is the Director of Choral Activities at the College of DuPage in Glen Ellyn, Illinois, where he directs the Concert Choir, Chamber Singers, and the DuPage Chorale, and teaches courses in music theory, aural skills, and music history.  Prior to coming to College of DuPage, he was Director of Choirs at Saint Mary’s University of Minnesota.

Songs From Inner Landscapes

Patrick Michael O'Shea

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