Forest Refuge Music Studio

 photo by Julia Walker                        

A musical work for chorus, woodwind ensemble, narrator, vocal solo & piano
inspired by the writings of Hamlin Garland 

Music Composed by John Ridgway Walker using text by Hamlin Garland
to commemorate the 2006 Sesquicentennial Celebration of Osage Iowa

About the Work

A choral work in six short movements with instrumental accompaniment for winds, piano, organ. 

Overture: Images of Our Land
Woodwind Ensemble      Performance time: 3:00

West Wind
SATB Chorus               Performance time: 2:17

In August
Narrator & woodwind ensemble with choral coloration

A Handful of Grass
Vocal solo & piano

A Wish

Chorus, Woodwinds & piano    Perf. time 3:10

Old Norseman
SATB Choral version with organ   Performance time: 2:41 Solo, SATB version with English Horn & piano    5:45

Score sample

Old Norseman, page 2