In this expressive setting of a traditional Latin text, sweeping melodic lines and rich harmonies lead to an ending of quiet splendor. Mary Lynn composes some of the best music available for school choirs,

"There will be rest, and sure stars shining over the rooftops crowned with snow, a reign of rest, serene forgetting, the music of stillness holy and low." This masterful setting of Sara Teasdale's

"Why does the willow weep? What secrets does she keep? Is there a broken heart beating beneath the bark, hidden in the dark?"  Vividly poetic, with sweeping melodic and harmonic textures, this is a