SKU: GI.G-8657
A man, an Island, and
Music That Moves the
World. Composed by
Michael Stillwater. Music
Education. 32 pages. GIA
Publications #8657.
Published by GIA
Publications (GI.G-8657).
ISBN
9781622770649.
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ed and Photographed by
Michael Stillwater Â
Waldron Island
Reflections offers images
and words from Shining
Night, the award-winning
documentary film about
the life and music of
Morten Lauridsen. Morten
Lauridsen, among the
leading American
composers of the late
20th and early 21st
centuries, draws his
inspiration from the
serenity of nature. In
his summer residence on
remote Waldron Island in
the San Juan Archipelago
many of his greatest
works are composed. For
anyone who appreciates
nature as inspiration for
creativity, Waldron
Island Reflections
provides a glimpse into a
unique Pacific Northwest
haven where timeless
words are given a musical
voice through
Lauridsen’s
sublime artistry. About
the music of Morten
Lauridsen: In 2007 Morten
Lauridsen received the
National Medal of Arts,
the highest artistic
award in the United
States, from the
President in a White
House ceremony “for
his composition of
radiant choral works
combining musical beauty,
power, and spiritual
depth.†He is
Distinguished Professor
of Composition at the USC
Thornton School of Music,
Los Angeles.
www.mortenlauridsen.net/
“For those of us
who need great music to
live and feel more fully,
these works speak clearly
to the soul and
illuminate our greater
hope.â€â€“ St.
Louis Post-Dispatch
“This is celestial
and spine-tingling stuff.
Contemporary choral music
really doesn’t
come any better than
this.†–
Daily Express Â
Michael Stillwater is a
filmmaker and music
educator whose
award-winning
documentary, Shining
Night: A Portrait of
Composer Morten
Lauridsen, was deemed
“a heartening
rarity†by Terry
Teachout, Wall Street
Journal.
www.shiningnightfilm.net.