Lane Johnson

Lane Johnson's richly harmonic handling of a deeply spiritual text by Henry Wadsworth Longfellow makes a profound concert statement for a capable choir. The harmonic nature of the work's chordal progr...

A simple and tender work set to an anonymous American folk lyric. The music beautifully reflects a young lady's gentle plea to her father to build her a boat so she and her love can sail across the oc...

This rollicking, funny piece offers mixed high school choirs a lighter concert option that can also serve as a humorous encore piece. Not difficult, it includes familiar musical quotes from various so...

Poem by Henry Wadsworth Longfellow (1807-1882)

Commissioned by the Brigham Young University Singers, this superb setting of Shakespeare's Sonnet 29 perfectly complements the poetry, with voice leading that allows the choir to move in and out of th...