Infinitum

Whenever setting a text, I almost never find a the right words until I actually start writing the music.  This is especially true for Infinitum because it wasn’t until I stumbled upon the first four lines of William Blake’s “Auguries of Innocence” that I really felt like the words fit.  I added the phrase “Awake my son” to give the visualization of these wonderfully hopeful and poetic words creating a special connection between a parent and their child.

Infinitum was commissioned by the Colorado Combined League Honor Orchestra and Chorus.

Awake my son!

To see a world in a Grain of Sand

And Heaven in a Flower

Hold Infinity in the palm of your hand

And Eternity in an hour