Sleepers on the Hill

• for baritone and chamber ensemble (flute, clarinet, violin, violoncello, piano, and percussion)

• texts from Spoon River Anthology by Edgar Lee Masters

I. Richard Bone    II. Franklin Jones   III. Joseph Dixon

Michael S. Bryson (b. 1975) earned his Bachelor’s degree in piano from California State University, East Bay and his Master’s degree in church music composition from Bob Jones University in Greenville, SC. Currently, he is completing a DMA in composition from the University of Houston's Moores School of Music. This fall Michael will resume his post as head of the music department at International Baptist College in Tempe, AZ. In June 2007, Michael's hymn In Him We Are One was chosen as part of The Ascending Voice: An International Symposium of Sacred A Cappella Music at Pepperdine University.