It had been a particularly hot dry year in 2002, and wild fires were raging across much of the western US. The political scene felt equally troubling and out-of-control to me. It was as if the whole world was on fire. In the midst of all this unrest, I began to have dreams of rain. Jan Garrett.

Choral composer, Larry Nickel, was captured by the beautiful simplicity of Jan's song and set it for choir with approachable rich harmonies.