Circle ‘Round The Moon

Program Notes

Reflections of Youth were inspired by childhood recollections.  The subjects of the songs cover a wide range of topics including growing up in a small town, daydreaming about nature as well as manmade edifices, ghostly sightings, and the routine of suburban life. They are unified in that they all seek to find answers about the unseen through what is routinely seen and experienced in life.

“Circle ‘Round the Moon” is a song about the piercing beauty of nature.  It raises the question of the origins of our universe and how the beauty itself brings out a longing within us for what lies beyond what we can see.

About the Composer

Mark Hierholzer was born in 1960 in San Antonio, Texas.  He received his Bachelors Degree in Piano Performance from the University of Texas at San Antonio and his Masters Degree in Piano Performance and Literature from the Eastman School of Music.

Presently he resides in Fredericksburg, Texas, where he is music director and organist at Zion Lutheran Church, accompanies the Fredericksburg Children’s and Adult Chorales, and directs two community German choirs.

 Mark composes extensively for these groups as well as other choral groups in the area.