作曲 : Steven Goodwin/Naomi LaViolette Saving his music, a beautiful collaboration between his heart and her hands.  He is a pianist and composer with Alzheimer's. His music is fading into the fog of his unrelenting disease. She is a pianist and professional musician. She has the training and a heart full of compassion to help. Meet Stephen C Goodwin and Naomi LaViolette. They are saving his music. In the song melancholy flowers, Steven wrote the original piano part and then Naomi created lyrics and a four part choral arrangement.  It is a metaphorical expression of the  SAVING HIS MUSIC project.  Steven is the flower.  Out on the prairie wild and free.  A lonely flower tries to sing.  It's hidden music in  petals of gold.  Melancholy flower.  Lovely soul.  Dark clouds fall on the flower.  Misty fog blocks the sunlight.  Lost and blinded in shadow.  Golden colors fade from sight.  Hold on flower.  Your roots are strong. If you sing out.  You won't be alone. Sing, flower, sing.   Through the shadows, wild and free.  Now many flowers are blossoming.  The prairie's full of singing.  As the wind blows.  In waves of golden  The flower is known.  Melancholy flower  Piano part by Stephen C Goodwin  Lyrics and choral score by Naomi LaViolette Premiere recorded in concert by the Oregon repertory singers. December 2016