High Flight is a popular poem for aviators and astronauts alike, and is also the official poem of the Royal Air Force and Royal Canadian Air Force. Portions of the poem frequently appear on the headstones of Arlington National Cemetary. A powerful poem written only a few months before John Gillespie Magee Jr.'s death in December of 1941, High Flight is about spirituality and escaping the bounds of Earth and flying higher than ever before thanks to the invention of the airplane. Rather than warning man of their hubris, such as in the story of Daedalus and Icarus, this poem celebrates exploring the unknown and flying to the skies' limits. My musical setting attempts to bring these ideas to life. 
 
This was written for and is dedicated to my friend, Brendon Lewis, who premiered the work on February 21, 2021 at the Hartt School's Public Works Concert.