One day in 2011 I was walking through the Sanctuary of Valley Christian Church and suddenly a melody dropped out of Heaven and into my heart.  As soon as I heard the melody in my heart, the words came almost as quickly.

"I'm so thankful for this Tree,

gently holding me

and helping me to see..."

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I actually said "Oh no" out loud, and as soon as I did, the whole plot for "Zacchaeus: The Musical" began to download into my mind.

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I finished the first draft in about 6 months time.  I was so excited about this new musical,

that I tried to stage it. But within a few weeks of the beginning of rehearsals,

key people had to quit, and I was forced to cancel.

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Zacchaeus was never out of mind completely, but it lay dormant for a while.  

After a few years, I began to edit the script and found there were lots of holes that needed to be filled.

 I wrote lots of dialogue that served to be the connecting tissue that was missing.

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But it still didn't seem finished, and in 2015 I began to turn all spoken parts into music.

By 2016 I was finished and I began to orchestrate the accompaniment tracks.

In June of 2016 I finished the vocal sheet music. And in July began to record a demo of all the songs. 

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This is the biggest most difficult musical project I have ever composed, but it is also the one I am most excited to see staged.