Brightly Beams Our Father's Mercy (by Loren Erickson -- 2 part choir)

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My first introduction to music was playing the trumpet in an elementary school band. How many of those do you see anymore? In Junior High I took up singing and performed in various choirs and musicals through high school and college. When I was called as ward music chairman and took on the additional responsibilities of ward choir director, I wanted to see of I could arrange music for the choir. Many of those early attempts were...well...awful. But I had a very forgiving Bishop and patient accompanists and choir and I continued to learn. I am now stake music chairman and have inflicted slightly less atrocious arrangements on otherwise unsuspecting congregations. I also currently sing with Millennial Choirs and Orchestras, a multi-denominational choral movement spanning five western states in the USA. My experience in MCO has had a profound influence on how I look at music, what it means, and why it is important to understand meaning behind notes and lyrics when performing it. I hope that what I leave here is not as awful as I have suggested that it might be with this introduction, but either way, know that there is a little piece of my soul in everything you will find from me here. Please provide feedback on my work. That is the only way I will learn.

Song background:

I have always loved the tight harmonies in this hymn, especially in the version written for men's voices. I wanted an arrangement that created a sense of urgency in those who are called to "keep the lower lights". Having been a "fainting, struggling seaman" myself, I know critical it is that we constantly keep watch for those who might need our help to return to shore safely. This is an a Capella arrangement for four part men's choir.

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