I Will Lift Mine Eyes

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Soprano, Alto, Tenor, Bass, Piano, Solo Voices — The opportunity to compose this piece came to me during my second year as a composition student at Texas Christian University. A family from Big Spring, a small town in West Texas, reached out to one of my high school choir directors, Ms. Kathryn Zetterstrom, and asked if she knew any composers for a project. Thankfully, she sent them my information.The project was created specifically to celebrate the 80th birthday of Jobeth Corwin, the family'sxa0matriarch. For the text, thexa0family asked me to set her favorite psalm and a psalm loved by many: Psalm 121. Jobeth Corwin was a lifelong chorister who sang the alto part in any choir she was a member of, so to start the piece, I began with a solo intended for an alto voice. While this is my preference, the solo can be sung by any treble voice.I sincerely hope you enjoy this piece and it brings joy to all who hear and sing it! New to the Carl Fischer catalog, Patrick Vu brings a hopeful and accessible voice to I Will Lift Mine Eyes. Ideal for church and school, for large or small ensembles, his elegant writing, combined with the beautiful 121st Biblical Psalm text, is sure to inspire and provide hope.

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